You go through the Top Fifty lists and maybe, just maybe, Ryan McDonagh will turn up somewhere in the high 40s, but probably not. Or maybe in one of the lists compiled by possession-number freaks, Kevin Shattenkirk will get a similar designation. But that’s it, even if that’s a stretch. The fact is the Rangers, […]
Read MoreThe Devils got the payoff for being the worst team in the Eastern Conference last season (and tied for the third-worst team in the league), earning themselves the No. 1 pick in the draft. Although there wasn’t a generational prospect available like a Sidney Crosby or Connor McDavid, general manager Ray Shero thought long and […]
Read MoreAnd so they will be going for an historic three in a row … no, not the Penguins, who have captured two straight Stanley Cups, but the Capitals, who have won consecutive Presidents’ Trophies, for all the good that’s done them. No team ever has won three straight Presidents’ Trophies — fess up, you too […]
Read MoreThis was about more than just understanding defensive-zone coverages or forechecking schemes or breakouts. Heck, this was about more than just having some dynamic offensive players in Rick Nash and Mats Zuccarello on the flanks in order to help 18-year-old Filip Chytil with the start of his NHL career. Instead, this was about total acclimation […]
Read MoreMats Zuccarello was a natural-born leader even before anointed as one with an “A” on his sweater to symbolize his status as an alternate captain for the 2017-18 season that commences Thursday at the Garden against the Avalanche. He remembers the way it was for him when he first arrived as a 23-year-old from Norway […]
Read MoreNew Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk faced off with The Post’s Steve Serby for some Q&A ahead of the Blueshirts’ season opener Thursday night. Q: What message would you want to give to Rangers fans about you and about your new team? A: The thing that I’ve known or kind of learned is that even though […]
Read MoreAnthony DeAngelo made the roster, and seemingly made the opening-night lineup. The Rangers are set to start their new 21-year-old defenseman on the right side of the third defensive pair with Marc Staal when they play their season opener Thursday night against the Avalanche at the Garden. DeAngelo is with his third NHL team in […]
Read MoreSo it begins, one more season of Rangers hockey. With Thursday night’s opener against the Avalanche at the Garden, so comes the start of another campaign with high expectations, with Henrik Lundqvist in goal, with Alain Vigneault behind the bench. Some old faces are gone, some new faces have moved in, and finally it’s time […]
Read MoreHenrik Lundqvist’s first season-opener wearing the Blueshirt is the only season-opener the then yet to be named King would spend on the bench. It was Oct. 5, 2005, 12 years to the day before the 35-year-old goaltender established a franchise record with both his 12th consecutive and 12th overall opening start Thursday at the Garden […]
Read MoreNobody wanted to call it a fourth line, and it isn’t in the traditional sense of the label. But it is certainly a spot further down the lineup for Jimmy Vesey, as the Rangers winger will begin his second NHL season Thursday night on a line with David Desharnais and Paul Carey at the Garden […]
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