Rangers Sign Paul Crowder

The Rangers announced yesterday that they have signed University of Alaska – Anchorage forward Paul Crowder to a professional contract. The Seawolves season came to an end last week when they were eliminated from the WCHA playoffs by Denver University. The 6-3 200lb forward will likely start his professional career in Hartford, though whether he remains at […]

Rangers Owe Money

After almost three years, an arbitrator has finally decided that the Rangers owe bonus money to Jed Ortmeyer and Bobby Holik. The Rangers were the only team to withhold bonus money to players during the lockout, and seemed mostly intent on denying Bobby Holik his bonus (Ortmeyer unfortunately being caught up in the proceedings). Darius Kasparaitis had also been owed money, but the Rangers […]

Back At MSG For Game 3

The third game of the Rangers-Devils series will get underway tonight (7:00pm – MSG, VS) with the Devils looking to get back into the series. While history is definitely on the Rangers’ side, a 2-1 series lead and a loss on home ice looks a whole lot different than a 3-0 lead. Certainly we’re not ready to say the series is over, […]

The Price is Right?

by Matt Waxman At this point it should be apparent what the Rangers are, and that is a mediocre team. They are not an offensive team, nor are they a defensive team of late. This is a team in limbo. There are several ways this can play out, but first a review. At the start […]

Off To The Races

by Matt Waxman When the clock struck twelve, twelve PM Eastern Standard Time that is, the gates were opened. The bell had sounded. The jockeys, with a swift contraction of their forearm muscles, disturbed the repose of their horses and sent them into a gallop. Some horses are best suited for a full sprint right […]

A Trip Across The Atlantic

The July 1st free agency frenzy is past and camp is still almost two months away. Yep, this is definitely the doldrums of the NHL season, and it only takes a look at the number of discussions about potential lines and the relative value of those players that filed for arbitration to know that we’re […]

Win Or Go Home

he Rangers may very well have had their season on the line last night in Buffalo, and it appeared with 20 seconds left in regulation that they had done all they needed to do to secure the first road victory of this Eastern Conference Semifinal.  But with the game all but secure the Rangers faltered, […]

The Story So Far…

With the benefit of reflection (and a good deal of hindsight) I have come to the conclusion that last year indeed was a fluke.  The planets aligned, it was a perfect storm…call it what you will, but the Rangers finally had fortune on their side and that, more than anything else, enabled them to have […]

Blueshirts Keep It Going

The Rangers were coming off an emotional 4-1 victory over the Devils on Thursday night.  The visiting Thrashers were down to their fourth string goaltender (fifth if you count the unplanned retirement of Pasi Nurminen in the Summer), and had given up seven power play goals in a 9-1 loss to Toronto the previous night.  […]

Rangers Break Devils Streak At MSG

In the previous 19 games the Devils had played at Madison Square Garden, the visitors had come away with at least a point.  In the past 42 regular season games between the two clubs the Rangers have registered just an 8-28-15-1…all with Martin Brodeur in net.  And with the Rangers #1 netminder Kevin Weekes sidelined […]