The Best Defense Is A Good Offense
One of the issues last season was undoubtedly the Rangers’ power play. Ranked second last in the league during the regular season, they not only managed a pitiful 13.9 percent – Detroit lead the league at 25.5 percent – but they also gave up the second most shorthanded goals of any team, an embarrassing 14 […]
Alternative Power Sources
by Mike Aker The Rangers recent three-game slide can be attributed as much to their one-dimensional power play as to tired legs playing seven games in ten nights. While the Blueshirts is ranked in the top ten in power play conversions, their production will continue to decrease if teams take notes from both Buffalo and […]
More Questions
Preseason is always a reason to be optimistic in Blueshirt land, but after a summer of positive action the Rangers faithful have kerbed their optimism in the light of some worrying trends. Just how bad is the Rangers penalty kill? Over the final games of the preseason the Blueshirts gave up 13 power play goals […]
You`re Killing Me
Okay, who forgot to pay the Rangers power bill this month? Weren’t the Blueshirts supposed to have one of the best power plays in the league? How can a Power Play that features Fleury, Lindros, Messier and Leetch be so ineffective? And what happened to the penalty kill…just a few years ago New York lead […]