Kris Crosses Over

The Rangers got off to a solid start to their preseason, with a 4-3 OT win over the New Jersey Devils at MSG last night. Several players on the bubble made quick impressions, while several more will get their chance on Saturday over at the Prudential Center. Count the subject of today’s Rangers Countdown profile […]

Quiet Day For Rangers

The official NHL deadline has passed, and the Rangers will finish the season with pretty much the roster they went into the Olympic break with. The only move they made today, a switch of minor league forwards with the Detroit Red Wings involving Jordan Owens and Kris Newbury. Neither player is like to have much impact at the […]

Rangers Add Minor Leaguers

The Rangers announced today that they made two separate deals, sending Jordan Owens to Detroit for forward Kris Newbury and Miika Wiikman, along with a seventh round pick to Phoenix for veteran defenseman Anders Eriksson. Neither move is expected to impact the Rangers, though both have NHL experience. The 35 year old Eriksson has played in 564 NHL regular season games […]

Schedule Released

The NHL announced yesterday the official schedule for the Rangers. New York will of course start their season with a to trip to Europe and a double header in Prague on October 4th and 5th against the Tampa Bay Lightning. According to earlier reports, the Rangers will play a pre-season competition in Switzerland before heading to the Czech Republic, and are likely […]

First Cuts

The traditional Blue-White scrimmage marked the end of the first phase of Rangers Training Camp, and Tom Renney made his first dozen cuts, bringing the camp roster down to 39. The team now travels to West Point for some team building exercises ahead of Friday night’s pre-season opener. The next set of cuts are expected […]

Training Camp – Right Wing

There’s no doubt that Jaromir Jagr will line up on the first line right wing position, and unlike last year when he was unable to train through the Summer due to the after effects of shoulder surgery, we expect him to come right out of the gate and dominate from the get go. On the second line Brendan […]