NE W YORK – It was almost impossible to contain them. After half a season of sober moods and sad statements, the Rangers were just giddy after their second laugher in two games, this time beating the Tampa Bay Lightning, 8-2.
“It feels great scoring eight goals,” said forward Vinny Prospal, who was one of eight [...]

NEW YORK – Make no mistke, this was a very winnable game for the New York Rangers.
Don’t just take a the word of a humble reporter, listen to The King.
“This one hurts,” said “The King” Henrik Lundqvist. “The way we played in the third, we deserved at least a tie game, if not a win. [...]

UNIONDALE, NY – The sheepish grin on Henrik Lundqvist’s face told the story. Thankfully only his pride was hurt his car accident on the Saw Mill Parkway yesterday.
He practiced and will be in goal tonight as the Rangers take on the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum.
“It was only me and I’m fine,” he said with a [...]

NEW YORK – You didn’t think the Rangers were going to go 81-1? And John Tortorella was warning everyone about it the last few games.
Yes all good things must come to an end and the Rangers seven game winning streak crashed down with a penalty filled 7-3 defeat to the San Jose Sharks.
“We were just [...]

NEW YORK – It’s been a very long time since the Rangers crashed the nets like the did last night. And it’s been a very long time since they have been so well conditioned that they dominated the third period.
The Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t know what hit them.
So much so that the Blueshirts [...]

So this is what the Rangers were missing the last few seasons.
It was supposed to be Jaromir Jagr, but he was never the same after his shoulder was dislocated in the 2006 playoffs. And Scott Gomez never clicked with anyone he played with on his line.
Chris Drury was supposed to be clutch, but the drain [...]

There’s no truth to the rumor that the hockey gods control the weather, even though the chill in the air seemed like it was being cooled by a sheet of ice.
No it was just coincidence the opening of the NHL season happened on a chilly night and what better way for the New York Rangers [...]

As off-season’s go, Glen Sather really hasn’t had a good one since the lockout.
You might remember that one when the Ranger’s GM scrambled to fill his team with Czechs, just to keep Jaromir Jagr, his one superstar, happy. That worked with the Rangers making the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
But since then…Uggh.
The [...]

Each player has ratings for the following scouting services: NHL’s Central Scouting (CS), The Hockey News (THN), McKeen’s (McK), International Scouting Service (ISS), Red Line Report (RLR), and Bob McKenzie of TSN.ca (TSN). CS breaks down their ratings by North American skaters, European skaters, North American goaltenders and European goaltenders. ISS, RLR, and TSN all [...]

NEW YORK – For the playoffs, the game day staff at Madison Square Garden chose the new U2 song “Magnificent” as the Rangers introductory tune when the team takes to the ice.
Although the Fab Irish Four didn’t have Henrik Lundqvist in mind when they wrote the song, after watching his play, they may have to [...]