New York Rangers

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?

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

Yahoo! Sports  CA Again the Ranger bats were silenced by Tiger pitching, getting only three runs, striking out 12 times, and hitting 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position. The Rangers and Tigers scored their runs early off of home runs by David Murphy (solo, ...

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 Roger McKenzie Heavy rains cost Northwestern softball fans the opportunity to see their Lady Rangers in action in Alva on Tuesday, April 28, and the opportunity for a bunch of free Rowdy Ranger food as well. The season ending doubleheader with ...

 NY With that said, I witnessed 3 Ranger hitters go down looking in the firt 2 innings.... something I don't think I've ever seen. The home plate umps strike zone was ridiculous and Anderson took advantage.... Millwood did not! The Ranger pitchers simply ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Rangers beat the Capitals for a second straight time in Washington to grab a 2-0 lead in their best-of-7 NHL playoff series with Game 3 Monday in New York. Ryan Callahan spoiled Simeon Varlamov's NHL postseason debut in goal by ...

 OK By Roger McKenzie When the Northwestern Oklahoma State Ranger baseball team took the field on Feb. 8 for its season opening double header with Kansas’ Bethany College, it was under the direction of its first new head coach in 20 years. ...

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

 OK - The Ranger defense contested almost every outside shot and was tough inside as well. In all, the Eagles hit only one of nine trey attempts in the first half ... Lady Rangers break 18 game drought against OK Christian Alva Review-Courier all 2 news articles

 OK - This time there was no need for a Ranger comeback, and LCU did not have a comeback in them. Termaine Snyder led NWOSU with 22 points on 10 of 17 shooting. ... Lady Rangers pounded by LCU 81-41 Alva Review-Courier all 2 news articles

 - Nikolai Zherdev is the only one of the Rangers’ top nine scorers with a positive rating (+9). The Rangers are the only NHL team to have a full and healthy ...

With the point, the Flyers briefly moved past the New York Rangers for first place in the Atlantic Division with 50 points. ... Flyers-Capitals Preview USA Today Capitals-Rangers Review: Alex Ovechkin Snubbed But Not Stopped Bleacher Report

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 Jason Klau This win against Pittsburgh may turn out to be a great rallying point for the now 8-2-1 Rangers—but it will mean nothing if they cannot carry this play to their game on Monday against their cross-town rival, the New York Islanders. Chris Drury definitely needs to step it up against the Islan...

Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers will renew their Atlantic Division rivalry tonight, as the two clubs square off in the Big ... NHL Relies on Crosby to Help It Gain Popularity New York Times Scouting the Rangers Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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 Scotty Hockey The Rangers looked pretty good in their preseason bout with the Ottawa Senators tonight and pulled out a 2-1 win. It is reason to be giddy as these guys took care of business against an opponent they were supposed to beat - Ottawa's B-team. The boys showed some good chemistry and worked hard, w...

By Sam Weinman The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Rob Rossi reaffirms our own theory, which says the Rangers losing out on Marian Hossa means they will make a bigger push for Jaromir Jagr: “We’ve been told the Penguins are interested in Jagr, but they believe New York will now make an aggressive attempt t...

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,...

 NY - May 7, 2008 Pens down Rangers in overtime Globe and Mail Rangers' Jagr undecided on future Pittsburgh Tribune-Review New York Rangers now face questions after losing in second round The Canadian Press New York Times - Newsday

NEW YORK — Once the New York Rangers figure out if captain Jaromir Jagr is in their plans, they will either regroup or reload. Jagr will be a key figure in ... Rangers try to stay alive in Pittsburgh Sports Network Rangers' Jagr undecided on future Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Pens down Rangers in overtime PITTSBURGH — Marian Hossa saved his best game of the playoffs for last, finishing off the New York Rangers in overtime on Sunday aftternoon. ... Rangers try to stay alive in Pittsburgh Sports Network Rangers' Jagr undecided on future Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

GAME 3: PENGUINS AT RANGERS  NY - As much as Pittsburgh has played well, we haven't helped ourselves to win hockey games," Renney told rangers.nhl.com yesterday. "We need to do more; ... Pens' Crosby, Rangers' Jagr dismiss talk Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

by Christopher Caiazzo (Scribe) I know I have been off my game when it comes to writing consistently about the New York Rangers but I have my reasons, ... GAME ONE: RANGERS AT PENGUINS New York Post Pens hope to overwhelm Rangers' Lundqvist Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

By Patricia Greuter 9:53 PM ET: Can anyone explain to me why an icing was called when, uh, the Devils are shorthanded? Lame. 9:53 PM ET: Aaaand Cap’n Langs takes a penalty. Wow. Way to ruin everything. 9:51 PM ET: Lundqvist with a huge save, time out Rangers. 9:20 PM ET: Epic fail. 2-0 Rangers. Avery scores. Sigh.

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...

NHL Playoff Bracketology   USA - Apr 8, 2008 5 New York Rangers: The Devils won their one and only game in eight versus the Blueshirts just this past weekend to gain home ice in the Hudson River ... First-round NHL playoff previews Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 2 news articles

By Josh Burnett Of all the teams in the Eastern Conference, the Devils draw the Rangers for round one of the playoffs. This afternoon’s game decides home-ice advantage for the series. The Rangers need to win in regulation, the Devils just need to push it to overtime to lock up a potential game seven at the Roc...

Who: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins When: 12:30 p.m. today Where: Mellon Arena TV/Radio: NBC/WXDX-FM story continues below Probable goaltenders: Rangers: Henrik Lundqvist ; Penguins: Marc-Andre Fleury ... via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

By Sam Weinman Not surprisingly given Tom Renney’s admission last night that his team is “spent”, the coach gave the Rangers a day off today. The team certainly earned it in going the distance in these back-to-back wins. Naturally if the Rangers lose, then the officiating is a huge part of the story.

By Dubi They may not exactly be firing on all cylinders, but all cylinders are doing just enough for the Rangers to keep winning. Last night, the Rangers overcame referee Bill McCreary's single-handed attempt to maintain parity in the NHL to eke out another shootout win, 3-2 in Buffalo. Henrik Lun...

By Dubi Backman will wear #55 and will pair up with Marc Staal tomorrow night in place of Jason Strudwick, while Sjostrom will wear #20 and skate on the fourth line in place of the still injured Colton Orr, taking over the spot that Marcel Hossa held down in his one-game showcase last Sunday. Petr Pru...

By Dubi Elsewhere in the news today, the Post discusses Sean Avery, the Daily News and Newsday talk about the Rangers' unusually long five-day break between games, and Rangers Report considers some trade possibilities. Yahoo! Sports has a team report for the Rangers. The News takes a look at Quee...

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 But the truth is, no matter what anyone else does, when a goaltender allows eight goals on 40 shots, as Lundqvist has in the last 110 minutes of play after stopping the first ten shots by the Kings, a team is going down, and going down easily.

By Sam Weinman In other words, if the Rangers were definitely out of it by then, then trading Jagr makes all kinds of sense. But given how tightly bunched the Eastern Conference is, and given the late run the Rangers went on last year, I doubt they want to risk leaving themselves depleted when a playoff run m...

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 Dubi Game reports: Daily News, Journal News, Newsday, Times, Post, AP, Sports Ticker, NY Sports Day, and NYR.com -- Tampa Bay POV here and here. Additional pre-game and post-game notes from Newsday, Blueshirts Blog, Rangers Report, Blue Notes here and here, Slap Shot, AP, and St. Pete's Times. M...

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 Dubi For more on all of these issues, including last night's game, see the Daily News, Newsday here and here, Post, Blueshirts Blog, Blue Notes, Rangers Report, NYR.com here and here, and the Canada.com. See Jess's prospect update for last night at Prospect Park.

This no-goal got the New York Rangers even with the Buffalo Sabres in more ways than one. Henrik Lundqvist stopped Daniel Briere's shot just short of fully crossing the goal line with 17 seconds left, and the Rangers hung on for a 2-1 victory over the Sabres on Tuesday night to square the East...

NEW YORK (AP) This no-goal got the New York Rangers even with the Buffalo Sabres in more ways than one. Henrik Lundqvist stopped Daniel Briere's shot just short of fully crossing the goal line with 17 seconds left, and the Rangers hung on for a 2-1 victory over the Sabres...

Physical Flyers Beat Up NY Rangers NEW YORK -- Scottie Upshall scored a key goal in his Philadelphia debut and the physical Flyers beat the Rangers 5-3 on Saturday in a game that saw New ... Flyers get physical in win over Rangers Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Flyers 5, Rangers 3 Pioneer Press

By By LARRY BROOKS ALL righty, then. Let's review. How many Rangers have actually exceeded expectations thus far? The answer to that question would be one: Martin Straka. How many Rangers have met expectations? That would be five: Brendan Shanahan, Michael...

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...