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...
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants has this quote from John Tortorella, who called last night's game probably the Rangers worst of the season...“We’re going to have to make a decision here sooner or later, are we going to be a consistent hockey club,” he added. “I think it starts with our preparation and it goes on to being ready to play at all times....
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | yesterday
In speaking with the blog Emperor earlier this afternoon, our fearless leader posed the following question to me: What I want to know is how could the rangers put Brandon Dubinsky on LTIR? I know that it was basically done to save them cap room, but I also know the league has to approve LTIR status. They must have pulled some string. I put on my reporter’s cap and decided to reach out...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
In a recent blog entry, Andrew Gross of Ranger Rants points out that New York Rangers winger Ales Kotalik needs to produce more and play better if he wants to get significant ice time. In 26 games this season, Kotalik has 6 goals and 12 assists for 18 points, which isn’t terrible. However, on a team that does not have much when it comes to secondary scoring, that is not going...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: To recap: coach John Tortorella has confirmed that the Rangers have claimed center Erik Christensen on waivers from the Ducks, in part because Donald Brashear is injured again with an unspecified injury after missing time earlier this season because of his right hand/wrist. Also, backup goalie Steve Valiquette has been put on waivers with the...
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...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
In his postgame wrapup blog, Andrew Gross from Ranger Rants delivers some intriguing insights on New York Rangers’ goaltender Henrik Lundqvist: The breakdown of Mike Rupp’s winning goal is this: Michal Rozsival, who had played a good game until that moment, made a horrible mistake heading to the center of the ice, allowing Rupp a clear lane on the left side. And then...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: And as great a guy as Steve Valiquette is and as much as you want to see him do well, it may be getting to the point where the Rangers have to consider alternatives to backup Henrik Lundqvist. As discussed, Valiquette goes through long stretches where he plays very well - and Tortorella cited him as the reason the Rangers were still in...
