Derek Stepan

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Rangers Flush With Cap Room After Huge Deal

Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said he expected changes, and now here they come. Eight days after the team announced it would buy out blue-blood defenseman Dan Girardi, another alternate captain and core-group stalwart is gone. Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton, heading into the NHL Entry Draft in Chicago, dealt Derek Stepan, along with valuable backup goalie […]

There’s More to Stepan Than Goals

By Chris Boyle Follow @ChrisBoyle33 Derek Stepan is currently struggling to score. He hasn’t scored in his last 56 shots and his shooting percentage has plummeted from 10.6% (his career shooting percentage) to 7.6%. This is a perceived problem in a game like hockey where the goals are so rare. Because they happen so infrequently, […]

Game Preview: Rangers at Maple Leafs

By: David Kolb NEW YORK RANGERS (28-16-1) @ TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (21-13-8) FIRST VISIT TO TORONTO The New York Rangers head north of the border to skate in an Original Six matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs. This will be the second of three games the clubs play, as the Leafs doubled-up the Blueshirts on […]

Game Preview: Rangers at Flyers

By: David Kolb NEW YORK RANGERS (26-13-1) @ PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (20-14-5) BROAD STREET BATTLE Tonight the Rangers head down I-95 to face off against the Philadelphia Flyers. This game will serve as the second of four meetings between the Blueshirts and Flyers, and the second in Philadelphia as the two teams last battled on Nov. 25 […]