New York Rangers

By Rick Carpiniello According to reports, Tyler Arnason has signed a two-way contract with the Rangers. Steve Zipay had it in his blog. More details to follow. Here’s the official word: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FREE AGENT FORWARD TYLER ARNASON             New York, July 3, 2009 – New York Rangers President and...

When the New York Rangers lost tough guy Colton Orr to the Toronto Maple Leafs, there was opening for someone...

By Rick Carpiniello Here is the official announcement: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FREE AGENT FORWARD MARIAN GABORIK              New York, July 1, 2009 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Marian...

By Rick Carpiniello Just wanted to start a new thread for speed purposes. See the previous thread for all the earlier news today. Let’s start with this putrid announcement from the Rangers: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FREE AGENT FORWARD DONALD BRASHEAR New York, July 1, 2009 – New York Rangers President and Ge...

By Rick Carpiniello He hired John Tortorella, the best coach he has ever hired in either Edmonton or New York. He worked with his tight salary cap and improved the Rangers dramatically around and at the trade deadline (Avery, Antropov, Morris) without giving up anything the Rangers needed for the coming seas...

Scott Gomez's brief New York tenure ended Tuesday when the star center was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Canadiens as part of a six-player deal. The key player coming back to New York is forward Chris Higgins, a Long Island native who is set to become a restricted free agent. The deal wa...

By Rick Carpiniello John MacLean Bobby Holik Wade Redden Chris Drury Scott Gomez Brendan Shanahan Martin Rucinsky Steve Rucchin Mark Messier (the sequel) Aaron Voros Markus Naslund Martin Straka Jason Strudwick Alex Gusarov Dave Karpa Matt  Cullen Dan Girardi Marek Malik Michal Rozsival

By Rick Carpiniello Here’s the release the Rangers sent out this evening: RANGERS ACQUIRE FORWARD BRIAN BOYLE New York sends a 3rd Round Pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft to Los Angeles             New York, June 27, 2009 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the...

By Rick Carpiniello Why not? Who loves the NYR more than she? On to the draft. It would probably take the first-round pick as part of the package to make Heatley a Ranger. For the Islanders’ sake, they’d better not out-think themselves as they did so many times in this dreadful era.

The New York Rangers have the No.19 pick in Friday night's NHL Draft, but the New York Daily News reported...

 CA But what does this mean to the New York Rangers? A lot. After repeated signings of inconsistent (at best) players like Scott Gomez, Chris Drury, and the nightmare on skates (Wade Redden), here is a chance to acquire a player who gives you a new dynamic ...

 CA Also, can you imagine a third line of Sean Avery, Brandon Dubinsky, and Ian Laperriere? The line would be damaging to the opponents from the size and hitting, and also be a threat to score some goals. Of course, given the Rangers salary cap position, ...

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. ...

 AR Meanwhile, in the field, Ranger dealers are conducting business as usual. Reggie Short, owner of Trader Bill's Outdoor Sports in Hot Springs, said he ordered two new Rangers for customers Tuesday morning, hours after he learned of the bankruptcy. ... Field reports The Spokesman Review

By Rick Carpiniello lt;p><p class="MsoBodyText2"><span>This just in from the NYR:</span></p><br /> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span><strong>RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH GOALTENDER MATT ZABA</strong></span></p>&l...

 MI ARLINGTON-After a 20-win month, the Texas Rangers prepare for their trip this week to New York and Boston with the AL's best record. Michael Young, the longest-tenured Ranger, likes how Texas is playing, but quickly adds a good May isn't cause for ...

Yahoo! Sports  CA As Texas Rangers streak, everything looks good Dallas Morning News Weekend Buzz: Rangers' rotation backing up potent offense CBSSports.com Perhaps ump mistook pitch as same old Rangers-Angels rivalry Fort Worth Star Telegram

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 Tortorella experimented with the lines a little today. Avery-Gomez-Antropov and Voros-Betts-Orr were the same, but Dubinsky centered Drury and Callahan once, and Markus Naslund was mixed in with the group. Zherdev skated with Korpikoski and Sjostrom.

By Jane McManus The Rangers can clinch with a win over Philly on Thursday. The 3-1 win over Montreal and an assist from the Flyers with a 2-1 win over Florida means the Rangers just need one out of the next two games to mathematically eliminate the Panthers. Henrik Lundqvist on Chris Drury…

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...

Pittsburgh moved into a tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with the New York Rangers on 72 points, one ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes, who scored four times in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over the Southeast ... Chicago Tribune - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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 • 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 Sam Weinman It’s fair to say the Lightning will be a different team than the one the Rangers faced in Prague. Perhaps because Barry Melrose’s mullet is growing on players, Tampa Bay has points in seven of eight games since then. Update, 3:55 p.m.: For more analysis on all things Rangers, the esteemed Kenny...

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 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 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 Dubi Either way, Jagr has to be front and center in solving this problem. He has just one goal in eight games, the slowest start of his career in a season he promised would be his best ever. And he is the captain, so he must lead the Rangers out of the quagmire they have dug for themselves. Right behind hi...

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...