Injury Update: Nash, Vesey and Buchnevich
It appears now that Jimmy Vesey will miss 1-2 games with an upper body injury. Vesey did take a slash in the loss to the Islanders, but continued to play. He did not skate today, and is listed as day to day by the team. Rick Nash is off to get an MRI on his groin. While no […]
Injuries Force Another Call Up
Last night’s loss to the Islanders has further exacerbated the Rangers’ injury concerns. Already missing Pavel Buchnevich and Mika Zibanejad, New York also lost forwards Rick Nash (lower body) and Matt Puempel (concussion) during last night’s game. Puempel was placed on Injury Reserve this morning, and Nicklas Jensen was called up from Hartford to replace him. On the positive side, Michael Grabner is expected to be […]
Kreider Cleared, Jooris Back In Regular Jersey
Welcome news for the Rangers today, with Chris Kreider being cleared to practice with the Rangers today ahead of tomorrow’s first meeting of the season with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kreider had missed the last two games with an undisclosed upper body injury, and had previously missed four games with neck spasms earlier in the year. The […]
Kreider Injury A Mystery
Forty eight hours ago, give or take a couple, the Rangers let the public know that Chris Kreider would not be dressing for Sunday night’s game against the Edmonton Oilers. In fact Kreider wasn’t even in Edmonton for the game, and was instead in some undisclosed location being evaluated. The news remains limited, with Alain Vigneault simply […]
Nieves To Make NHL Debut Tonight
The Rangers announced today that Pavel Buchnevich and Chris Kreider remain out with undisclosed injuries, paving the way for Cristoval Nieves to make his NHL debut. Nieves will wear #67, and will become the 1025th player to appear in a regular season game for the New York Rangers. Drafted in 2012 in the second round, Nieves caught the eye of Head […]
It’s Been Twenty Years
The New York Rangers are off to a torrid start to the 2016-17 NHL season, with 65 goals through the first sixteen games of the year. That puts them on pace for 333 goals, which would be the most goals in the past twenty years for any NHL team, let alone the Blueshirts. You have […]
Change Is In The Air
After a resounding loss to the bottom of the league Canucks on Tuesday, Rangers Head Coach Alain Vigneault looks set to restructure the Rangers forwards and defense. Recent benchings of Chris Kreider and Jimmy Vesey, along with a nine-game goalless streak by Mika Zibanejad – that ended late in the game Tuesday, were already indicators that not all was right […]
Lindberg Set To Sit
Chris Kreider is set to return from neck spasms tomorrow night against the St Louis Blues, but his return means that Oscar Lindberg will be a healthy scratch. Faced with the prospect of breaking up the line-up that took care of an out-of-sorts Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday, coach Alain Vigneault went with the best option available. Kreider’s […]
Roster Juggling
The Rangers were staring down the barrel of some tough roster decisions to reach the NHL’s 23 man roster and their own stated 22 man salary cap savings roster. Unfortunately for Josh Jooris he suffered a shoulder injury last night and looks to be headed for a extended injury reserve stay, alleviating Ranger management immediate decisions to reach […]
Kreider And Buchnevich Remain Out
Chris Kreider is working out, but is yet to return to skating with the team. Sidelined with neck spasms, the Rangers’ scoring leader has been ruled out of tonight’s match-up with the Bruins and appears unlikely to face the Hurricanes on Friday. Rookie Pavel Buchnevich did practice with the Rangers in a regular jersey and will make the […]