Less 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, […]
Read MoreAly Raisman found herself in an uncomfortable situation during Wednesday night’s NHL Awards when an aging hockey great made a leering comment about her legs. Raisman, the 23-year-old gymnastics star, spoke about sharing the stage with “one of the old greats,” former Los Angeles Kings center Marcel Dionne, to present the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, an […]
Read MoreThe Rangers open the season at home, close the season on the road and have 11 back-to-back games, the fewest of any team in the Eastern Conference. Guess that’s what you get for participating in the Winter Classic. The Blueshirts’ 91st regular-season schedule, which was announced Thursday, seemed almost palatable compared with last season’s grind. […]
Read MoreAs Devils general manager Ray Shero prepares to make the franchise’s first No. 1 overall selection in the NHL draft on Friday night in Chicago, here is the question that sits before him: Nolan or Nico? That would be Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier, the undisputed top two prospects with slightly different games. Though neither […]
Read MoreCHICAGO — It was hard for the Rangers to part ways with one of the core players from the most successful run in franchise history that didn’t include a Stanley Cup. But after seven years, the Blueshirts have moved on from Derek Stepan, trading him and backup goalie Antti Raanta to the Coyotes on Friday […]
Read MoreCHICAGO — A five-hour lunch in Bern, Switzerland, sealed the deal, allowing Devils general manager Ray Shero to feel comfortable enough with Nico Hischier to make him the franchise’s first No. 1-overall pick during Friday night’s NHL draft at United Center. If it was a surprise to anyone the Devils didn’t take the original consensus […]
Read MoreCHICAGO — This wasn’t just about sheer talent. Instead, the Rangers obtained a high pick in the first round of the NHL draft and got themselves a player who is as much about attitude as ability. With the No. 7-overall pick in the draft, obtained in a blockbuster trade with the Coyotes earlier in the […]
Read MoreThe last thing the Rangers should do and the last thing the Rangers intend to do is to leap head-first into the free-agent pool and dole out the kinds of long-term, big-money contracts to players on the wrong side of 26 years of age that have handcuffed this franchise the past two seasons. The temptation […]
Read MoreCHICAGO — There is no more hollow talk from the Islanders about trying to win now. Instead, they spent draft weekend making big moves and preparing themselves to make more in the coming days. General manager Garth Snow completed his second blockbuster trade on Saturday, sending heart-and-soul defenseman Travis Hamonic, along with a conditional fourth-round […]
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