Oh Brother
The rapidly approaching NHL trade extravaganza brings up familiar questions, at least as they have applied to the Rangers last two trade deadlines. Are the Rangers buyers or sellers? Are they in it to win, or not? Are they willing to mortgage their future or not? Questions once again the Rangers face. Time will tell […]
Christian Thomas Traded for Danny Kristo
New York made their third minor trade today, exchanging undersized forwards with the Montreal Canadiens. Heading north is Christian Thomas, who appeared in just one NHL game for the Rangers, interestingly enough, against the very team he’s joining. Meanwhile Danny Kristo, who completed his eligibility at North Dakota last season, will join the Rangers. It’s an interesting […]
Blueshirts Acquire Defenseman Justin Falk
The Rangers-Wild connection continued today, with a trade of depth players between the two organizations. It’s the seventh trade in the last eleven seasons, and third in the past two years. New York has also signed former Wild players Derek Boogaard and Marian Gaborik over that period, keeping it a strong relationship between the clubs. This time around it was 6-5, […]
Bold Move by Sather
In a bold move signifying New York Rangers management hasn’t given up on the season, Glen Sather acquired Ryane Clowe from the San Jose Sharks. A prototypical hard nosed old school Patrick Division player, Clowe is a welcome addition to a team that saw a lot of heart leave with the unaffordable Brandon Prust. Going the other way a second round pick […]
Mike Rupp dealt to Wild for Powe and Palmieri
The Mike Rupp era closes with the Rangers after a little more than a season, with the 32 year old forward dealt to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for forwards Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri, as the Rangers try to shake the team up after a slow start, and provide a little more depth. Rupp never really got it going […]
Rangers Trade Kundratek
by Jamy Baron As per Jesse Spector, the Rangers have traded blueliner, Tomas Kundratek to the Washington Capitals for 23 year old, Francois Bouchard. Bouchard is the younger brother of Pierre-Marc Bouchard of the Minnesota Wild and cousin of former Ranger, PA Parenteau. Bouchard tore up the QMJHL, but the 35th overall pick in 2006 hasn’t translated his play […]
Dupont Departs
Rangers continue their busy start to 2011-12 season with a minor league move, sending center Brodie Dupont to the Nashville Predators in exchange for right wing Andreas Thuresson. A third round pick in 2006, Dupont got a surprise call-up last year and played a limited role on the fourth line in one appearance with the Rangers. The 6-2 […]
Rangers Acquire Bryan McCabe
The Rangers have officially announced today that they have acquired 35 year old defenseman, Byan McCabe from the Florida Panthers in exchange for center Tim Kennedy and a 2011 third round draft pick. Despite picking up their power play performance in recent games – 7 for 23 over their last seven games – the team has long […]
White Out
Less than 24 hours until the NHL season gets under way now, and just under two hours before teams have to submit their NHL rosters for the start of the season, it’s almost time for games to actually count. I had to wait a little later to submit this profile, because I wasn’t sure whether […]
In Brandon We Prust
Just three pre-season games remaining, and only a handful of cuts before the October 6th roster deadline. You can almost smell the hockey in the air. Today’s Rangers Countdown player probably is as anxious to get in front of the MSG faithful as we are to see the team back on the ice. Player ProfileLooking […]