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...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Brandon Dubinsky was back on the ice today, joining Wade Redden in a little private skate with assistant coach Mike Sullivan before the rest of the Rangers came on for their full practice. Dubinsky hadn’t skated since blocking a shot that broke a bone in his right hand on Nov. 7 in Calgary, and this was at least a sign of progress in his healing and the beginning of the process of getting his...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
According to Andrew Gross of Ranger Rants, the team today officially called up defenseman Ilkka Heikkinen and goaltender Chad Johnson from the Hartford Wolf Pack. You may be wondering why Heikkinen was called up because I certainly was when I first heard about it. However, Gross reports that Heikkinen was called up to replace the injured Wade Redden. I thought that the team would bring back Bobby Sanguinetti...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
In the throes of a three-game losing streak in which they’ve been outscored 18-6, the Rangers made a couple of minor roster moves Wednesday. They added center Erik Christensen on waivers from Anaheim and waived slumping backup goalie Steve Valiquette with the aim of getting him to AHL Hartford to “get his game back,” coach John Tortorella said. With the Rangers just $800,000 under...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: The Rangers this morning re-assigned rookie defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti, the Trenton native who was the 21st pick in the 2006 draft, to Hartford (AHL) after he played three game for them, including his Madison Square Garden debut in Monday’s 5-2 loss to the Penguins. The move suggests that veteran Wade Redden (right shoulder/arm) will be right on his timetable...
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...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
A preview of the Rangers. When and where: 7 p.m., Madison Square Garden. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, MSG. Record: 13-12-1, 27 points. The Rangers are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Leading Scorer: Marian Gaborik 35 points (19 goals, 16 assists). Last Game: 8-3 road loss to the Penguins, Saturday . Sidney Crosby had three goals and two assists. Last Game...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Pittsburgh 8 Rangers 3 : It has been two nights to forget for New York, but the question is, where did the defense go? Surely it cannot be the loss of Wade Redden that sparked the total breakdown in the defensive zone. Whatever it is, the Rangers have an off day Sunday to figure out why they have given up 13 goals in two games before the Penguins come to MSG Monday Night. Devils 6 Islanders 1 : Patrik...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
PREGAME Greetings from brisk but clear Pittsburgh. It was in the low 40s most of the day but there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Not a bad day for late November. A few pregame sights. The sun setting on North Braddock: -The east end of Consol Energy Center: -The main entrance: -The glass wall on the west end with the Moon hanging overhead: -Mellon Arena: -Downtown Pittsburgh at twilight: -The ice: -These...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
PREGAME Greetings from brisk but clear Pittsburgh. It was in the low 40s most of the day but there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Not a bad day for late November. A few pregame sights. The sun setting on North Braddock: -The east end of Consol Energy Center: -The main entrance: -The glass wall on the west end with the Moon hanging overhead: -Mellon Arena: -Downtown Pittsburgh at twilight: -The ice: -These...
Latest National Hockey League matches (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
New York Rangers Vs Pittsburgh Penguins Time: Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 at 7:30 PM ET League: NHL – United States of America Last 10 matches: New York 4-6-0; Pittsburgh 5-5-0 Rangers defenseman Wade Redden missed Friday’s game with a shoulder injury and is listed as day-to-day. … Pittsburgh is still without its injured trio of defensemen, Alex Goligoski, Jay [...]
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
A preview of the Rangers. When and where: 7:30 p.m. Mellon Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, MSG. Record: 13-11-1, 27 points. The Rangers are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Leading Scorer: Marian Gaborik ( right ), 33 points (19 goals, 14 assists). Last Game: 5-1 road loss to the Lightning, last night . Ryan Callahan scored the Rangers' only goal. Last...
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Steve Zipay at Blue Notes reports that Wade Redden is out 5-to-7 days with an upper-body injury, believed to be a right shoulder injury suffered during last night's 2-1 shootout win over the Panthers.Zipay also notes that because Bobby Sanguinetti is a right-handed shot Tortorella will have to juggle with four right-handed D-men among his six. Tortorella suggested Matt Gilroy might be the top candidate...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Surprised to say that Henrik Lundqvist will be the Rangers’ starting goaltender tonight against the Lightning - given that the Rangers are in the middle game of three in four nights and six in 10, and have a home-and-home set with the Penguins beginning tomorrow, this one seemed set up for Steve Valiquette to handle. Is this the best indication yet of how much John Tortorella wants to put his...
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