Mika Zibanejad

Rangers: Lottery Line is beginning to draw results

Being a first-round pick of any New York area sports team is an honor accompanied by tremendous weight. The countless busts are part of a numbers game, but it’s a bit more polarizing in a city like New York, where the fans are equally ruthless and faithful. It would take way too long to dive […]

Rangers: Preview of Game 2 Vs Carolina Hurricanes

After playing over 40+ minutes of perfect hockey, the New York Rangers could not contend with the Carolina Hurricanes’ fury in the third period of game 1. Now down 1-0 in the best-of-seven series, it is time to preview tonight’s game 2 matchup. Play A Complete Game In every sense of the word, the Rangers […]

Rangers: A Decision On Captain Must Be Made In 2022-23

Amid their first successful season since 2016-17, the New York Rangers finally find their identity. Currently down 1-0 in the best-of-seven series against the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Rangers have many capable leaders on this team. All of those “leaders” co-exist on the same level as each […]

Rangers: Panarin punches Rangers’ ticket to Round 2

If you tuned in to any of the games over the weekend, you’d understand why the two best words in sports are “Game Seven.” It’s where legacies are cemented, and legends are born. It’s why 28 years after scoring the most iconic goal in Rangers history, Stefan Matteau was in Madison Square Garden Sunday night […]

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, […]

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, […]

Opinion: Rangers Pass the Toughest Test of the Season

With the Monday afternoon trade deadline looming, the Rangers flew south for one of their toughest tests of the season with games against the Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes in back-to-back nights. The result was two hard-fought wins that brings the Blueshirts season record to 40-18-5. Saturday night’s victory in Tampa made it a […]

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 […]

Another Slow Start for the Blueshirts

The Rangers got out to another one of their characteristically infuriating sloppy starts Thursday night at the Garden against the Detroit Red Wings. The first five minutes of the game looked like the Red Wings were playing NHL 22 on “Rookie” mode while the Rangers were stuck on the “Superstar” setting. It’s forgivable in any […]