Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From Rick Carpiniello at The Rangers Report: Anyway, here are my first-quarter report cards. As always I’d love to hear what you think, or how you’d grade them: Michael Del Zotto: A …He’s going to get stronger and a little meaner and he might be a star. Dan Girardi: C … Is is possible that the Staal-Girardi pair was a product of Tom Renney’s system? Wade Redden:...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
It’s one of today’s more pressing tasks for the Rangers, who buried themselves with breakdowns in the first two periods against Atlanta on Thursday and, because of that, came away with no points to show for one of their best periods of the season, when they took a season-high 18 shots in the third and dominated the puck. If this afternoon’s game against the Senators here in Ottawa...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Quick notes from practice, and then there’s a plane to catch, which should be a treat (high winds + tiny plane = fun fun fun). P.A. Parenteau got in just fine, though; he arrived this morning and was on the ice today, with Dane Byers having been sent back to Hartford - the idea being to give the offensively challenged Rangers a little something more, they hope, in the way of offensive ability....
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Thrashers 5, Rangers 3: Henrik Lunqvist returned, but it wasn't enough for the Rangers, who lost without Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky. The former has a concussion and the latter has a broken hand. Not good. Artem Anisimov and Marian Gaborik helped erase two one-goal deficits, but the Rangers wilted after that. This was their first game back after a long road trip to Canada, and they've lost eight...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Playing without their two top centers, Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky, the Rangers could not stop Ilya Kovalchuk and the Atlanta Thrashers.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: “Hopefully it’s sooner rather than later,” Dubinsky said. “It’s tough. But, then again, injuries are a part of the game. It’s one of those things that wasn’t really avoidable. We’ll just take care of it and hopefully I’ll be back as soon as I can. “You never know how bad it is until you find out,” he...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
From Jim Cerny at NewYorkRangers.com: Last season, the Rangers had tremendous luck when it came to injuries, losing a remarkably low 31 manpower games to injury or illness. However, just six weeks into the 2009-10 campaign the Rangers have seen that last year’s good fortune regarding injuries has not carried over into a new season. Just one look at their last game in Calgary on Saturday night...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Rangers were back on the ice Wednesday morning in Greenburgh after no skate the previous day to lick their various wounds. All were present and accounted for except injured center Brandon Dubinsky (broken hand) and captain Chris Drury, who coach John Tortorella acknowledged didn't "have a great day" after seemingly showing improvement earlier this week from the concussion he suffered...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Glen Sather is up here in Toronto for Brian Leetch’s Hall of Fame induction tonight, and said his plan is to sit tight with his roster and let the current crop fill the holes at center. With Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky injured in Saturday night’s game in Calgary, and Vinny Prospal capable of playing center, Sather pointed to Christopher Higgins as a player who should be able to step...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
With both New York Rangers’ forwards Chris Drury (concussion) and Brandon Dubinsky (3-6 weeks) expected to miss some time, the team is all of a sudden real thin. According to Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: Chris Drury (concussion) was in the building briefly and rode the stationary bicycle, which is a good sign. Coach John Tortorella would not rule him out for Thursday’s game against the...
Hockey Leaks (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The New York Rangers were interested in bringing in another centre already, but today's news that Brandon Dubinsky will miss 3-6 weeks with a broken hand means the search for another centre will likely be turned up. With Dubinsky out and Drury playing like he doesn't belong in the NHL, the Rangers are dangerously thin down the middle. Vinny Prospal is saving this team at this point. Manny Legace is...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Most of the Rangers on the bench didn’t see the hit, but the ones who did - and some of them were upstairs - were incensed by Curtis Glencross’ blindside, away-from-the-puck hit on a helpless Chris Drury that left the Ranger captain laid out with a concussion and out of action for who knows how long. John Tortorella wouldn’t get into it when asked if the league should step in, but...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
More photos » by Don Heupel - AP Browse more photos » Following up on a look at the hottest Canadian players in the NHL so far this season, here's a look at which American players may be impressing the Team USA brass so far: Goal Player Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% 1 Ryan Miller BUF 10 10 8 1 1 1.86 0.936 2 C. Anderson COL 15 15 10 3 2 2.11 0.936 3 Ty Conklin STL 5 4 2 2 0 2.34 0.921 4 Tim...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Scratch Marian Gaborik from the Ranger lineup for the first time this season, meaning the Rangers may have to tap some new sources for a little finish. P.A. Parenteau, the AHL’s leading scorer with eight goals in nine games, arrived from Hartford last night and will take the open spot on right wing, while Donald Brashear stayed on for extra skating this morning and will be the healthy scratch....
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Seeing Marian Gaborik flexing a leg and leaving a game before the final horn sounds obviously is going to kick up much more of a fuss than most other players, because of his history and because of the skill that was on display again tonight. It's only natural. So for now, at least, everybody take a breath. Gaborik, who left tonight's 5-2 win over Phoenix about five minutes from the end, stayed behind...
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