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 […]
Limited Options Bring Interesting Response
After the trade of Vladislav Namestnikov to the Senators, the Rangers have just 21 players on their roster, further constraining what were already limited options for head coach David Quinn. In all, the Rangers have used only 21 players through the first three games, including the aforementioned Namestnikov. The only player on the roster who hasn’t played, […]
And Here We Go
Okay, so how many of you thought Brendan Smith would be on the roster for opening night, let along starting as a fourth line wing? Now be honest, I’m not sure even Brendan himself envisioned that this was likely to happen, though it certainly appears that he wasn’t ready to just give up. Or for that matter, […]
Extras Stay For Saturday
Yesteday the team trimmed the camp roster to 32 players, with at least nine more players destined to be heading to the minors over the coming days. Yet a handful of players remain with the big team practicing ahead of Saturday’s preseason finale in Bridgeport, where a number of the ones who miss the roster […]
Tony D Signs
The Rangers lone remaining contract hold-out has agreed to a one year, $925,000 deal, ending a standoff that has seen him miss the first week of training camp. Tony DeAngelo tried to generate leverage over the Rangers after the team was forced to buy out Kevin Shattenkirk back in August, opening up questions about depth on the […]
Rangers Trim Four
The Rangers have trimmed their training camp roster down to 45 following 4 additional cuts today. The four sent down include forward Jake Elmer, along with defensive trio Darren Raddysh, Brandon Crawley and Vincent Loverde. Having started last Friday with 56 players, the team still has anywhere between 22 and 25 more decisions to make, with the team limited […]
Shattenkirk Reportedly Bought Out
After much confusion surround when the buyout window actually occur, there are reports surfacing that the Rangers have or will buy out defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, relieving the team of enough salary cap space to go into the year with even a little space. Next year will be a different story of course, with around $6M of […]
Arbitrary Decision May Lead To Buyout
At least two of the three Rangers eligible for salary arbitration has elected to file before today’s 5pm Eastern deadline. Pavel Buchnevich has reportedly made the request, a common practice by players, to increase the velocity of negotiations of contracts. Defenseman Jacob Trouba also filed before the deadline, whoile forward Vinni Lettieri could also elect to file, though it might not […]
Cap Tips Following Buchnevich Signing
Monday July 29th was the scheduled date for Pavel Buchnevich and the Rangers to meet in front of an arbiter and make their respective cases for the value of a 2019-20 contract. As it turns out, the arbiter will no longer be needed, as the parties agreed late yesterday to a two year, $6.5M contract. The signing […]
Rangers Still Searching For First Win
After three games, the Rangers are still looking for their first win and points of the season. It’s the first time they’ve gone winless in the first three games since 2011-12, and worst start to the year going back to 1998-99 when they lost their first four. There must be something about October 7th / 8th, because this […]