I’m sure you saw that Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan were elevated to a line with Ryan Callahan in practice today, with Brian Boyle being reunited with Brandon Prust (Artem Anisimov on the left) and Ruslan Fedotenko dropped to the John Mitchell-Mike Rupp line. FWIW. John Tortorella: Henrik Lundqvist: Ryan… Read More →
Headed to the Rangers’ practice today as they return from their one-day respite. Will have some audio later on. We’re at that point in the playoffs now where there are nights with no hockey. Awful. Then NBC stretches it out an extra day. More awful. So we’re here to try… Read More →
John Tortorella didn’t say much this afternoon in a conference call with reporters, but don’t take that as a lack of confidence for Game 7. “I have a ton of optimism about our club,” Tortorella said. “Our club has gone through a lot of different things as far as momentum.”... Read More →
Got these tidbits from TiqIQ ( www.tiqiq.com ), regarding Game 7 tickets (and it scared the bejesus out of me): The average ticket price for Game 7 is currently $718.42, up 9.02% ($659) since the Rangers win in Game 5 The current get in price for the game is… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) During and after this game, I thought about a lot of stuff that didn’t completely have to do with the game. For instance, no matter how much we think we know, we don’t know. Example: Many of us thought Washington would be a much easier matchup that Ottawa…. Read More →
John Tortorella: Henrik Lundqvist: Ryan Callahan: I may have audio from Alex Ovechkin … but here’s part of what he said: “We don’t want to stop playing. We don’t want to finish the season. We knew we could beat them. It was very intense … their top D played lots… Read More →
Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 6 Verizon Center – Washington, DC (Series tied 3-3) 1st 2nd 3rd T New York Rangers 0 0 1 1 Washington Capitals 1 1 0 2 Team Notes: – The Rangers were defeated by the Washington… Read More →
Rangers-Capitals Game 6. Imagine how different you’d be feeling if not for that last 7.6 seconds of Game 5. But ya boys now have a chance to close it out and move to the ECF and the Devils. Of course, we use the word “chance” lightly because this will be,... Read More →
Here’s Josh (age 26) Thomson’s story from The Journal News and LoHud.com today: By Josh Thomson, 26 NEW YORK — With a young team on the verge of contending in the Eastern Conference, John Tortorella found himself motivated to land Brad Richards as a free agent. The 32-year old was… Read More →
Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS at WASHINGTON CAPITALS 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 6 (NYR lead 3-2) Wednesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. Verizon Center – Washington, DC Rangers (Regular Season): 51-24-7 (109 pts), 1st in East Capitals (Regular Season): 42-32-8 (92 pts),... Read More →
If the Rangers manage to hold off the Capitals, they will meet the Devils In the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth time. The Rangers have won four of the first five series: 1992: Patrick Division semifinals—Rangers won, 4-3. 1994: Eastern Conference finals—Rangers won, 4-3. 1997: Eastern Conference semifinals—Rangers won,... Read More →
An unusually reflective John Tortorella and a handful of players were available today after the Rangers met at the Garden. They talked as a team around 1:30 before taking the ice for a quick skate about a half hour later. Among other things, Tortorella discussed the leadership of Brad Richards,... Read More →
Rick Carpiniello’s Rangers Report Chat
First things first: Whew. I thought I was going to have to bring some shrinks with me for the Live Chat today at noon. Thought I was going to be talking people down. Now I am going to have one happy group. Be there at noon, with questions, comments, whatever…. Read More →
After nearly 60 minutes of regulation, Brad Richards and Carl Hagelin provided contributions that lifted the Rangers into OT. Neither was pretty, but the result was sweet nonetheless for their team. Richards followed up his nine game-winning goals this season with an even bigger one, tying the game with 7.6… Read More →
Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 5 Madison Square Garden – New York, NY (NYR lead 3-2) Team Notes: - The Rangers defeated the Washington Capitals, 3-2, in overtime tonight at Madison Square Garden in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. ... Read More →
Josh Thomson, 26, will have more later. John Tortorella: Marc Staal: Henrik Lundqvist:
Rangers-Capitals Game 5. Ya boys aren’t at “must-win” territory yet … especially since they’ve come back from 3-2 down once already in these playoffs. I expect they will play very well tonight, good enough to win. Does that mean victory? No idea. If I had to guess: Yes. For what… Read More →
Sorry about that outage last night. Don’t ask me what happened, because I have no byfuglien idea. **************************************** Pre-game notes, courtesy of the NYR: WASHINGTON CAPITALS at NEW YORK RANGERS 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 5 (Series tied 2-2) Monday, May 7, 7:30 p.m. Madison Square… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) I’m not going into a gigantic rant about the Alex Ovechkin cheapshot on Dan Girardi because it’s a distraction and the Rangers don’t deserve a distraction with the way they played Game 4. … And I don’t want to call for a suspension because Brendan Shanahan and the… Read More →
