The deadline came and went Monday afternoon, and neither Dan Girardi nor Marc Staal had been asked to waive his no-move clause for the sake of being exposed in the expansion draft, The Post has learned. That means both of the Rangers’ veteran defensemen will be protected when the Vegas Golden Knights do their picking […]
Read MoreNow begins the long wait for real games to start again. Sidney Crosby and the Penguins successfully defended their Stanley Cup by taking a Game 6 victory over the Predators on Sunday night. But the NHL hardly has gone into sleep mode just yet, with a very busy couple weeks coming up that will significantly […]
Read MoreKevin Klein, who was an integral piece of the Rangers’ run to the 2014 Stanley Cup final and the club’s 2014-15 Presidents’ Trophy season before breaking down last year, is contemplating retirement from the NHL, The Post has learned. Sources report Klein, who was a healthy scratch for all but one playoff game following a […]
Read MoreIt’s unknown exactly where the Islanders will play home games in the future, but they are getting out of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center at least once this preseason. The Islanders will play host to the Rangers for an exhibition at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sept. 22. The arena is the home of the […]
Read MoreThe Rangers signed forward Matt Puempel to a one-year, $725,000 contract on Wednesday, meaning they now meet the requirements for players they need to expose in the expansion draft and will avoid any punishment. Along with Michael Grabner, the Blueshirts needed one more forward to expose who was signed for next season and met certain […]
Read MoreIt was far more than Dan Girardi ever could have expected out of his career, but the undrafted defenseman is no longer a Ranger. The Rangers announced Wednesday they are buying out the three remaining years on Girardi’s contract, which carried an annual $5.5 million salary-cap hit. With the buyout, they will have dead space […]
Read MoreHere is the quintessential Dan Girardi moment, coming near the end of the 2013-14 regular season just before the Rangers went on a run to the Stanley Cup final: After a practice in Tarrytown, Girardi took off his skate and his ankle was about the size of a grapefruit. A reporter looked down and asked […]
Read MoreThe Islanders are returning to the Coliseum — for one preseason game. The team announced Thursday they will open their preseason Sept. 17 by playing host to the Flyers at NYCB Live, home of the newly refurbished Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, for a Sunday 1.pm. matinee. Tickets go on sale June 29 (earlier for season-ticket […]
Read MoreLess than a week removed from the raising of the Stanley Cup, the NHL offseason already has its first major trade. The Tampa Bay Lightning traded forward Jonathan Drouin to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in exchange for defensive prospect Mikhail Sergachev and a conditional second-round draft pick in 2018. The Canadiens also get a […]
Read MoreIt seems the mania that was anticipated in the lead-up to the NHL expansion draft is not exactly affecting the Rangers. Things remained quiet on that front as the Rangers approached Saturday’s 5 p.m. deadline to submit their list of protected players. It seems like their seven forwards, three defensemen and one goalie are set, […]
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