The Team Is Kind Of The Same
If you look at the team that lost 0-3 in the qualifying round back in August, you would see just a handful of changes. Gone are the two longest tenured Rangers in Henrik Lundqvist (buy-out) and Marc Staal (trade), as well as the fourth longest in Jesper Fast (free agency). Also moving on are Greg McKegg and Micheal Haley, as well as depth players Cristoval […]
Free Agency Opens Up Tomorrow
Friday October 12th at 12pm Eastern marks the opening up of the Free Agency period, and the Rangers are still looking to make some changes to their roster. While the second center position remains one of the areas of focus, the Rangers now have to look at options for addressing their short term needs on […]
Net New
The Rangers projected line up for tomorrow’s opening Qualifying Round match will feature a lot of playoff newbies. In fact nine of the roster will make their first post season NHL appearance, after all these games will statistically count towards the player’s playoff stats, even if they are deemed a “qualifying” round. The nine include […]
Rangers May Wing-It
It’s likely that Jeff Gorton is going to at least try to make some moves this weekend at the NHL draft, but it remains to be seen what he actually accomplishes. With John Davidson now firmly in place as President of the New York Rangers, and the second overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Gorton […]
Rangers Starting To Get Healthy
The Rangers have struggled of late, going 1-4-1 in their last six as they suffered through the loss of several forwards. As gamely as the team played, it’s been clear that the likes of Timothy Gettinger, Vinni Lettieri and Steven Fogarty are still works in progress rather than regular NHLers who can contribute. Fogarty is expected to remain […]
Rangers Set To Recall Lettieri
The one-game experiment of playing Brendan Smith on the wing has ended following last night’s 3-0 loss to the Senators. Vinni Lettieri is set to be recalled from Hartford in time to face the Monteal Canadiens tomorrow night in Montreal. In his second year with the Rangers, Lettieri failed to impress in his first 14 games this year, recording […]
An All-in Rebuild, Well Sort Of
The Rangers are in full rebuild mode, at least that’s true if you read the papers (Rangers Embark On All-Out Rebuild, Rangers Went All-In, and of course the overused Fire-Sale, then there’s of course the back page of the New York Post). Even the more sedate NY Times gets in on the action with the Complete Overhaul. Finally the ever engaging […]
Skjei Impresses; Offers Scouting Report on Others
by Jamy Baron Back in June when the Rangers selected Brady Skjei with the 28th overall pick, they definitely knew what they were getting. In a draft where NHL teams matched a record by selecting 13 defenseman, the Rangers may have gotten a steal at the 28th spot. Many people, including myself compare Skjei to Ryan McDonagh, the […]
2011 Draft Recap
The draft is out of the way, and all six of the 2011 Ranger draft picks are attending the Rangers prospect camp which got under way today – More here from the official site. While the team did add six additional prospects, they did part with one – Evgeny Grachev – along with a sixth round pick in the […]