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Jets: Trade Mark Scheifele; Bring Back Andrew Copp

Trade Mark Scheifele; Bring Back Andrew Copp Crazy right? Andrew Copp didn’t want to be a Jet, and Mark Scheifele is an elite level, point per game, number one center. Why on earth would Jet management want to do this? Bear with me, and perhaps I can sway your thinking. There has always been some […]

Rangers Game 4 Recap: Rough and Tough

The New York Rangers were able to even up their second-round series with the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-2, with a dominating 4-1 victory. Both teams have won on their home ice, and the series now flips back to Carolina for game 5. But, before that, let’s take a look at what went down in game 4. […]

Rangers hold serve on Garden Ice, series at 2-1

Sunday afternoons Game 3 contest against the Carolina Hurricanes was about as close as you can get to a must-win scenario. On the heels of two losses in which they played some of their best defensive games of the season, Gerard Gallant entered Sunday with three new lines in hopes of generating more offense. The […]

Rangers: Game 3 Review and Game 4 Preview

If this series were to be described in just a word, we’d use the following, “momentum.” As any NHL playoff series is, it’s all about grabbing and holding onto the momentum. The fact of the matter is, any momentum, or edge, has been tough to keep. From a Rangers’ perspective, we’ve seen plenty of times […]

Resilient Rangers even series with Game-2 win.

After a disappointing game-one defeat in triple overtime at the hands of their old Patrick Division rival, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Thursday night’s game-two was a must-win for the New York Rangers. After losing game one at home to a combination of backup goalies featuring Casey DeSmith and Louis Domingue, the Rangers couldn’t afford to go […]

Rangers: Season in Review

For only the fifth time in the franchise’s 94-year history, the New York Rangers have eclipsed 50 wins in a single season. It’s quite an accomplishment in and of itself, but it’s even more impressive when you look back on where the franchise was merely a year ago. The sudden upheaval and firings of Jeff […]

Rangers: Copp emerges as the top priority this offseason

Andrew Copp has seamlessly walked into the Rangers lineup since the March 21st deadline move that landed him in the Big Apple and has played some of the best hockey of his young career. Since joining the Blueshirts, the 27-year-old has posted 18 points in 16 games. The Copp acquisition raised some eyebrows with Ryan […]

Top 5 Rangers Wildcards Heading into the Playoffs

Obviously, the Rangers will not be a wildcard team in this year’s iteration of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The term wildcard is more loosely referring to either a player or group of players who have the ability to take this team to the next level. For the purposes of this list, stars like Panarin, Kreider, […]

Report: Resilient Rangers Push Toward the Playoffs

It may sound like a bad Russell Crowe movie, but the last 240 minutes of regulation have been a whirlwind for the New York Rangers. So, what do we make of it? While they picked up 5 out of a possible 8 points during the four-game stretch to obtain, maintain, and gain a lead on […]

Report: Copp Making Most of First Look

Andrew Copp bet on himself last offseason when he turned down a rumored 5-year contract extension with an AAV in the neighborhood of 4 million. Whether he didn’t want to sign a long-term deal in Winnipeg, wanted more money, more of a commitment to top 6 minutes, or if he was still hurt from an […]