Click:Luxury Valentine’s Day Necklace for Wife John Tavares is considering “everything” before signing a contact extension with the Islanders, and that includes going into this season without a new deal in place. The captain explicitly said so when asked on the phone Wednesday by The Post during a late-summer check in. “Yea, I am,” Tavares […]
Read MoreIf injury equals opportunity, then the Devils unfortunately are finding more space for their youngsters. Alternate captain Travis Zajac will be out four to six months after having surgery on a torn left pectoral, it was announced Thursday. The injury occurred this past week while Zajac was doing his offseason training, and it leaves the […]
Read MoreThe Rangers are among the final two or three teams under consideration by Harvard free agent Alex Kerfoot, The Post has learned. J.P. Barry, the 23-year-old center’s agent who confirmed the parties’ mutual interest, told The Post that Kerfoot likely would reach a decision by Tuesday following a weekend of reflection. Kerfoot, a Hobey Baker […]
Read MoreThe Rangers’ wait continues on Alex Kerfoot’s small “d” decision, with the free-agent center from Harvard “still processing” his options as of late Tuesday, according to one individual familiar with the situation. But as the Rangers — and Canucks, plus perhaps another finalist in the bidding for the 23-year-old — awaited word, the Blueshirts did […]
Read MoreThe Rangers’ search for depth at center won’t be found in the Ivy League. Stud Harvard center Alex Kerfoot told the Rangers on Wednesday he would not be signing with the team, after they were among his final few choices. TSN reported that Kerfoot will instead sign with the Avalanche. Kerfoot, a Hobey Baker finalist […]
Read MoreIf Dan Girardi wasn’t already ecstatic that an NHL general manager was willing to pay him $3 million to play hockey for each of the next two seasons, he found one who was also willing to sell him a house. Girardi, the former Rangers defenseman who signed a two-year, $6 million contract with the Lightning […]
Read MoreThe Garden party that has been a generation in the making is set for Feb. 25. That’s the night the Rangers will pay tribute to the great Jean Ratelle by retiring the elegant centerman’s No. 19 before their game against the Red Wings. Ratelle, who will celebrate his 77th birthday on Oct. 3, is the […]
Read MoreThe Stanley Cup’s back-to-back tour with the Penguins wasn’t without a holy sacrament this year. On Wednesday, Philip Pritchard, Hockey Hall of Fame’s Keeper of the Cup, shared a few snaps from the Michigan baptism of Pittsburgh winger Josh Archibald’s son in Lord Stanley’s Mug. “Three-week-old Brecken Archibald gets baptized out of hockey’s Holy Grail […]
Read MoreThe Rangers’ front office is becoming one big alumni party. The Blueshirts announced that former players Brian Leetch and Brad Richards would join the staff as “hockey operations advisers,” starting immediately. The roles will be to help general manager Jeff Gorton and the hockey operations department “in both hockey-related decisions along with off-ice player and […]
Read MoreJust as Brian Leetch had freedom on the ice to roam and create plays, so, too, will the Hall of Fame defenseman have freedom now that he has joined the Rangers front office. Leetch was announced as a “hockey operations adviser” on Tuesday — along with another former Ranger, Brad Richards — and he began […]
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