2013 draft preview: Hudson Fasching, Zach Sanford, Spencer Martin
It’s hard not to root for Hudson Fasching.
With a new coach on board, the next order of business this offseason will be the NHL Draft, coming up on June 30th. The Rangers don’t have first or second round choices thanks to trades for Rick Nash and Ryane Clowe, but they do have three third round picks. The good news is that the 2013 draft is considered extremely deep, but by...
Prospect Profile: Aleksander Barkov
Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images North America
Hey, ladies and germs…long time since I hollered at you!
I’ve been promising individual profiles of the top 4 or 5 prospects that the Predators could get the opportunity to draft on June 30 in scenic Newark, New Jersey–but as they say, life happens. On May 16, our first child–Henrik “Zetterbaby” Nelson arrived, and...
TRH THROWBACK THURSDAY: I'M LOCKED OUT & I KNOW IT
In an effort to have some actual content on this blog during the Los Angeles Kings off-season (*offer does not apply to actual new content*)... I've decided to start a TRH Throwback Thursday™ where we look back at some of the best TRH posts from this past season and beyond. And while last night we all were enjoying the amazing 3 OT Stanley Cup Final game... let's not forget...
Maple Leafs toughest test for Bruins?
Toronto Maple Leafs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I can't believe that someone would write this article. A loss, is a loss. Every series is different. It was like the Boston Bruins were a different team after they were done playing the Leafs as well. For what ever reason.
Kevin McGran, Sports reporter -- Leaf Nation must look at how the Boston Bruins manhandled the New York...
The offseason cap and team needs/surpluses
Who’s in Ranger blue next season? (Michael Ivins-USA TODAY Sports)
With the offseason in full swing, the Rangers brass is going to look for ways to improve the team and fill holes by dealing from strengths. At the moment, the Rangers currently have 17 players signed for next season (10 F, 5 D, 2 G) at $50.9 million in cap space. That leaves them around $13.4 million to bridge the...
Grading the Rangers: the top six forwards
Did the Rangers forwards play up to their ability?
Deciding on grades for the Rangers top six forwards is a bit tricky given John Tortorella’s penchant for mixing his lines and moving players up and down the line up because of his almost infamous lack of patience. Who knows, maybe his propensity for constant change had a part to play in his dismissal. That all said; with another...
2013 Rangers draft pick breakdown
The Rangers have just five picks in this very deep 2013 draft, a product of trades to help build the current team. They will have three picks in the third round, one in the fourth, and one in the sixth. Here is the breakdown of how the picks were acquired/traded:
1st – traded to Columbus for Rick Nash
2nd – traded to San Jose for Ryane Clowe
3rd:
1st pick: Acquired from Florida...
New York Rangers’ Can John Tortorella, Here Are Some Great Tort Moments
The New York Rangers fired coach John Tortorella on Wednesday after the team took a step back this season. Last season, the Rangers won the Eastern Conference regular-season title and went to the conference finals. This season, they finished sixth, even though expectations were high after they acquired Rick Nash in the offseason. Though they upset the Washington Capitals in the first...
Rangers fire coach John Tortorella
The New York Rangers announced Wednesday that head coach John Tortorella has been relieved of his duties, four days after the team was eliminated in five games by the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference
Breakup Day News, Notes & Quotes
Today officially marks the end of yet another unsuccessful season for the New York Rangers in their quest for hockey's holy grail. While not everything about this season should be looked at in a negative light, it marks the next step in the process of a team that will (at least in my opinion) be right back to, if not much further than they finished this season.
Rick Nash...
Rangers' Lundqvist has to talk to agent about contract extension
As if the New York Rangers' 4-1 series loss in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins wasn't bad enough, Rangers fans will have something pretty big to worry about over this off-season. No, not worries about Brad Richards and Rick Nash. Not worries about coaching and if that contributed to an offense that basically didn't exist.
No, they have...
Brooks: NHL’s ‘cap recapture’ mechanism for lifetime contracts lurks as a franchise-killing clause
The New York Post's Larry Brooks penned a superb recap of the Rangers' 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, wondering what the future holds for Henrik Lundqvist and Rick Nash's team, but his main Sunday column includes ponderings about the Flyers tossing an offer sheet at Ryan McDonaugh, others tossing money at RFA's-to-be Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo...
Analyzing Rick Nash’s Playoff Performance
Eleven games, one goal and five points. That’s it. That’s what the Rangers investment in Rick Nash has yielded them this postseason. Hardly seems worth it when you consider they gave up two solid role players, Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov, a prospect and a first-round draft pick. That doesn’t even include the prorated portion [...]
Kreider’s OT Goal Propels Rangers To Game 4 Win
The New York Rangers staved off elimination Thursday night at MSG with their first overtime win of this postseason. Chris Kreider redirected a beautiful pass from Rick Nash into the upper left corner of the net 7:03 into overtime to complete the comeback in a game where the Rangers never led in regulation. The goal [...]
Rangers stay alive with home OT win
Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
New York, which erased 2-0 and 3-2 deficits in the critical Game 4 matchup in the Eastern Conference semifinals, still trails the series 3-1.
The Rangers will need to win again on Saturday...
There Will Be a Game 5
Boston boy, Chris Kreider scored a re-directed pass from Rick Nash high past Tuukka Rask for the overtime game winner putting some life back into the Rangers playoff hopes.The Bruins should have easily won this game if it weren't for two "flukes." One where Tuukka Rask fell down and then one where Zdeno Chara lost a puck behind the net.The good news is Tyler Seguin...
Rangers Looking Forward to Feeding Off MSG Crowd in Game 3
Madison Square Garden is a special building and the Rangers are hoping their fans, who make it that way, inspire them to a Game 3 victory and get them back into this series...
Ryan McDonagh...
"We love playing (at Madison Square Garden). The crowd is always behind you and we thrive off that."
Rick Nash...
"Anytime we have our fans behind us is a fun...
Power Play Woes Are on the Players
I know, not another 'the power play sucks' blog post, but when the Rangers are 2-for-35 with the man advantage, that kind of futility just can't be ignored.
Were they better yesterday? Sure. But when you're in the playoffs moral victories mean nothing to me.
This abomination of a power play is killing the Rangers in this series. Every team in the NHL gains...
Best of NHL playoffs: Sunday
After 56 games in these playoffs, the wait was over on Sunday. The first double-overtime game was here.
And it almost didn't happen.
Captain Daniel Alfreddson scored a short-handed goal with 28 seconds left in the game to force overtime, then Colin Greening hit a rebound home at 7:39 of double overtime as the Senators stunned the Penguins 2-1 at Scotiabank Place.
Check out...
Sloppy Rangers downed by Bruins; goal breakdown
One of the rare bright spots in game two: the captain
The Rangers lost a tough one to the Bruins in game two. Why was it tough you ask? It was tough because the Rangers were brutal in their own end. If the Bruins had capitalised on half of the odd man rushes or wide open chances they had it could have been worse. That all said the Rangers were much improved offensively. They created...
Torey Krug is on his way to an amazing summer
Unheralded Boston Bruin's defensman Torey Krug made an amazing between-the-legs play to top Rick Nash and the Rangers just 47 days before his wedding.
Rangers Drawing Attention to Themselves With Mighty Struggles on Power Play Against Bruins (Video)
If the last two years were any indication, you would think the Bruins are the ones struggling on the power play in the playoffs. Instead, it’s the Rangers who are feeling the heat on the man advantage.
Maybe it’s that the Bruins have a very good penalty-kill unit. Maybe it’s that Rick Nash hasn’t gotten going yet. Maybe it’s just that sometimes, power-play struggles in...
Doc Emrick claims to have video indicating No-Show Rick Nash injury
NBC's Mike 'Doc' Emrick discussed the Rangers Rick Nash with the Post's Justin Terranova today. Asked by Terranova if "there a reason to be worried about Rick Nash’s lackluster first round?" Doc...
Full story at Bob's Blitz ~ http://www.bobsblitz.com
Positives and negatives from Game One
Well, I think we’ve witnessed the advantage of earning home ice in the playoffs, wouldn’t you say? After falling into an 0-2 hole against Washington in the first round, the Rangers dropped the first game of their Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the Bruins in overtime. After a lengthy feeling out period, the play opened up late in the second and into the third...
5 keys for success for the Rangers against the Bruins
Rick Nash will have his hands full with Zdeno Chara
A slew of injuries to Boston blueliners have some convinced the Rangers will roll through their second round matchup, but we should know by now that nothing comes easy for New York. Still, the Blueshirts have a good shot at advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals if they follow these keys to victory.
Mitigate Boston’s advantage...
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