STU BICKEL RUMORS &amp; GOSSIP

Practice Notes: Dubi, Zucc Practice; Bickel Back on Defense

Both Brandon Dubinsky and Mats Zuccarello taking part in #NYR practice; Stu Bickel wearing red defensemen jersey— New York Rangers (@thenyrangers) May 22, 2012 ...i wouldn't be surprised if both Dubinsky and Zuccarello find their way back in the line-up tomorrow night. Team needs a spark offensively big time. And while Dubinsky gave them nothing in the scoring department...

| 10 days ago

Why Bickel Was Scratched

After yesterday's game John Tortorella addressed why he scratched Stu Bickel in favor of Steve Eminger (via Bergen Record)..."I don't want to put Bick in a bad spot, because it's certainly not why we lost the last game. We put Emmy in because we just wanted to get to pucks quicker. We thought he may be able to get to pucks quicker. We've had a few struggles...

| 13 days ago

Twitter Bag: Stu Bickel, the powerplay, and more

Q: Why is Stu Bickel playing still? Wouldn’t Jeff Woywitka or Steve Eminger have a better effect? A: It’s tough to really say why Bickel is still in the lineup. He played better on Saturday with double the normal amount of ice time, but his usual three minutes don’t really give him an opportunity to be a difference maker. Tortorella likes him because of his physical...

| 26 days ago

Practice Notes: New Lines; Bickel Still in Top 6; No Dubi or Zucc

Andrew Gross at the Bergen Record reports these lines from practice this morning...Hagelin-Richards-GaborikFedotenko-Boyle-CallahanAnisimov-Stepan-KreiderRupp-Mitchell-Prust/ScottNeither Brandon Dubinksy nor Mats Zucarello (who skated the last two days) were on the ice with the team....i don't want to get too crazy about this because Torts is likely to change the lines, but I...

| 28 days ago

Eminger for Bickel Swap Needs to Happen

There is no point in continuing to keep Stu Bickel in the lineup. I'm not saying that because he is of no use to the team or because he's been a liability out on defense since neither of those, for the most part, are true. I'm saying it because quite simply, the coaching staff does not use him. Last night's 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals fell just five minutes...

Via The Rangers Tribune

| 29 days ago

Is there a point to Stu Bickel right now?

In last night’s 3-2 victory that sent the series to a seventh game, Stu Bickel was nowhere to be found. In fact, he only played three shifts the entire game for less than two minutes of ice time. In the Rangers 2-0 loss in Game Five, Bickel played just seven shifts for less than five minutes of ice time. Game Four? Seven shifts for 3:33 of ice time. Game Three? Ten and 9:18...

| April 25, 2012

Arm Save & A Beauty By Bickel

As has been the case all series, Stu Bickel didn't get a ton of ice time but last night he had a huge impact with his arm save on a puck that was labelled for the open side of the net during the second period......as you can see, I'm not so sure Hank gets back in position to make the stop, so that's a tremendous play by Bickel. Completely different game if that goes in...

| April 17, 2012

The Stu Bickel scenario

I was one of the ones who praised Stu Bickel when he came in to the side and looked pretty comfortable from the outset despite being an undrafted, unheralded kid out of nowhere. I was however, also the one who criticised him a few weeks ago when his positional play was interesting (at best) for a stretch, and I still believe half the fights he gets into are unnecessary and don�...

| March 15, 2012

Bickel Still Needs To Clear Waivers, Something That Might Not Happen

When Stu Bickel was called up to replenish the Rangers blue line following injuries to Mike Sauer, Steve Eminger, and Jeff Woywitka, no one was really sure what to expect. After ten games, four assists, 18 PIMs, surprisingly good defense with only one glaring error, and a physical presence that has been missed with Sauer out, Bickel has been one of the most pleasant surprises of...

| January 11, 2012