Former Rangers Missing Out

He never played a game for the Rangers last year, but was he still under contract to the team.  Wade Redden perhaps surprisingly to many, will potentially see post season action with the Boston Bruins after a four year trip through the hockey wilderness. A number of other contracted players, no longer with the Blueshirts, will […]

Stralman to go with #6?

Defenseman Anton Stralman joined the Rangers a few weeks into the season last year, after the organization went looking for depth following a slow recovery for Marc Staal and an injury to Mike Sauer in the preseason.  With few numbers to choose from, the Swedish native went with #32 in his first year with the Blueshirts. A solid post season that […]

Big Apple Turnover

Every year you expect some degree of turnover.  Trades, free agency and injuries or conspire to change the face of an organization from year to year.  With still more than seven weeks to go until camp opens up on September 21st, the Rangers once again will have some significant differences. Ten players who were on […]

Are The Rangers For Real?

As of November 29th, the Rangers have the best win percentage of any team in the league – .690 – are seventh overall with 29 points, just three behind the league leading Penguins, and have games in hand on all six teams ahead of them.  The have two fewer regulation losses than any other team […]

Bell to debut, Wolski a healthy scratch

Brendan Bell is set to makr his first appearance as a Rnger tonight, and it will be his first NHL game since April 11th, 2009 when he played for the Ottawa Senators.   He was a -3 in that game and you’d have to go back almost another month, to March 17th, 2009 for his last […]

Woywitka To Debut Tonight

he Rangers will face the New York Islanders tonight – MSG 7:00pm EST – with two of their top four defensemen on the sidelines, paving the way for Jeff Woywitka to make his Rangers debut.  The Blueshirts are looking for their first win of the season as they prepare to head out on a four game western […]

Rangers Claim Woywitka

The Rangers have apparently addressed their short term defensive issues, by claiming defenseman Jeff Woywitka off of waivers from the Montreal Canadiens.  The 28 year old Canadian blueliner was a former first round pick of the Philadelphia Flyers – 2001 first round, 27th overall – but has spent most of his professional career as a depth defenseman. […]