Ruff Officially Joins Devils
The Devils made the official announcement today that Lindy Ruff will be their next head coach. Ruff had served the past three seasons as an assistant coach to David Quinn following a stint as Head Coach with the Dallas Stars. Originally brought in under Alain Vigneault, Ruff remained with the team through the hiring of David Quinn, […]
Vigneault Appointment Official
The Rangers made it official today, with Alain Vigneault named the Rangers’ 34th head coach in franchise history. Vigneault becomes the first French Canadien coach of the Rangers since Michel Bergeron who last coached in 1989. General Manager Glen Sather noted that the organization had identified thirteen candidates in their search, ultimately interviewing Vigneault and Mark Messier in person, and another […]
Alain Vigneault To Be Next Coach
The Rangers look set to announce that Alain Vigneault will be the next coach of the New York Rangers, allowing Glen Sather to have his coach in place before the upcoming NHL Draft. Vigneautl and the Rangers are reportedly working out the contract, but an announcement would appear likely in the next few days. Vigneault travelled to […]
Vigneault And Eakins Under Consideration
Per Darren Dreger of TSN on Twitter, the Rangers have been granted permission to talk to recently fired Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault, and Toronto Marlies coach, and former Ranger Dallas Eakins. The announcement follows an expression of interest from another former Canucks coach, Marc Crawford, who is currently coaching in the Swiss Nationaliga. Others who’ve […]
Ask Not What Your Team Can Do For You
Day two of training camp started this morning at 8:00am for the Rangers, with more conditioning exercises expected. They won’t get to use pucks until tomorrow when the first scrimmages are expected to occur. One player who will be no doubt eager to get on with the show is late season signing Tim Kennedy, the subject […]
Captain, My Captain
Around two dozen Rangers got on the ice today for practices, with the remaining NHL players – excluding Marc Staal – expected to join them sometime this week. Meanwhile a number of prospects are getting ready to travel to Traverse City to kick off the annual Prospect Tournament this weekend. Oh yeah, and Summer officially ended yesterday…good […]
No Help Last Night
The Rangers are finally back in action tonight, at home against the struggling Sabres (7:00pm – MSG2). There’s talk in Sabreland about the possibility that Buffalo might finally bid adieu to Lindy Ruff and Darcy Regier, who’ve been with the team since 1997 – that’s 129 NHL level coaching changes ago for those wondering. It’s an important game for […]