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The Rangers’ inconsistencies are consistent.

The New York Rangers don’t make anything easy. The Blueshirts have teased us with phenomenal periods and flashes of brilliance throughout this season, only to resort back to mediocrity quickly. They always endured those vacations to mediocrity due to the stellar play of Igor Shesterkin. Last Saturday night, the Rangers went on another mini-vacation, or […]

Rangers: Five takeaways from Game 1

1. The NHL still doesn’t understand what goaltender interference is. They didn’t understand the rule when Henrik Lundqvist was getting barraged with bodies during the 2014 Cup Finals, and they still don’t. Brian Dumoulin pushed Kaapo Kakko into the crease while making a distinct move to avoid the goalie and crease altogether. On top of […]

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: End of Season Team Awards

The past 365 days for the Rangers have been a whirlwind. Once the regular season is officially over Friday night against the Washington Capitals, I’ll be releasing my season review. Until then, these are my team awards. While many categories have been set in stone, I’ll make up some of my own. MVP: Igor Shesterkin, […]

Opinion: What to make of Lafreniere’s rollercoaster week?

Last Wednesday, Alexis Lafreniere was scratched and relegated to street clothes for a contest against the Philadelphia Flyers. Head Coach Gerard Gallant claimed he just wanted the 20-yeard old to get some rest. While sitting and resting players before the playoffs isn’t a rarity, the “Spidey senses” of Rangers fans are always tingling when a […]

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, […]

New York Rangers: Chytil In, Lafreniere out

Filip Chytil will return to the lineup Wednesday night in Philadelphia after missing the last two contests with what seems to have been a minor injury. Chytil played some of his most consistent hockey the past few weeks leading up to his two-game hiatus. Chytil will slot in between Kaapo Kakko and Barclay Goodrow on […]

Addition by Maturation

With an excessive amount of space to fit any player they desire under the cap, there has been some well-deserved ballyhoo about who the Rangers should, could, and would target ahead of the March 21st trade deadline. Names like Claude Giroux, Jakob Chychrun, Phil Kessel, Artturi Lekhonen, and Joe Pavelski are all floating around the […]

Logjam on Defense Will Force Rangers Hand

With the trade deadline fast approaching and new rumors being bandied about each day, who are the bargaining chips possibly on their way out of the franchise? Despite their youthful NHL roster filled with recent prospect graduates, the Rangers cupboard is still full of promising prospects. Although the hype isn’t quite Alexis Lafreniere or Kaapo […]

Rangers First-Half Grading

Wow! What a first half of hockey! With the All-Star break upcoming, it gives us a chance to flashback at the first half of the New York Rangers season. There were so many bright spots for them and some unfortunate dark ones. This allows us a chance to grade each player’s first half and explain […]