New York Rangers

A Sunday matchup with the rival Flyers once again ended in defeat for the Rangers and only succeeded in amplifying the voices calling for GM Glen Sather to do something. We've known all season we lacked a true playmaking center and with Michael Del Zotto's struggles the need for a true PP QB has increased too. Some of our conference rivals have already been active making deals to improve their rosters and that would seem to add more pressure for Sather to make a move. Yet I would implore Slats to remain patient even in the face of a second consecutive postseason miss. Philadelphia acted first grabbing F Kris Versteeg from Toronto. Boston moved to add C Chris Kelly from Ottawa, finally com...

Please allow me to preface this rant with the following; I am not a professional hockey writer like the gentleman I am about to criticize. I don't get paid for expressing my thoughts and/or opinions on the great game. As such, I tend to expect a certain level of rationality from the professional writers even if I may not necessarily agree with their position. I recently read a blog on THN by Ryan Kennedy in which he attempted to explain why a "player" might attempt to engage an "opponent" in a fight after said "opponent" lays a clean hit on "player's" teammate. Here's the more interesting quotes from this piece. -"The concept of fighting after clean hits – particularly big ones ...

I find it humorous and even insulting that some have called out the New York Rangers Brandon Prust for embellishment after Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal sucker-punched him in the 2nd period of last night's tilt. Prust is one of the toughest guys in the league. He's unafraid to drop the gloves with any player in the league. He's a standup guy and I take him totally at his word. Andrew Gross of Ranger's Rants quoted Prust as saying this,"It was kind of surprising, it happened quick, he caught me on the sweet spot, I got my bell rung," said Prust, who sat out the rest of the second period but played in the third. "It was just more the surprise. I told Rammer (trainer Jim Ramsey) I was ready to g...

New York, NY - The New York Rangers (29-19-3) continue to climb that Eastern Conference mountain with huge points, in spite of missing several key players. The Battling Blueshirts did it again with a 2-1 victory in a shootout over the Washington Capitals (27-14-9) on Monday night. Washington was able to get on the board in the first period of play at the 1:27 mark as Matt Hendricks (7) was able to tip-in a 27 foot shot, which was assisted by Marcus Johansson (6) and Scot Hannan (7) for the early 1-0 lead. After much heartache the Rangers were able to finally tie the game up in thrilling fashion. The Rangers would record their first goal in the third period of play as Marian Gaborik (16...