12
Oct
2009
Rangers 7 Maple Leafs 2
In their most impressive performance so far this young season, The Rangers employed a stifling first period forecheck to jump out to an early lead and a dominating third period to absolutely hammer the visting Maple Leafs 7-2 at the Garden. The Blueshirts fifth straight victory has the club now sitting alone atop the eastern [...]
2
Oct
2009
Semenov Out? (Updated)
UPDATE (11:50 am) Andrew Gross of the Bergen Record has reported that Alexei Semenov will not play for the Rangers this season. He says Semenov has told Sather that he couldn’t convince his family on the idea of playing in New York this upcoming season. The Rangers will look elsewhere foe a seventh defenseman. Reports [...]
1
Oct
2009
News: Avery Out, Semenov on the Way, Betts to Flyers
Some quick news from today: -Sean Avery has been ruled out of tomorrow night’s season opener in Pittsburgh by coach Tortorella. Avery will still make the trip and be with the team. -Alexei Semenov was in danger of not making the trip as “conflicts” arose with his newly signed contract earlier today but it seems [...]
30
Sep
2009
Season Preview Part 3: The Thin Blue Line
If there is one gruop of players that is being counted on most by the Rangers to step up this season, it is the the defense. The Rangers did not sign any big name players to add to their blue line in free agency and lost veterans Paul Mara and Derek Morris. They are convinced [...]
29
Sep
2009
Season Preview Part 2: Moving Forward
After an offseason for the Blueshirts that was defined by wholesale changes up front, the team is returning only 5 forwards (Dubinsky, Callahan, Chris Drury, Sean Avery and Aaron Voros) who played significant minutes for the Rangers last season. In an attempt to bolster the team’s ability to score goals at even strength and on special teams, the [...]
19
Sep
2009
Dubi Signs
After an eight day holdout which threatened to turn contentious, Brandon Dubinsky has agreed to a 2 year 3.7 million dollar contract with the Blueshirts. Sitting out the start of the first camp under coach John Tortorella was a huge risk for the young center but in the end the Rangers and GM Glen Sather [...]
31
Aug
2009
Dubi or Not Dubi?
After a false alarm was sounded last week by Jim Schoenfeld on XM Radio saying that Brandon Dubinsky “was re-signed by the Rangers”, the truth was discovered earlier today as Dubinsky told reporters he is still in the negotiating phase of talks with the team. The good news from today’s scrimmage however is that Dubinsky [...]
14
Jul
2009
News Round-up: Zherdev Speaks, Zubov Leaves and Potter Signs
Not much hard news today but some interesting quotes from Nkolai Zherdev to magazine Sport-Express. Zherdev talks about the Rangers, his interest in the KHL and about where he’d like to play should he not return to New York next season. To me the most telling quote from the enigmatic winger comes when he is [...]
9
Jul
2009
Ales Is More: Rangers Sign Kotalik (Updated)
The Rangers have come to terms with UFA right wing Ales Kotalik. Terms of the deal are not yet known. Kotalik, the 6-2, 227 lb. , 30 year old winger from the Czech Republic has scored 20 or more goals four times in his 7 seasons in the NHL and posted 20 goals and 23 [...]
9
Jul
2009
Carolina In My Mind
Most of the news surrounding the Rangers search for a defenseman has centered on Sergei Zubov and Derek Morris but we want to add another possibility to the list. According to reports on ESPN, Carolina Hurricanes RFA Anton Babchuk is at a stalemate with the Canes over his contract and the team’s GM Jim Rutherford [...]