Tony DeAngelo is not shying away from reality in his second stint with the Rangers. “I gotta pitch in offensively, that’s my main game,” the 22-year-old defenseman said Wednesday following the team’s morning skate. “Obviously I want to play defense first and break up plays and all that kind of stuff. But I gotta get […]
Read MoreIt can always get worse. The Rangers found that out the hard way Wednesday night at the Garden. The hottest team in the NHL met one of the coldest and the result followed the script, with the Bruins laying a 6-1 beatdown on the Rangers. “It was probably one of the worst games of my […]
Read MoreGoodbye, Brendan Smith; hello, Neal Pionk. The Rangers put Smith on waivers Thursday afternoon, sending away the veteran defenseman on his 29th birthday while trying to get out from under his four-year, $17.4 million contract signed this summer. The league’s 30 other teams have until noon Friday to put in a claim on Smith, and […]
Read MoreThere is no more ambiguity in the Rangers intentions. For the first time in a long time, they are tearing it down. “Listen, we have not played well for a while,” general manager Jeff Gorton said in a press conference Thursday alongside president Glen Sather in Westchester, an appearance that came shortly after a signed […]
Read MoreSometimes when big-money contracts blow up, it is not on the team but on the player. In the case of the Rangers and Brendan Smith, it is the latter. There is no joy in piling on Smith, placed on waivers Thursday on his 29th birthday just 54 games into the first season of the four-year, […]
Read MoreBUFFALO — Sam Reinhart poked in a rebound with 4:14 left, and the Sabres edged the Islanders 4-3 on Thursday night after squandering a three-goal lead. Jack Eichel and Evan Rodrigues each had a goal and an assist for Buffalo, and Ryan O’Reilly also scored. Robin Lehner stopped 26 shots to help the Sabres salvage […]
Read MorePYEONGCHANG, South Korea — US skater Nathan Chen, a gold medal favorite in the men’s program, struggled Friday, but his team picked him up and are in second place after the opening day of figure skating competition. The US trails gold medal favorite Team Canada as Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford made up for teammate […]
Read MoreMaybe the point is that the Islanders don’t want their fans to think things have changed. Maybe the point is to get people to think that they are close to the culmination of long-term plan — well, a very-long-term plan — and that patience remains the most important virtue. But goodness, how can the recent […]
Read MoreThe letter of intent from the president to his team’s season ticket-holders left no room for doubt. “There are no shortcuts for building a team the right way,” he wrote. “It will require patience and a long-term view, but it is important for you to know that the process will be well worth it when […]
Read MoreThis was as demonstrative as Alain Vigneault has been all season. The Rangers coach was emotional and finally voicing it just hours before his team took on the Flames at the Garden on Friday night. On Thursday, team president Glen Sather and general manager Jeff Gorton announced to the hockey world that they were in […]
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