Sather Gets A Bruiser
The Rangers made a move today before the league’s mandated Olympic trade feeze and acquired veteran tough guy Jody Shelley from the San Jose Sharks for a conditional draft pick. Shelley, 34, is in the last year of his contract which pays him $725,000. In 517 career games, Shelley has 14 goals and 29 assists [...]
Sharks 7 Rangers 3
Well the winning streak ended at 7 as Tortorella’s decision to start Stephen Valiquette and give Henrik Lundqvist a rest against a non-conference opponent backfired. The Rangers jumped ahead 2-0 early on goals by Chris Drury and the ever improving Michael Del Zotto but then Valiquette and the Rangers collapsed and allowed 5 unanswered goals [...]
Rangers 4 Maple Leafs 1
“It’s Deja Vu all over again” said Yogi Berra famously and tonight the Rangers must have felt that way as they outplayed an over matched Toronto Maple Leafs squad for second time this week en route to their seventh straight victory. The Leafs battled early and showed some fight but couldn’t solve Henrik Lundqvist on [...]
Fleury of Activity
In former Ranger news, Theo Fleury, who enjoyed three seasons with the Blueshirts from 1999 to 2002 before his struggles with alcohol forced him to enter the NHL’s voluntary substance abuse program has decided to give it another shot and is attempting to make a comeback to the league at the age of 41. Fleury, [...]
