Where There’s Smoke…

Is Chris Drury ready to pull the trigger on his first mid-season trade as General Manager, there are some indications that the Rangers front office chief could be making a move with just under two months left until the March 21st NHL trade deadline. With the Rangers sitting 16 points ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who […]

Kravtsov Requests Trade

There’s been plenty of drama around former first round pick – 2018, 9th overall – since he was drafted by the Rangers, and it continued today with a report that the Rangers have given the 22 year old Russian permission to talk to other teams in order to facilitate a trade. Kravtsov was one of […]

Kreider Third Liner

Winger Chris Kreider is going into his first full season since turning 30 in April, having played 573 regular season games and 78 in the post season across his 10 year career to date.  He’s signed for another six years – including this one – and has a no move clause through to the 2023-24 season.  The […]

Jack. Of All Trades?!?

As 12:00pm Eastern drew closer, there was plenty of anticipation from Ranger fans expecting today to be the day that Rangers GM Chris Drury made a move to complete his offseason makeover of the roster.  Six hours later and the sum of the day was four free agent signings headlined by the signing of third pair defenseman Patrik […]

Buchnevich Traded for Sammy Blais and Second

In a pre-draft move, the Rangers have traded Right Wing Pavel Buchnevich to the St Louis Blues in exchange for left wing Sammy Blais and a 2022 second round pick.  The fact that he was traded comes as no surprise, as the Rangers are expected to face some tough decisions going forward with respect to their Salary Cap, and […]

Buchnevich Heading Out?

I believe at this point that Pavel Buchnevich will be traded before July 28th, I’m not sure to whom, or for what, but after yesterday’s media conference with General Manager Chris Drury, I think it’ll happen.  I’ll be disappointed, I like what he’s evolved into as a player, but I don’t run the Rangers. The primary reason of […]

Clues On What’s To Come

Pretty much everyone has said the Rangers need more grind and grit, and that of course came to a head late in the season following a sweep by the Islanders and of course that game against the Capitals.  How that would be addressed appears to be becoming a littler clearer. The move Saturday were the […]

Kevin Over Colin

With lists due to the NHL by 5:00pm Eastern Saturday, and a trade freeze starting two hours before – and running until 1:00pm Thursday – the Rangers were about to give us the first clues as to what might happen this offseason. The re-signing of both Julien Gauthier and Brett Howden prior to the deadline suggested that the Rangers […]

Rangers Fire Davidson and Gorton

Just when it seemed the Rangers had gone from a transactional organization to a strategic one, we were hit the news this afternoon that team owner Jim Dolan has fired president John Davidson and General Manager Jeff Gorton.  The move comes less than 24 hours after the team issued a statement condemning the NHL and singling out […]

Let’s Not Make A Deal

April 12th, 2021 and the NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone without the New York Rangers making any deals.  In all fairness, the Rangers weren’t expected to make any changes, though the possibility remained for some of their pending UFAs and those with a year or less on their contracts being in play. Also […]