New York Rangers Analysis
The preseason is over and the New York Rangers will now turn their focus to Saturday night's season opener against the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena. While the players and staff prepare, the fans will anxiously wait out what will seem like the longest five days of the
New York Rangers Recaps
The Rangers will close out the preseason with a 4-2-0 record as they now will get into regular season mode over the next week before the opener on Saturday. Overall, I think we learned a lot about the squad over the course of these six games and it is safe
New York Rangers Recaps
The Rangers improved to 3-1-0 in the preseason with tonight's 5-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Madison Square Garden. Even though the Wings did not have some of their big guns in the lineup, this should still be looked at as a very hopeful sign for
New York Rangers Analysis
Assuming Marc Staal, Dan Girardi, Michael Del Zotto, and Michal Rozsival all have spots on the team, there are three slots currently open on the Rangers' blue-line if head coach John Tortorella chooses to carry along a seventh defenseman. Three slots open, but five players still remaining in camp
New York Rangers Recaps
Tonight's match-up between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils certainly did not feel like a preseason game that had absolutely no meaning in the standings. Instead, it had the intensity and atmosphere of a contest we would expect to be watching in October or November. What
New York Rangers News
The New York Rangers are already five days deep into training camp, preparing for their October 9th season start against the Buffalo Sabres. Yesterday we were notified that captain Chris Drury had broken his finger when blocking a shot in a scrimmage. Today, as he prepared to see a specialist,
New York Rangers Analysis
Ranger prospect Derek Stepan was undoubtedly one of the best players during last week's Traverse City Tournament up in Michigan. He knows it, his teammates know it and head coach John Tortorella knows it. With this, Stepan enters training camp with a considerable amount of self-confidence that he
New York Rangers News
The New York Rangers now have two days of training camp under their belts and are only four days away from the start of the preseason. In day two, the team once again split into four separate groups and continued with their skating and conditioning drills. This included cross-ice sprints,
New York Rangers News
Day one of New York Rangers training camp has come to a close with four separate groups of players taking the ice for head coach John Tortorella's conditioning skate/test. It was certainly an action packed first day with numerous storylines and plenty to discuss. Thanks to Andrew
New York Rangers Analysis
I am sure most of you watched Saturday night's special edition of Hockey Night Live on MSG Network featuring head coach John Tortorella, Captain Chris Drury and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. As always, Tortorella gave a juicy interview that I figured I had to discuss here on Blueshirt Banter.
New York Rangers News
For the first time since early April, Marian Gaborik took the ice with his New York Rangers teammates at yesterday's informal pre-camp skate. Last season's leading scorer for New York spoke with Andrew Gross of Ranger Rants following the scrimmages taking place on the rink. Gaborik
NHL News
With the Ilya Kovalchuk drama looking as if it was going to drag on even further earlier this week, the National Hockey League elected to take a big risk in order to finally put the saga to rest. An ultimatum was laid out by the league to the NHL Player&