Super Mario Lemieux is not happy, of course, because his Pittsburgh Penguins, favorites in the East to win the Stanley Cup, got their clocks cleaned in four straight by a very, very, very good Boston team. And so coach Dan Bylsma is probably going to soon be available, deservedly or… Read More →
You have spoken, and I have listened. And I really didn’t have much else to do today with the rain and all. So here’s your chance to vote on which of the usual suspects should be the choice to coach the Rangers. I resisted the urge to put some of… Read More →
Could it really, really be 14 years since The Great One retired? April 18, 1999, Wayne Gretzky hung ‘em up at Madison Square Garden. Cannot believe it’s been that long. Have the Rangers scored a power-play goal since then? Photo by Getty Images. Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW… Read More →
How does an Englishman end up a Ranger fan? By UKRanger It all started around Christmas 1983 for me (around the time of the Maloneys, Greschner, Larouche, and Sandstrom and a first-round exit to the Flyers) not as a Ranger fan, but that was when my interest in American sports… Read More →
The news: Daniel Alfredsson did not skate, and Paul MacLean said there was no change in his condition, so you’d assume he will not play in Game 4 tonight. Again, it’s playoffs, so never say never. MacLean would not divulge his lineup, but Matt Carkner, back from his one-game suspension… Read More →
The reports yesterday had Alexei Kovalev going to the KHL for the next two years (click here for the story from NHL.com), probably ending his NHL career. And if so, then there are no players left from the ‘94 champions. Hard to believe Kovalev’s 38. Hard to believe it’s been… Read More →
I was reading some speculation yesterday that, if Captain Callahan gets to arbitration and ends up with a one-year award, he may not get the captaincy. And, well, that just doesn’t make any sense to me. The guy is the captain of the Rangers. It’s his team. The team takes… Read More →
I hate to be confrontational or argumentative. Right? But NHL.com did a list of the most exciting players of all time … and somehow Wayne Gretzky wasn’t on it. Nor was Mario Lemieux. Or Jaromir Jagr, who, love him or not, was a thrill a minute when he wanted to… Read More →
You guys know me. I’m big on anniversaries. Is it really 12 years since The Great One’s farewell game at Madison Square Garden, April 18, 1999? Holy smokes. —————————————- Here’s the official announcement on Zuccarello: NEW YORK RANGERS TRANSACTION UPDATE New York, April 18, 2011 – New York Rangers President… Read More →
Ah, what a nice way to start the all-star break. A fluky loss by your boys, and then another snow storm. I remember being on a road trip in Houston with the Mets in 1986, and they were on a roll when the all-star break hit, and they didn’t want… Read More →
Another one of those see-what-you’re-made-of wins last night. I won’t repeat all the stuff about resilience, and about playing to the end, and sticking to the system, and all that. Even though, it seems, every time they win and even most of the time when they lose, they are all… Read More →
