Rangers Report Blog

The results are unofficial, because I always wait 24 hours to see if anybody has any protests about my tabulations. But, according to my calculations, Mike S is our first-round contest winner, the only entry with all eight first-round series winners correct. Nine others had seven of the eight series… Read More →

Game 1 wasn’t exactly what I thought it would be. I expected it to be a little meaner, and I though the Bruins would have more surges, and I expected the Rangers to play more along the walls. Actually, I thought, the Rangers moved the puck pretty freely, didn’t forecheck… Read More →

Courtesy of the NYR: RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 1: TD Garden Bruins 3, Rangers 2 (OT) -  BOS leads 1-0 Team Notes: -      The Rangers were defeated by the Boston Bruins, 3-2, in overtime tonight at TD Garden, in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. -      New York has… Read More →

This is probably going to be the mother of all ugly, muck-it-up playoff series, which was kind of the theme of my series preview for The Journal News and LoHud.com today. You can read that by clicking here. Also, you may have seen that Adam Oates claims his Washington Capitals… Read More →

Here is my video preview of Game 1 of the Rangers-Bruins playoff series tonight.

From the Journal News and LoHud.com: By Rick Carpiniello GREENBURGH – The Rangers and Bruins won’t need mirrors this week. They can just look at each other while they’re grinding out games in their first playoff series in 40 years. Here’s a look at the matchups: FORWARDS: The Bruins have… Read More →

Reminder: Live Chat begins at 1 p.m. Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR (includes some new and pretty cool stuff, IMO): TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden (7:30 p.m. — TV: NBC Sports Network; Radio: Bloomberg Radio), in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference… Read More →

Thoughts: 1) We will have our first Live Playoff Chat of the series Thursday at 1 p.m. Be there. Or else. 2) Somebody mentioned to me about Mr. Jacobs, you know, the Bruins owner who was probably the single most responsible person for giving you fans the finger during his… Read More →

From the NHL: MAY 15, 2013 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TO PLAY A TWIN BILL AT YANKEE STADIUM Yankee Stadium to Host Two Games as Part of the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™ New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils, Sunday, Jan. 26 at 12:30 p.m. ET New York Rangers… Read More →

Here’s my column from The Journal News and LoHud.com today (Associated Press photo): By Rick Carpiniello WASHINGTON — When these playoffs began, the Rangers were a mediocre, inconsistent sixth seed. When their first round was two games old, they looked exactly like what they had been for 48 games during… Read More →

Almost forgot that the second round starts tonight. We can’t do another contest with only four series in play … too much bookkeeping, especially since ya boys are going to have me running around. I’m still interested to see your picks. Here are mine: EASTERN: Bruins over Rangers in 7…. Read More →

You guys who’ve been around since the GAG Line, or earlier, must be feeling pretty cool today, looking at the first Rangers-Bruins playoff series in 40 years. I know I do. I will say this, too, and I kinda touched on it when we were discussing good and bad matchups…. Read More →