Stanley Cup
Slumping Rangers Drafting Behind New York’s NFL Disasters
- Alex Dudley
- November 25, 2024
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 […]
Read MoreOpinion: Current Record Not a Reflection of the Rangers’ Play This Season
- Patrick Hoffman
- November 24, 2024
Everything went right for the New York Rangers last season. They finished first in the Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference, and the entire NHL. The only thing that would have made it better is if they had won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1994. Fast forward to this season and the Blueshirts are […]
Read MoreOpinion: Put Sam and JD Back in the Booth Together For One Last Game
- Patrick Hoffman
- November 22, 2024
Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s (I am 41 years old), I had two voices that narrated the hockey that I watched. Those voices belonged to Sam Rosen and John Davidson. They partnered to broadcast New York Rangers games from 1986-2006 helping to form one of the best hockey broadcasting tandems in the industry. […]
Read MoreGoaltender Quick Continues to Bring Value to the Rangers
- Patrick Hoffman
- November 10, 2024
There were a lot of naysayers when the New York Rangers signed Jonathan Quick as an unrestricted free agent (UFA) after the 2022-23 season. Many people pointed out that he was getting older, that his skills were diminishing, and that his best days were well behind him. They may have had a point about two […]
Read MoreOpinion: Jets’ Hellebuyck Playing at a Level Way Above the Rest
- Patrick Hoffman
- November 10, 2024
One way to tell if someone is a great NHL goaltender is consistency. This means that year in and year out, this masked man will deliver a lot of wins, post great statistics, come up with the big saves for his hockey club, and be the team’s best player on the ice more often than […]
Read MoreTrocheck Line Driving the Rangers Once Again
- Patrick Hoffman
- October 29, 2024
The New York Rangers had a lot of success last season due to the play of one particular line. No, it was not a line with Mika Zibanejad (72 points) and Chris Kreider (75 points). While both of those players had solid seasons, they did not have anywhere near the success of a line that […]
Read MoreNew York Rangers: You Can’t Win It All in October
- Alex Dudley
- October 24, 2024
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 […]
Read MoreOpinion: Rangers Doing Everything Right to Star Season
- Patrick Hoffman
- October 22, 2024
It can be said in hockey that the only thing that matters is winning the Stanley Cup. While that is true, what is also a fact is that it takes a lot of wins to get there in both the regular season and the postseason. Every point matters, so every team needs to gather wins […]
Read MoreStolarz Providing Strong Goaltending in the Early Going For The Leafs
- Patrick Hoffman
- October 15, 2024
The Toronto Maple Leafs goaltending has been an enigma for the last several seasons. They would have a goaltender play well and then struggle. They would then have another goaltender play look great and then get hurt. If the Leafs want to have any chance of going far in the Stanley Cup playoffs and winning […]
Read MoreNew York Rangers: Hope Springs Eternal
- Alex Dudley
- October 2, 2024
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 […]
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