New York Rangers

By MICHAEL OBERNAUER, DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Now that this year's Ranger power play has eased back to Earth following a blistering start to the season, John Tortorella believes one of the answers to its struggles may lie in 19-year-old rookie Michael Del Zotto.

Alex Ovechkin gave the Washington Capitals a jolt simply by returning to the lineup. Matt Bradley delivered the jump they needed with a bloody fight and a big third-period goal. Ovechkin scored in his first game back from a two-week absence, and Bradley rebounded from a messy brawl to lift t...

The last time the Washington Capitals visited Madison Square Garden, they avoided playoff elimination with a dominant offensive display. Now, they're expecting to get their most potent offensive force back on the ice. After missing six games with an injury, Alex Ovechkin is expected to...

EVER SINCE John Tortorella came to New York late last February, the Rangers' head coach has responded to questions about Sean Avery by saying, "It's not about Sean Avery."

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Me: Who are your three favorite teammates since you joined the Rangers organization and why? Me: Can you please rate each of the ballparks in the Rangers organization that youʼve played in from 1 to 10 (10 being the best) and explain your ratings? Come back next week for a free agent special.

Big slugger Vladimir Guerrero is a free agent now and it appears that the Texas Rangers would like to bring the...

By pennskinsfan 12.  Vancouver Canucks 14.  Columbus Blue Jackets 15.  Ottawa Senators Teams that FELL out of  Top 15 pre-season rankings:  Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings,  Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim Ducks, St. Louis Blues

By dj-abisalih If there's one thing to take away from back-to-back afternoon games, it is the fact that an earlier start time certainly didn't translate into offense. Following Saturday's 2-0 win on home ice against Edmonton, the Boston Bruins traveled to New York, to take on the Rangers. Unfortunately...

By dj-abisalih Here are the rosters for this afternoon's game between the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. Face-off is scheduled for 1:00 at Madison Square Garden in New York. BOSTON BRUINS (6-5-1, 13 pts.): #6 D Dennis Wideman 1-1-2-2 #16 F Marco Sturm 2-5-7-4 #17 F Milan Lucic 0-3-3-9 (IR – finger) #20 F...

By derek-felska The Rangers exhibited some good jump from the drop of the puck as they put the Wild on their heels early with a strong forecheck. An early icing would give the Wild a faceoff in the New York zone The New York Rangers had the first quality chance of the game as Artem Anisimov found him set up well by...

By Kevin Unfortunately for the Devils, they have been hit hard the past couple days with injuries.  In addition to Patrick Elias, who has yet to play this year after groin surgery, the Devils lost forward Jay Pandolfo for 4-6 weeks with a separated shoulder in Saturday’s game against Pittsburgh.

By Kevin As for Montreal, they completely overhauled their roster as they replaced 11 unrestricted free agents.  They added Scott Gomez in a trade with the Rangers, and signed Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, and Travis Moen to play wing.  To support goaltender Carey Price, who fell completely fel...

By Dan Akeson Wade Redden, who like Rozsival has something to prove, looked in much better shape and had some confidence in his step. We will see if that can translate into a game. In the final group, Captain Chris Drury looked a step ahead of last year and skated more similar to his time in Buffalo.

By Rick Carpiniello This from the NYR about tonight’s game in Traverse City: Thursday, September 10, 2009 – New York Rangers 5, St. Louis Blues 4 •The New York Rangers prospects defeated the St. Louis Blues prospects, 5-4, to finish in third place at the 2009 Traverse City (Michigan) Prospects Tournament. •The...

By Rick Carpiniello —————————— EDITOR’S NOTE: Hey, it’s Carp. Great job, Staal Wart. Just wanted to let you know that the Rangers’ Fan Fest scheduled for today has been postponed until tomorrow, in case you were among the subscribers who planned to attend. Check the Rangers’ web site for details.

By Jane McManus Sean Avery showed today to talk to the kids at the Rangers hockey camp in Greenburgh at the Rangers practice facility. I’m including a few audio clips. He talked about how his relationship with coach John Tortorella is coming along and address Colton Orr’s replacement. Here’s what he had to s...

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Me: What do the Rangers need to do to win the division this year? TR: Hank Blalock is a free agent at the end of the season. If the Rangers don’t re-sign him, I think that will take care of that issue. Me: Who do you think should be the Rangers’ closer?

By Rick Carpiniello IMHO, the Rangers have been talking to teams about trades involving Zherdev based on certain salaries. If he wins a large contract, though, I think they’ll walk away and let him do the same. ———————

For more information on each of the Rangers' first ten selections in the draft, click on the slideshow below. Prospect information is from Baseball America. Also, check out this great discussion with BP's Kevin Goldstein on the Ranger draft class, ...

 LA Our scouts like Matt's makeup and ability," said Rangers general manager Jon Daniels. "He's a left-hander that profiles well into what we're trying to do in this organization. We look forward to him becoming a Texas Ranger. ... Texas Rangers draft review: show me the money Examiner.com

 CA by Chris Gates (Scribe) During the past few off seasons your attempts at fixing the Rangers have been questionable at best. The signings of Chris Drury, Scott Gomez, Wade Redden and Michal Rozsival have not panned out as you had hoped. ...

By Rick Carpiniello First well get the news out of the way, and come back in a little while with some John Tortorella quotes. Chris Drury skated in practice and the Rangers did not recall anybody from Hartford, so it looks as if either he will play Game 4, or Aaron Voros will take his spot if he doesn’t. The [...]

By Jane McManus Sean Avery was not in the locker room. Here is some Markus Naslund audio. On a serious note, Tortorella said he was concerned about Chris Drury, who has not been himself since the playoffs began and has an unspecified arm/wrist/hand injury.

By Jane McManus Henrik Lundqvist addressed the question of whether he would like to meet the Devils in the playoffs and he said Whoa Nelly, or the Scandanavian equivalent. “That’s the new Sean,” Lundqvist said. He’s been very focused since he got here.”

By Jane McManus When the Rangers lost to the Thrashers on Feb. 3, it was one of the lowest points of the current season. It was Adam Graves night, and a host of Ranger legends had taken the ice at the start of the evening to bring back the memory of that 1994 team. And then the current Rangers [...]

By Jane McManus Shhh…. Playoffs.) But that’s a lot to ask considering that the Rangers have three home games coming up, with a 21-10-4 record on the Madison Square Garden ice. That’s decent, especially considering that Buffalo has a 14-16-5 away record.

By Jane McManus The lines: Naslund-Drury-Antropov; Avery-Gomez-Zherdev, Sjostom-Dubinsky-Callahan, Korpikoski-Betts-Orr. Defensive pairings Morris-Redden, Mara-Rozsival, Girardi-Staal. New York, March 19, 2009 —New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced tod...

By Rick Carpiniello If John Tortorella thought the Rangers “wet their pants” then how would he describe what Bruins backup goalie Manny Fernandez was doing all day long? So it’s on to Raleigh and Nashville (did you older fans ever think you’d hear that) for the Rangers. Tonight is a Versus game, which means a lo...

By Greg Wyshynski The 6-4, 225-pounder's first goal since Nov. 17, 2007 tied the game in the second period before Andrew Cogliano's game-winner in the third gave Edmonton the 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders. The puck actually went off of Strudwick's skate, but a video review awarded the Oilers the go...

By Greg Wyshynski The 6-4, 225-pounder's first goal since Nov. 17, 2007 tied the game in the second period before Andrew Cogliano's game-winner in the third gave Edmonton the 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders. The puck actually went off of Strudwick's skate, but a video review awarded the Oilers the go...

By Seth Rorabaugh New York will scratch Dan Fritsche and Lauri Korpikoski. 10:55: Nikolai Zherdev rips a wrister over the net. Rozsival leads New York with 8:54. Sjostrom leads the Rangers with three. Rozsival leads the Rangers with 16:15. 4:21: Lundqvist fights off a slapper by Boucher.

By Greg Wyshynski 9. Peter Budaj, Goaltender, Colorado - $700,000 8. Mike Komisarek, Defenseman, Montreal - $1.7 million 6. Mike Smith, Goaltender, Tampa Bay - $950,000 5. Nikolai Zherdev, Right Wing, New York Rangers - $2.5 million 1. Tim Thomas, Goaltender, Boston - $1.1 million

By Greg Wyshynski • Chris Drury compares Nikolai Zherdev to Alexei Kovalev. Obviously Drury doesn't know that in New York Rangers-speak, that makes Zherdev more enigmatic and frustrating than the crossword puzzle in the Times. But also once in a while quite rewarding, to be fair. [NY Post]

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m. EST; TV: LTV, RSW). Gotta love Lowetide's assessment: "Should be a good game tonight, with the only real negative being the number of Leafs fans in the house." Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers gets his first home start tonight.

By Sam Weinman That’s not to say the Rangers aren’t exploring other options, because I’m sure they are. But it’s doubtful any of those move would be ones that would fundamentally alter the core of the team. A player like Shanahan, for instance, would have that impact. And even in looking fairly unspectacul...

By Dave Nichols The Washington Capitals received goals from a grinder, a defenseman that has missed much of the early season, and their first quarter MVP to hold off the Eastern Conference's top team, the New York Rangers, 3-1 before a near-capacity crowd at Verizon Center. NOTES

By Dubi One obvious factor is the goaltending of Henrik Lundqvist -- no one who has watched Wade Redden, Dmitri Kalinin, and Michal Rozsival play hot potato with the puck in their own end is going to ascribe the Rangers' defensive prowess to their blueline corps. You just can't underestimate the i...

By Dubi Check back Sunday for links and for a Blueshirt Bulletin+ report on the three Swedes who helped key this win -- Lundqvist, Naslund, and Sjostrom -- plus a few quotes (all that we could get out of him) from Zherdev. What was a bigger slap in the face to the Rangers, that the visiting Penguins too...

By gozer The Rangers dominated play in the third period. Aaron Voros was up to his old tricks, scoring two goals and being a pest in the crease, to give New York a 4-3 lead. Brandon Dubinsky added two assists. The Rangers were back to dumping the puck in and driving to the net. At times they were relentless....

By jim I'm sure you heard that the Rangers already won the cup. Unfortunately, it was only the Victoria Cup, and they beat a team with only a handful of borderline NHL players. BUT, it was cool nonetheless. If they can build on that and translate it into regular season wins remains to be seen. AND, we wil...

By Sam Weinman Update, 2:51 p.m.: Rangers get on the board thanks to Chris Drury converting on a Nikolai Zherdev pass. It’s 3-1 Metallurg at the end of the second period. But the Rangers still have a power play when the third period starts. Drury was pumped after the goal. Fischler speculates that he’s the next R...

By Khalil Kassam Eastern Conference 1.       New York Rangers Key Players: Chris Drury (C), Scott Gomez, Henrik Lundqvist 2.       Washington Capitals 5.       Philadelphia Flyers 13.   New York Islanders 14.   Toronto Maple Leafs 1.       Detroit Red Wings 2.       San Jose Sharks

By Sam Weinman Sean Avery, Mitch Fritz, Andrew Hutchinson, Jaromir Jagr, Darius Kasparaitis, Marek Malik, Paul Mara, Michal Rozsival, Brendan Shanahan, Martin Straka, Jason Strudwick, Steve Valiquette. Update, 12:32 p.m.: Reader Bill asks regarding Jaromir Jagr:

By Dubi Glen Sather's Edmonton Oilers, by the way, were barely better than Smith's Rangers in the 1990s Rangers or his own 21st century Rangers -- 3.53% (tied with Detroit for 19th). The Oilers since then, under Kevin Lowe, are right where the Rangers are with 1,966 man-games. So despite the change,...

By Dubi This is no accident. As Jess Rubenstein has often pointed out in his coverage of Ranger prospects, this is part of the Rangers' plan, to draft and develop players in winning environments so that when they are NHL-ready, they are ready to win. With multiple Stanley Cup winners Brendan Shanah...

By Dubi Tom Renney has made some line-up moves this season that have defied expectations and have worked. At the end of October, he broke up the obvious match-up of Scott Gomez and Jaromir Jagr, which wasn't working at the time, and moved Gomez to the slumping Brendan Shanahan's line. Shanahan star...

By Dubi There's more -- there's a report on the contract situation of several key Rangers headed toward free agency, an article on defensive specialist Blair Betts, a profile of Wilkinson, a reader's encounter with Brian Leetch, five more numbers for the ages (one of which we now know will be ret...

By Joey Matschulat As the dust continues to settle from Sunday’s surprise acquisition of outfielder Milton Bradley, another free agent target of the Texas Rangers may be on the verge of selecting his next employer. And finally, Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel issued a rather cryptic re...

By Jose de Jesus Ortiz(joe.conway@chron.com) Audio: Astros GM Tim Purpura says Rangers' claim opens door for Astacio Class AAA Round Rock pitching coach Burt Hooton and his wife Ginger were on the minor-league side Monday afternoon when Astacio went looking for them to thank them for their support.

By brian I started covering the New York Rangers in 1999. During that stretch I've seen everything from a player getting busted for smoking crack in a hotel room with a hooker, to an oafish defenseman winning a game in a shootout by snapping a puck through his legs. I've watched Theo Fleury, Eric Lindr...