Is This The Year?

Last season exceeded our expectations by some margin.  52 wins, career years for a number of Rangers – including 52 goals by Chris Kreider, along with the Vezina winning performance in net from Igor Shesterkin, were all components of a very enjoyable campaign last season.  Then a post season run that saw them ultimately exit in the […]

Gauthier Reassigned and Tinordi Claimed

Veteran defenseman Jarred Tinordi has been claimed by the Chicago Blackhawks, further weakening the Rangers’ blue line depth.  Signed last year as a free agent, Tinordi was in the final year of a two year deal, having played just seven games for the Rangers. Tinordi made the opening night roster, and even played against the Washington Capitals […]

Three Ways Hajek Starts The Season

Here’s a question for you:  What if Libor Hajek ends up as the sixth defenseman on opening night, beating out both Zac Jones and Matthew Robertson.  What if the guy who had poorer advanced stats than Patrik Nemeth and Jack Johnson, ends up being the one they go to first? I mean it kind of happened last year right?  They dressed Jarred […]

Where There’s Smoke…

Is Chris Drury ready to pull the trigger on his first mid-season trade as General Manager, there are some indications that the Rangers front office chief could be making a move with just under two months left until the March 21st NHL trade deadline. With the Rangers sitting 16 points ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who […]

Report Card: 20 Games

Twenty games into the 2021-22 season, and the Rangers have started to find their game, improving their overall play as Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox continue to lead the way.  The loss of Sammy Blais to an injury has lead to more ice time for the likes of Julien Gauthier and Dryden Hunt, and both players have shown some promising improvements. While most of […]

Report Card: After 10

Ten games into the season, 12.2% of the season completed, and the Rangers sit at 6-2-2, amongst the best in the league with 14 points.  On the surface it’s been a dream start for Rangers Head Coach Gerard Gallant, in that his team has put the wins up against teams it should beat, for the most […]

Lundkvist To Make Debut

Gerard Gallant has made three line-up changes for tonight’s home opener against the Dallas Stars.  Igor Shesterkin will make his season debut, replacing Alexandar Georgiev who allowed 5 goals on 27 shots in last night’s 5-1 loss to the Capitals.  While Gallant implied he would alternate goaltenders for back to back games, it was still a surprise decision that […]

Line up Set For Season Opener

Rangers have forecast their line-up for tonight, with the exception of the goaltender – who will be shared during warm-ups.  With a game tomorrow night, it would seem the expectation currently is to use one guy tonight, and the other tomorrow at the home opener against Dallas. In terms of surprises, there are none from […]

Tonight’s Lineup at Devils

The Rangers head into tonight’s third preseason game with 34 players remaining on the roster, and about a week to trim at least 11 more players.  Tonight will feature some of the remaining players battlign for inclusion in the final roster, as well as a few looks at different combinations. Up in the forward ranks, […]

Reunanen Amongst Latest Cuts

With their second game scheduled tonight against Boston, the Rangers trimmed another three players from the roster, bringing the total remaining to 42.  Forwards Tanner Fritz and Austin Rueschhoff, along with defenseman Tarmo Reunanen are the three heading down to Hartford, having completed their training camp with the big club. The moves mark the first reassignments of players […]