Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | yesterday
from Mike Brophy of Sportsnet, Let’s be honest; hockey is a results-oriented sport and when athletes are paid a lot of money and aren’t pulling the weight it’s hard to hide (especially when you are being paid the really big bucks). As a result, the likes of Ottawa’s Jason Spezza ($8 million), the Rangers’ Chris Drury ($8.04 million) and Montreal’s Scott Gomez ($8...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
TAMPA, Fla. | Martin Havlat has two goals this season. So do Jason Spezza, Chris Drury and Rod Brind'Amour. Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau has tried on several occasions to point out players like them - ones who make far more money and earn far more ice time in offensive situations - to David Steckel, his struggling pupil. Steckel had as many goals as Boudreau in the team's first 28 games...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Aaron Voros will be the healthy scratch tonight as the Rangers meet for the first time this season here in Buffalo, where the Rangers held an optional morning skate with every healthy player on the ice except for Chris Drury, Christopher Higgins and Michal Rozsival. Higgins will play tonight on the left side of Erik Christensen, the waiver-wire pickup making his Ranger debut, and Ales Kotalik, while...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
From Steve Zipay at Blue Notes: Rangers coach John Tortorella dismissed a question about the conference standings last week, insisting that it was too early to keep track. Perhaps he’d better begin. Through 27 games, the Rangers (13-13-1) have collected 50 percent of the available points: 27. To reach the playoffs, compiling 94 points presumably will be necessary. So, the Rangers (6-12-1 in the...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
from Jay Greenberg of the NY Post, For $56.85 million, the Rangers have a team with just one above-average scorer, Marion Gaborik; no true No. 1 center; and no real No. 1 defenseman. Worse than an indictment of how poorly Glen Sather has cut the pie, it actually is a depressing portent of years of mediocrity. The Rangers will pay Ales Kotalik, who can barely get on the ice, $6 million for two years...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
PREGAME -Hey guess where we are: -No not quite: -Greetings from our editor's cubicle. Winter has pretty much arrived in Pittsburgh. It's been cloudy all day and in the mid 30's. It one of those days you wish you were in San Diego. -The Penguins hope to get a win in a place they haven't gotten a victory since March 1, 2007. -The Penguins' scratches are Alex Goligoski and Matt Cooke. -The Rangers' scratches...
Poets & Madmen (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Deep inside King's Wood, sheltered by a beech grove lies the beautiful Coppice Cloud Chamber, by Chris Drury . It is my favourite work of art within Kings Wood, and luckily looks to be around for a while longer before decay claims it, as it has so many other works. On this visit, I had come prepared, meaning I brought a thermos to have a cuppa whilst sitting on the small bench inside, watching the...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . Welcome back Sidney Crosby ( above ). The high-scoring one. -The New York Daily News' recap . The Rangers are now 1-11-1 in their last 13 visits to Mellon Arena. -The Record's recap . " I feel bad for the guy because I thought he gave us a chance in the first two periods. Unfortunately, it’s a 60-minute hockey game ." - Rangers...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: If you're following along at the game, we've been told the shot totals on the scoreboards are malfunctioning. They ought to build a new arena or something. 1 9:38: Bill Geerin coasts up the left wing with Sidney Crosby on a two-on-one. Guerin elects to shoot but is wide with his release. 19:23: Mark Eaton is nabbed for holding the stick of Chris Drury. Eaton skates to the box pointing...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
And a fourth line that will either be playing with a makeshift center, if at all, even as the Rangers play their second game of a back-to-back and their fifth in eight nights. Tortorella said the plan all along was to give Valiquette this game and start Henrik Lundqvist against Tampa Bay, and that plan did not budge after Lundqvist was lifted in the 33rd minute of last night’s ugly loss. As...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Penguins -To say the least, PenStation isn't selling too many Chris Bourque ( above ) jerseys . -Evgeni Malkin speaks. In Russian . -A German newspaper/Web Site chatted with Sidney Crosby and Bill Guerin . -Where to Crosby or former Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr rank in terms of being this decade's best players ? -Are the Penguins planning on changing their third jersey ? -Pens Universe chats with...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Chris Drury has the full go-ahead to make his return to the Ranger lineup tomorrow night in Florida. The Ranger captain took part in contact drills today for a second straight day, although this time it was with his teammates and not just assistant coach Mike Sullivan. Drury has missed the past five games with a concussion - effectively six games, because he was hurt in the opening minute of the Nov....
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Penguins -What chance do the Penguins have at keeping Sergei Gonchar after this season ? -Ben Lovejoy got high in practice yesterday . -Alex Goligoski and Chris Bourque speak: -Dan Bylsma and Dan Potash speak: -Happy 27th birthday to former Penguins forward Colby Armstrong . The team's first-round pick in 2001, Armstrong is the franchise's 79th all-time leading scorer with 98 points . He was sent...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Sounds as though Chris Drury is improving and may be inching his way toward a return - the Ranger captain is to be examined this afternoon by a team neurologist and if all goes well could cross a major hurdle toward rejoining the lineup. John Tortorella said he hasn’t spoken with Drury but did talk with trainer Jim Ramsay this morning and that “I guess (Drury) has had a number of good...
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...
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