I suspect the Rangers will be active today, with plenty of cap room to do something very big, or to make a few smaller-scale improvements. The action begins at noon, and NHL Network will present TSN’s always superb coverage. No idea which way it will go, with one sure target… Read More →
So, after a few hours of work, then a few hours of yard work, I settled into my chair to watch golf. God, I love the U.S. Open. Then I finally opened the Sunday papers (yes, kids, those are actually made of paper, and you turn the pages to read… Read More →
From the Rangers: MARIAN GABORIK TO UNDERGO SHOULDER SURGERY New York, June 1, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that Marian Gaborik will undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder. The procedure will be performed by Dr. Andrew Feldman and… Read More →
From the Rangers: New York, May 30, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with free agent forward Marek Hrivik. Hrivik, 20, led Connecticut (AHL) with five goals and tied for the team lead with nine points… Read More →
From the NYR: New York, May 29, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Jesper Fast. Fast, 20, skated in 21 games with HV71 of the Swedish Elite League (SEL) this season, registering five goals… Read More →
Brendan Shanahan’s dart hit “1” on the dartboard. I’m not saying Brandon Prust shouldn’t have been suspended, because he did after all elbow Anton Volchenkov in the head (and I wonder if they’ve managed to scrape Volchenkov off the ice yet). I am saying that what Prust did was not… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) Ya boys sure do stick with it, don’t they? And at 0-0 in the lockerroom after being pretty much pinned in the second, they sure must have felt that they would win this game. And then they did. Not surprised. 2) Dan (Block Ness Monster) Girardi had a… Read More →
Happy Mother’s Day! Thoughts: 1) I am almost without speech because I don’t know what to say. Other than that was a fabulously hard-played hockey game, the kind you’d really hope to get in a Game 7. The Rangers were really good from the start, and to the finish. In… Read More →
Ya boys are practicing today here in D.C. so I’ll head over there and post some audio after I finish catching up on the sleep I (we all) lost Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Then we’ll have our Live Chat at 2 p.m., so be here to discuss Game 3,... Read More →
Thoughts: 1) I don’t know why I always feel this way, maybe because I’ve seen so many series go this way, but I still expect it to be 1-1 after two games. 2) Game 1 probably didn’t seem as close as it really was, but it was. The Capitals didn’t… Read More →
From the NYR: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH 2009 FIRST ROUND PICK CHRIS KREIDER New York, April 10, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Chris Kreider. Kreider, 20, was selected by the Rangers in… Read More →
It’s official. The Rangers have finally signed their 2009 first-round pick Chris Kredier, who won his second NCAA championship in three years with Boston College on Saturday. The big winger, whose skating has had scouts raving and the Rangers hoping he’d leave school early for well over a year, will… Read More →
So here we are, the Rangers on the verge of clinching the Patrick Division and the No. 1 seed in the East, in the hunt for the Presidents’ Trophy in the final week of the season, and who knows what in the playoffs. And the Montreal Canadiens, that prideful iconic… Read More →
So I guess Anton Stralman is your No. 6 now, unless Eminger is getting closer to returning. From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS TRANSACTION UPDATE New York, March 29, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has assigned defenseman Tim Erixon… Read More →
From the Rangers: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD ANDREW YOGAN Originally Selected by the Rangers in the Fourth Round, 100th Overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft New York, March 26, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) This would have been more fun if they’d met a month or so ago, when they were both tearing it up. Would have been more of a measuring stick for both teams. 2) Would have been more fun for me, anyway, if the Rangers wore their traditional blue… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) I could not have dreamed the Rangers would be where they are without Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik paying on the first line together all year. Imagine if this works now? Imagine if the Rangers finally have that legit first-line with two proven first-line players and a rookie… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) 40-15-6, 86 points with a quarter of a season left. You kiddin’ me? 2) Henrik Lundqvist. Seven straight seasons of 30 wins. Forty-three career shutouts. Eight this season; 10-2-0 with a 1.24 goals against average, .952 save percentage and four shutouts in his last 12 games. A record… Read More →
Here’s the audio from the delayed Glen Sather post-trade deadline press conference (at the beginning he’s trading some barbs with former teammate Pete Stemkowski; not sure how much of it the microphone picked up):
We are expecting Glen Sather to address the media around 4:45 p.m. to discuss the deadline day. I will put up audio shortly thereafter. For those just tuning in, the Rangers acquired 6-7, 270-pound defenseman/winger John Scott—a true enforcer—from the Blackhawks for a fifth-round pick. They talked to Columbus throughout… Read More →
