The Rangers spent the first round of the playoffs not only hitting back against the Canadiens, but hitting first; not only responding to the Habs’ physical game, but initiating physical play. It was a sight to behold for generations of Rangerstown dwellers who have become accustomed to talented teams turning the other cheek to physically […]
Read MoreBrady Skjei goes into the corner with The Post’s Steve Serby to talk about Rangers-Senators, life as a rookie, and more: Q: What do you like best about this team? A: I think our speed and skill. When we’re putting our speed on display, that’s when I think we’re at our best. We aren’t the […]
Read MoreOTTAWA — It’s funny how when a team is an underdog, the players and coaches never hesitate to bring it up, and when a team is a favorite, they brush it off as if it means nothing. At least, that’s the way the Rangers are approaching this flip of the script, going from slight underdogs […]
Read MoreOTTAWA — Alain Vigneault grew up in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the river from Ottawa. He got his first coaching gig in the NHL as an assistant with the Senators. His mother and father, ages 82 and 84, respectively, still live in town. But when Vigneault takes his Rangers into the Canadian Tire Centre for […]
Read MoreOTTAWA — It was easy for J.T. Miller to remember what he felt like before Game 1 of the Rangers’ first-round series against the Canadiens, and it wasn’t great. “I was kind of so excited the first game to go do something I kind of was more passive, and I wanted it to happen more […]
Read MoreOTTAWA — The Rangers should feel good about themselves following their six-game victory over the Canadiens that represented as impressive a first-round victory as the team has recorded in this extended run that began in 2012. Now, another voyage north of the border in a much less glamorous matchup against the Senators, marking the first […]
Read MoreWednesday night’s Game 1 between the Blues and Predators came to a screeching halt in the second period when Nashville’s Kevin Fiala suffered a lower body injury after a scary collision with the boards. Fiala was taken into the endboards by the Blues’ Robert Bortuzzo, and the rookie forward’s legs folded awkwardly on the heavy […]
Read MoreOTTAWA — It was 13 years and three months ago in the suburban Kanata arena, where the Rangers will open their second-round series against the Senators on Thursday night, that the value of having marquee names for marquee names’ sake was exposed as fool’s gold. On the game-day morning of Jan. 29, 2004, Jaromir Jagr […]
Read MoreOTTAWA — Derick Brassard was made for the spotlight, for the big moments, for the big games. Was made for Broadway. All things being equal, he’d have been a Ranger for longer than three-plus seasons and four playoff runs. Lord knows, nobody but Henrik Lundqvist had more big moments in the postseason than the Blueshirt […]
Read MoreFour Stanley Cup rings – owned by the Islanders team lawyer during their unprecedented run of glory – go under an auctioneer’s hammer Monday in Manhattan. The Championship bling, from 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983 all have engraved words “Stanley Cup Champions” and “Frease” – for the rings’ appropriately named owner, Belden Frease, according to […]
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