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 […]

Ranger Report Card

Extreme Views – RangerExtreme Here is the NYR report card for the first 59 games this season each player has been given a grade ranging from A-F. Basically grades are given on performance relative to a player fulfilling his given role. With a grade of a C being a passing acceptable grade. Eric Lindros, Center […]

Ten Game Report Card

by Jim Samuels One of the best aspects of writing in a forum the likes of Outside The Garden is you constantly get to ask questions that you don’t have to answer. Heading into this season the Rangers organization was filled with questions from top to bottom, Will Eric Lindros remain healthy? Can Mike Richter […]

Getting Defensive

We all know how bad the Rangers defense has been…particularly over the last three games where they’ve let in an astonishing 15 goals.  Much of the problems have been attributed to the Ranger defensemen and in recent days Brian Leetch, Vladimir Malakhov and Peter Smrek have been attacked vigorously for contributing to another weak start […]

Rangers v Sharks

Extreme Views by RangerExtreme The Rangers played poorly from start to finish against the San Jose Sharks Monday night in a game the Rangers would like to forget ever happened. New York playing at home in Madison Square Garden got trounced by a score of 5-1. Vincent Damphousse scored two goals for San Jose including […]

Rangers v Devils

Extreme Views by RangerExtreme The Rangers played one of their best games last night at the Garden Wednesday Night beating the Devils in Overtime.4-3 on a goal by Theo Fleury. Even though their play was a bit uneven at times, New York still got a victory and also managed to exorcise some of the demons […]

Rangers v Canadiens

Extreme Views by RangerExtreme The Rangers beat the Canadiens by a score of 2-1 in Montreal at the Molson Center Monday Night. The Rangers key to the victory was the splendid play of 18-yr. old rookie goaltender Dan Blackburn who was terrific between the pipes and held the Habs to only one goal for the […]

Rangers v Senators

Extreme Views by RangerExtreme The Rangers may have played their best game to date against the Senators at the Corel Center in Ottawa Saturday Night. The Rangers at one point in the game were down by a score of 2-0 and mustered enough resiliency to fend the Senators offense off for both the final period […]

Week 1 Wrap-up

by Jim Samuels A win is a win, that’s what they say in sports circles these days. The New York Rangers 76th season got underway this past weekend and two games into the 82 game marathon that is the NHL’s regular season, the Blueshirts are Even Steven after splitting a pair of games against eastern […]

Rangers v Canes

Extreme Views by RangerExtreme Well the Rangers opened up their season with a 3-1 loss against The Carolina Hurricanes Friday night in which saw the Rangers get beat by of all things a game winner from Darren Langdon. I’m not sure if it was nerves or just being Ill prepared that was the reason for […]