Nieminen Finished As A Ranger
The Rangers today made a peripheral move, dealing left wing Ville Nieminen to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2006 3rd Round Pick. A healthy scratch in his last game as a Ranger, Nieminen had been in and out of the line-up several times as Rangers coach Tom Renney experimented with line combinations […]
Balej Dealt To Vancouver
After failing to stick with the Rangers during training camp, the Rangers have elected to part ways with right wing Jozef Balej, sending him along with a conditional 5th round draft pick to the Vancouver Canucks for forward Fedor Fedorov. Fedorov (the younger brother of NHL star Sergei Fedorov) had been asking the Vancouver Canucks […]
Rangers Deal Murray For Hossa
Just days after he was re-assigned to Hartford, Garth Murray was traded today to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for left wing Marcel Hossa. Hossa, the younger brother of Atlanta center Marian Hossa, has not lived up to expectations with the Canadiens, after the team selected him with the 16th overall pick in the 2000 […]
One Was Born A Faliure
by Jess Rubenstein In watching the events of the last 48 hours, I can’t help but to wonder if someone had listened to Frank Brown back in 1997 that we would not have suffered though 7 years of a crappy hockey team. Frank Brown was the beat reporter for the Daily News who suggested in […]
Jagr On Broadway
Back when he was with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jaromir Jagr openly talked about wanting to come to New York to play for the Rangers, after a disappointing stay with the Washington Capitals his wishes finally came true. General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the New York Rangers have acquired the All Star right wing […]
Bouchard Comes Back
The NHL waiver draft has been a sedate affair in recent years, but that all change this season with the Rangers involved in six separate moves. After the dust had settled, the Rangers had bid adieu to Ronald Petrovicky, Jeff Heerema and Shawn Heins, and had added Sheldon Keefe and Mike Siklenka, while reacquiring Joel […]
Big Names On The Move
GM Glen Sather had a busy day on the eve of the free agent deadline, resigning two pending Restricted Free Agents and sending a couple of well known names off for draft picks. Veteran defenseman and long time Ranger, Brian Leetch was sent to Edmonton in a move reminiscent to the Richter deal last season. […]
Trio Of Moves
The Rangers and Oilers made their second deadline deal in as many seasons today, with Edmonton sending winger Anson Carter and defenseman Ales Pisa to the New York Rangers in exchange for right wing Radek Dvorak and defenseman Cory Cross. Dvorak had been struggling with the Rangers scoring only 6 goals this year in 63 […]
Rangers Buy Kovalev
by Steve Giacobello In what probably won’t be the last attempt to save the most disgraceful season in the history of the New York Rangers, GM Glen Sather, who guaranteed that his team will make the playoffs, increased the Rangers payroll to nearly 80 million by trading for Alexei Kovalev from the cash starved Pittsburgh […]
Kovalev Returns To New York
Sportsnet is reporting that the Rangers have closed a deal that would bring back Alexei Kovalev to New York. The Rangers are reportedly sending Rico Fata, Mikael Samuelsson, Joel Bouchard and Richard Lintner to Pittsburgh for Kovalev, Mike Wilson, Dan Lacouture and Janne Laukkanen. The trade also includes a cash amount that goes to Pittsburgh with reports […]