So yes, the Rangers are undermanned, demoralized and going down as metaphorically bloody as Butch and Sundance did in Bolivia. But before spending too much sympathy on the Blueshirts, we would all be wise to remember games like this weekend’s twin drubbings in Ottawa on Saturday by a score of 6-3 to the Senators and […]
Read MoreClick:Fogos de artifício In the midst of the toughest season of his career, Thomas Greiss had finally showed a glimpse of his old form with a 45-save shutout in Carolina on Friday. The Islanders goalie will have to wait to build on that performance. Greiss was placed on injured reserve Monday, retroactive to Friday, with […]
Read MoreThere is no ideal setting for a five-minute lapse in a hockey game, and these are certainly not those times for the Islanders. All it took was four minutes and 12 seconds to flip a strong effort into a losing one for a team facing a small margin for error heading down the home stretch […]
Read MoreThis wasn’t the first time Devante Smith-Pelly has had racial taunts directed at him during a hockey game. And the Capitals forward knew immediately what the intent of the message was when a few fans began chanting “basketball, basketball, basketball,” while Smith-Pelly sat in the penalty box during a 7-1 loss at Chicago on Saturday […]
Read MoreRegarding the Rangers, on the road to purgatory (and at Montreal on Thursday). 1. When Rick Nash goes, it will mark the exit of the last in a long line of Rangers brought in as a savior after having been some other team’s franchise player. With Henrik Lundqvist, a seventh-round selection in 2000, and Brian […]
Read MoreFor headline purposes, the term “fire sale” works just fine as applied to MSG ownership’s commitment to transform the Rangers roster just as it transformed the building over the summers of 2011, 2012 and 2013. Literally, however, with all dictionary definitions of the term as both a noun and adjective featuring the descriptive words “heavily […]
Read MoreIf you’re scoring at home, the Rangers flipped a 2017 fourth-rounder for a 2018 third-rounder, 24-year-old defenseman Rob O’Gara and 135 games (plus 11 in the playoffs) from Nick Holden following a trade Tuesday that sent No. 55 to the Bruins. Holden, obtained at the 2016 draft from the Avalanche for that fourth-rounder, is the […]
Read MoreGANGNEUNG, South Korea — Pavel Francouz stopped all five shooters and Petr Koukal scored the shootout winner as the Czech Republic eliminated the United States from the Olympics with a 3-2 victory in the quarterfinals Wednesday. Jan Kovar and Tomas Kundratek scored in regulation for the Czech Republic, which was fresher after winning its group […]
Read MoreClick:摩洛哥向导 Rob O’Gara was ready to practice with his Providence Bruins teammates Tuesday before his coach told him he wasn’t allowed to skate. Twenty-four hours later, he was on the ice with the Rangers and preparing for his first game back in the NHL. “There were a thousand emotions going through me [Tuesday], but excited […]
Read MoreBy the time the Rangers take the ice Thursday night in Montreal, there will only be about 92 hours left of skating on eggshells. Ever since management let it be known on Feb. 8 that it would be open for business — for deals focused on the long-term and not saving this season — there […]
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