Let’s start by saying what everyone knows: this team is FLAWED. It was built with no real direction and couldn’t help but fail with this collection of spare parts, playing out of position, and expected to excel. The fact that this club even sniffed the postseason is testament to the incredible talent of franchise cornerstone Henrik Lundqvist and an inspired first season on Broadway by sniper extraordinaire Marian Gaborik. Even with the huge holes that management could never fill despite making in-season moves and numerous call-ups from the minors, the team still strung together an impressive first month of the season and an exciting last few weeks to make a serious run at the final playoff spot. This team is not in need of a total rebuild and there shouldn’t be close to the wholesale turnover we saw at the end of last season but there are a few moves that GM Glen Sather must make if this team is going to make it back to the playoffs and actually be expected to make noise once it does.
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Canadiens 6 Rangers 0
The Rangers were shut out for the second straight game and Henrik Lundqvist was pulled after surrendering 4 goals as
Continue reading »Rangers 8 Lightning 2
All the Rangers coaches were hoping for following their impressive 6-2 win over the Canadiens on Sunday was a repeat
Continue reading »Rangers 7 Blue Jackets 4
The Rangers finally showed their fans what could be, if the team uses it’s forecheck, plays for sixty minutes and
Continue reading »Rangers 2 Senators 1 (Shootout)
The Rangers played only their second overtime game of the season and participated in their first shootout of the year
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With the call up of Hartford Wolfpack forward P.A. Parenteau, the Rangers line combinations for today’s game against the Ottawa
Continue reading »Gaborik, Brashear Out vs. Isles
Marian Gaborik will miss tonight’s game against the Islanders with an injury that the Rangers are still not specifying other
Continue reading »Practice Notes: Benchings, Henrik Expected to Start, Brash Returns
Here are some of the notes and quotes from this morning’s skate: – Christopher Higgins worked yesterday with the fourth
Continue reading »Practice Notes: Brash Back, Kotalik Moves Up
Here are some observations from today’s practice: -Donald Brashear skated today and says he expects to be in the lineup
Continue reading »Henrik Starts, Brash May Sit
Henrik Lundqvist will get his sixth start of the season tonight when the Los Angeles Kings visit the Garden to
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