We know all about the blown leads and missed opportunities in Ottawa, and we all can identify the players who had disappointing rounds. But for me, the larger issue management must address is the emotional void with which the Rangers took the ice for Game 6, when the series and a trip to the conference […]
Read MoreBrendan Smith said he had “a blast” being a Ranger for just over two months, and the 28-year-old defenseman, who is set to be an unrestricted free agent come July 1, made it clear he would like to return if the circumstances are right. “Absolutely,” Smith said on breakup day Thursday in Tarrytown, when asked […]
Read MoreFundamental changes are more than likely to come to the Rangers’ roster in the coming months, and they know it. The core group that has been together for this six-year run, which has been a success in every way except actually winning a Stanley Cup, is now standing on shaky ground. Following a second-round series […]
Read MoreAnybody who was even a remote observer to the NHL this season could have told you this was coming. The concussion-spotter rule was a farce from the beginning, and now the league and the Players’ Association should catch more than just much-deserved criticism, but they could very well have put themselves at the center of […]
Read MoreIslanders goalie Thomas Greiss has apologized after he reportedly caused an outrage in Germany when it was discovered that he “liked” an Instagram post comparing Hillary Clinton to Adolf Hitler. Griess issued the apology through his team after complaints from the German hockey federation — who Greiss is currently competing for during a tournament in […]
Read MoreAmid the turbulent summer that lies ahead for the Rangers, there is a new group of young players who likely aren’t going anywhere, because they have shown the potential to form the franchise’s new nucleus. That starts with the one player on the roster who is likely the most untouchable in negotiations this offseason — […]
Read MoreThe knee and hamstring injuries through which Alex Ovechkin soldiered on for the final nine games of the playoffs may, to a degree, muddle the Capitals’ postmortem, but this fact is not complicated at all: In three playoff series against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins, Ovechkin and the Caps are 0-3 — losing all three […]
Read MoreThe Rangers didn’t wait for their annual Palm Springs Summit to start making moves this offseason. With the organizational meeting, usually set at president Glen Sather’s western hub of operations, coming up soon, the franchise fired Ken Gernander as the coach of AHL Hartford after the Wolf Pack’s last-place finish this past season. It was […]
Read MoreThe longtime anthem singer at Nashville Predators hockey games has sour grapes over being replaced in the Stanley Cup playoffs by superstar singers such as Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town. Dennis K. Morgan, who has been singing at Predators games for 17 years, told The Tennessean he has been hurt […]
Read MoreAmerican hockey is in good hands. Despite our young Yankees’ disappointing 2-0 loss to Finland in the quarterfinals of the World Championships on Thursday in Germany, signs of promise abound. Mostly, that lies in the youth on the roster, a lot of it localized. The Rangers sent Brady Skjei, 23, and Kevin Hayes, 25, both of whom […]
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