2013 6th Round Pick – Mackenzie Skapski
Going into the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, the Rangers were targetting adding another goaltender to their prospect pool, after another year of evaluating borderline NHL prospects Scott Stajcer and Jason Missiaen. With their sixth round pick, the Rangers did just that, selecting 19 year old Kootenay Ice netminder, Mackenzie Skapski with the 170th pick in the draft. He was the […]
Deja Blue
For those of you who’ve been following the team long enough to remember the pre-lockout days, you’ll be no doubt familiar with the position the Rangers find themselves today. Even if you’re a relative newbie, you’ll likely know just by hanging around with the rest of Ranger fandom, that this is a position that the […]
O Is For Offense
The best defense is a good offense. Write that down somewhere, because you’ll probably need it frequently in the coming season watching the Rangers. The process of dismantling Tom Renney’s version of the Blueshirts has well and truly progressed this Summer, and you’re not likely to see the Rangers amongst the league leaders in goals […]
Grass Isn’t Always Greener
As of March 3rd, 2009, the Rangers sat in eighth spot in the Eastern Conference, six points out of home ice advantage for at least one round, and just one point ahead of the ninth placed Hurricanes. With just eighteen games remaining, the Rangers are not focused on building momentum for the playoffs, but are […]
2006-07 OTG Ex-Rangers All-Stars
First off we’d like to thank all those who voted in the 2006-07 Outside the Garden Ex-Rangers All-Stars and congratulations to Gorox who was randomly selected from those who voted and will receive an autographed puck from us. The poll marks the fifth year that we’ve asked you, the readers of OTG to vote for your favorite […]
Packing It In
It has become a little bit of a Hartford tradition under the tenure of Rangers General Manager Glen Sather…out with the old and in with the new, and this off-season is certainly no different. While Neil Smith was loyal to a handful of veteran players, Sather has preferred instead to use the Pack as a […]
Trio Of Moves
The Rangers and Oilers made their second deadline deal in as many seasons today, with Edmonton sending winger Anson Carter and defenseman Ales Pisa to the New York Rangers in exchange for right wing Radek Dvorak and defenseman Cory Cross. Dvorak had been struggling with the Rangers scoring only 6 goals this year in 63 […]
Preseason Analysis
by Matt Pennino Finally the nine-game preseason grind is over. Many good and bad things came away from these games, and a few need to get addressed immediately. First, let’s start with the bad. The penalty-kill has been god-awful. On average the Rangers were allowing two to three power play goals against. That absolutely has […]
Game On!
Pre-season is now officially over…the next game is for real, as the New York Rangers travel to Carolina to face the Hurricanes this Friday night. The Rangers went 4-4-1 in their nine games, but only now is the team starting to show some cohesion. Eric Lindros initially looked tentative after his long layoff but has […]
First Cuts At Camp
Finally! The Rangers are back in camp and back on the ice. This week we take a look at Training Camp and try to look at what the Rangers may look like when the puck finally drops October 5th. Last weekend saw the completion of the annual rookie tournament up in Kitchener, Ontario. The Rangers […]