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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The Rangers missed another golden opportunity to gain ground on the eighth place Boston Bruins as they lost a heartbreaker
Continue reading »Slats Stands Pat
On one of the most anti-climactic deadline days in recent memory, Rangers GM Glen Sather decided, surprisingly, not to jump
Continue reading »Done Deal
After a long night and day of intense speculation all over the web, the news finally became official just after
Continue reading »This Is NOT a Jokinen
TSN Canada is reporting that the Rangers are close to announcing a deal that would send forwards Ales Kotalik and
Continue reading »Mike Sullivan to join Rangers Staff (Updated)
In a move that has been expected since last season’s hiring of head coach John Tortorella, Mike Sullivan will re-join
Continue reading »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,
Continue reading »Roster Reshaping Continues
In a surprising flurry of activity after a quiet weekend, The Rangers continued their recent roster overhaul by re-signing one
Continue reading »Free Agency Rumblings (Updated)
There are some rumblings on the free agency front this morning concerning the Rangers. The most surprising news comes from
Continue reading »New Beginnings
I decided to launch the website today because this is the perfect time to enter into the stratosphere of New
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