There’s a reason it hasn’t been announced, and probably won’t be announced tonight; a reason (probably) that Higgins was on the ice at the end of the game, and a reason the MSG voices aren’t saying anything about the TSN reports of Kotalik and Higgins for Jokinen and Prust. And… Read More →
According to TSN, the trade of Kotalik to Calgary will bring back Olli Jokinen, but it will include either Christopher Higgins or Matt Gilroy. I think that’s a huge difference, don’t you ? I mean, Higgins has done zilch offensively and is probably not going to be re-signed. Gilroy still… Read More →
The Rangers had a trade in place. There have been complications involving that deal. So Kotalik was sent back to New York.
EVENING UPDATE, 7:40 P.M.: Larry Brooks is reporting from Denver that Ales Kotalik has left the team after being told he was going to be traded. No word on what the deal is. Kotalik apparently is done as a Ranger. ———————————————- So it’s not bad enough the Rangers are playing… Read More →
Heave ho, five in a row. All in regulation. Zero of a possible 10 points ripped right off the schedule. Your New York Rangers, right now out of a playoff position. That’s all it takes, just as it will only take a three-game winning streak for them to be right… Read More →
From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 30, 2010 – New York Rangers 2, Phoenix Coyotes 3 (Game #55, Road #26) • The Blueshirts were defeated by the Phoenix Coyotes, 3-2, tonight at Jobing.com Arena, the Rangers’ first loss at Phoenix since Dec. 31, 2001 (5-0). • Marian… Read More →
In the desert, no less. Those of you who always pined to see Petr Prucha play might actually see him play tonight. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in basketballs, and incommunicado all day. But I did just hear something that you probably all know already: That Henrik Lundqvist is… Read More →
Mine means three basketball games, then speeding home to catch the 8 p.m. faceoff tonight. Yours means being here all day, and counting the minutes to the 8 p.m. faceoff in Glendale. By the way, today is my actual anniversary. Sam left last Jan. 29 (We both posted that day)... Read More →
Back in the late 1990s, the argument that polarized the Rangers’ management more than any other was Manny Malhotra. John Muckler disliked him, Neil Smith loved him. Muckler thought he was a dime-a-dozen player, Smith thought he was a first-line, next-Adam Graves. And I think most of my problems with… Read More →
Enough is enough with the entitlement and keeping on giving people ice time. And so the room has to handle it and then the room becomes better, I think. If it doesn’t, then we have the wrong lockerroom. -John Tortorella, Dec. 18, 2009, after a 2-1 loss to the Islanders… Read More →
From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 27, 2010 – New York Rangers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 5 (Game #54, Home #29) · The Rangers were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-1, tonight at Madison Square Garden. · The Blueshirts have now posted a record of 24-23-7 (55 pts.)... Read More →
Need to know: Donald Brashear and Erik Christensen get prucha’d, and Ales Kotalik returns after sitting out six, in hopes of sparking a power-play that was 0-for-9 in this three-game losing streak. Lundqvist in goal—I’m sure Ocho gets a game on the three-in-four nights Western road trip upcoming. Maybe this… Read More →
I’ve got to run off to do an interview this a.m. I’ll be back later today, and through the game. Not sure I’ll make it to MSG, though. Ales Kotalik is back in the lineup tonight. Not sure who is being prucha’d along with Erik Christensen. There are a long… Read More →
Just got this from the NHLPA: NHLPA ONLINE AUCTION TO RAISE MONEY IN SUPPORT OF HOCKEY FOR HAITI RELIEF EFFORT …Proceeds will go to Hockey for Haiti relief initiative through World Vision TORONTO, ON (January 26, 2010) – The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced today that hockey fans… Read More →
All the good from that late-December/early-January run is being undone now. It’s six losses in eight games, with only five of a possible 16 points gained. 1) Don’t know about you (actually I do), but haven’t we seen enough of Drury and Rozsival on the power-play points? Isn’t it time… Read More →
From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 25, 2010 – New York Rangers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (Game #53, Home #28) · The Rangers were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2, tonight at Madison Square Garden, and are now 10-6-4 in their last 20 games. · The Blueshirts have now… Read More →
So much for that fantasy story about the kid picked up on waivers and suddenly becoming a first-line center. Hey, we all knew that was as much of a pipedream as it was an indictment of the Rangers’ lack of skill when Erik Christensen moved up to the penthouse. Tonight… Read More →
The thing that has remained consistent about the Rangers in the, oh, 31 years I’ve been around the team, is that no matter how poorly they do on the ice, no matter how much ammo they give us (me) to take them apart verbally or to scold them, there is… Read More →
I don’t know what else to say. I’ve said it so many times in the last 12 months. This is what the Rangers are. And nothing sums it up better than the following linescore. In their last seven games, over 21 periods (not counting an overtime), the linescore looks like… Read More →
From the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 23, 2010 – New York Rangers 0, Montreal Canadiens 6 (Game #52, Road #25) • The Blueshirts were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 6-0, tonight at the Bell Centre, and are now 10-5-4 in their last 19 games. • The Rangers… Read More →
