By: Leo Scaglione Jr., Pinch-Hitting For the Maven In their chase to win their first Stanley Cup since 1994, the Rangers dealt each of their first-round selections in the past four National Hockey League drafts to acquire proven talent. This year was the exception, as the club added a second first-round pick and the seventh […]
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 […]
In a pre-draft blockbuster, the Rangers are sending Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta to the Coyotes in exchange for Anthony DeAngelo and the seventh overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft. DeAngelo, 21, had 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 39 games last season, his first in the NHL. The Sewell, New Jersey native […]
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, […]
FLYERS 2, RANGERS 0 Hockey games often can be decided by motivation — along with superb goaltending, plus an extra goal or two over the foe. If any team invading The Garden had motivation on its mind, it was the Flyers who have been more erratic than the Jersey Transit in a record-breaking blizzard. As […]
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 […]
The stars at night may be big and bright in Texas but, for one evening at least, the Dallas Stars glistened last night at The Garden. Henrik Lundqvist did not. Allowing seven goals over the first two periods — as Henrik did — was a prescription for defeat and a challenge to halt a disturbing […]
(Editor’s Note: The Blue Jackets had their 16-game winning streak come to an end Thursday night against the Capitals) Make no mistake — the Rangers’ visit to Columbus on Saturday night will be THE test of all tests for the Blueshirts so far this season. For starters, it will be the Battle of the Brains, pitting […]
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 […]
