Author: Alex Dudley

New York Rangers General Manager Chris Drury

Opinion: Rangers Having a “Tin Cup” Moment

There’s a scene in the 1996 movie Tin Cup, where Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy (Kevin Costner) gets the dreaded shanks. He goes from immaculate ball striker to chili-dipping a 7 iron in a matter of a few strokes on the range. To remedy the situation, his caddie Romeo, played by Cheech Marin, tells him to […]

New York Rangers Flaws on Full Display Despite Win

The New York Rangers snapped a five-game skid on Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens. Despite the result, the biggest issue that has plagued the Rangers this season was on full display, preventing anyone from taking a collective sigh of relief. The game tying goal on Saturday, the second given up in the third period, was […]

Slumping Rangers Drafting Behind New York’s NFL Disasters

When your team expectations include exactly one objective: winning the Stanley Cup, it is never a good time for a slump. When your team is the New York Rangers, located in the heart of the U.S. media capital, the adage rings especially true. Yet the Rangers, who are, make no mistake, slumping, are managing to […]

For Drury and the Rangers, A Good Piece of Business

To be a sports executive in today’s world is to accept that, like athletes, your job performance is always up for review. When you take over a franchise in the middle of an announced rebuild, sprinkle in some draft lottery luck and, just for good measure, put it in the pressure cooker of New York […]

New York Rangers: You Can’t Win It All in October

The New York Rangers are off to a 5-0-1 start, a success by any measure. But this team has aspirations that go way beyond making the playoffs. In fact, the only result that will truly satisfy the fanbase at this point is a Stanley Cup victory. While they can’t achieve that objective in October, they […]

Rangers Flying Under the New York Sports Radar

The New York Rangers are off to a quick start to the 2024-2025 regular season. Two convincing, albeit imperfect, wins sandwiching a bit of a stinker where they managed to eke out a point is nothing to scoff at. But with the New York Yankees and New York Mets both on a playoff run and […]

New York Rangers: Hope Springs Eternal

As we gear up for another season, I have been thinking a lot about what success in the NHL looks like. For me, a fan, for a player, for an organization, the way or ways in which we measure success can make all the difference. For the New York Rangers, the team that I spend […]

Stanley Cup Final, a North American Ratings Bonanza

ABC’s U.S. telecast of game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers drew more than 7 million viewers in the United States, the most in five years, according to Nielsen. The number does not include the ESPN+ app, where the game was streamed as well. Overall, the series […]

Biggest NHL News of the week? Sale of a Website…

The Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers are in a battle for the Stanley Cup, game two is tonight, and the hockey world is atwitter…about the sale of a relatively obscure website to the Washington Capitals. Cap Friendly, a data aggregation site focused on each NHL team’s (and player’s) salary cap situation was snatched up […]

There’s Always Next Year, But First a Long Summer for the New York Rangers

The games are done. The lockers bare. Injuries have been revealed and final thoughts from players have been offered. The tension among the fan base is palpable. The desire for the first Stanley Cup in 30 years is undiminished. For the New York Rangers, the end came two weeks and one large chalice too soon. […]