New York Rangers Rumors & News
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The Blueshirts Blog | New York Daily News — Martin Biron was among 16 Rangers taking part in the latest informal pre-camp practice at the MSG Training Center on Friday, and with the new backup joining Henrik Lundqvist on...
9 hours agoHow Biron improves Blueshirts for playoffs
Hockey Blog | ESPN New York — A few days back, Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said the acquisition of backup netminder Martin Biron would be huge in helping him stay fresh for the playoffs. Whether the Blueshirts can get back to the second season is another issue, but his assessment about regular-season heavy lifting and playoff fall-off is right on the money. For the past two seasons, ESPN Insider has teamed with Puck Prospectus to serve up a Hot Goalie Index heading into the playoffs. The idea was to see if we could find a way to predict which goalies were most likely to stand on their head and steal a series. The form...
14 hours agoGuest blogger: Noah
Rangers Report | Journal News — Let me first thank Carp for the opportunity to do a guest blog. This is my second time (the first was a belated thank you letter to Jaromir Jagr) and it’s tough to follow all the recently great and well-written entries. Consider the posts before me like a bunch of episodes of “Lost” and this [...]
14 hours agoThe Morning Links
Hockey Blog | ESPN New York — Rangers If you think you see Henrik Lundqvist riding a Gray Line bus around Gotham today, it's probably him. Lundqvist gets a bus named after him and he'll be on board for the inaugural ride. Blueshirt Banter discussses D Michael Del Zotto as an X Factor for 2010-11. Yesterday the Rangers signed LW Tim Kennedy to a one-year contract. Blueshirt Banter goes a little deeper into Kennedy's performance using some advanced metrics. The Daily News also chatted up the newest Ranger and the native of Buffalo is excited for his new gig on Broadway. Jim Cerny writes that Artem Anisimov is healthy and re...
16 hours agoRangers preseason schedule
Hockey Blog | ESPN New York — Rangers training camp opens Sept. 17 at the MSG Training Facility, which means real live hockey isn't far behind. Here's a quick look at the team's preseason schedule. RANGERS' 2010 PRESEASON SCHEDULE (All times ET) Day Date Opponent Site Time Thursday Sept. 23 New Jersey Madison Square Garden 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 25 New Jersey Prudential Center 7 p.m. Sunday Sept. 26 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 5 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 29 Detroit Madison Square Garden 7 p.m. Friday Oct. 1 Ottawa Madison Square Garden 7 p.m. Saturday Oct. 2 Ottawa Scotiabank Place 7 p.m.
16 hours agoDevils start preseason games Sept. 21
Hockey Blog | ESPN New York — Yes, the Devils do more than negotiate interminable free agent contracts. In fact, in less than a month the Devs will be on the ice with or without Ilya Kovalchuk. Here's a look at their preseason slate. Training camp begins Sept. 17. DEVILS' 2010 PRESEASON SCHEDULE (All times ET) Day Date Opponent Site Time Tuesday Sept. 21 Philadelphia Wachovia Center 7 p.m. Thursday Sept. 23 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 25 New York Rangers Prudential Center 7 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 28 Philadelphia Prudential Center 7 p.m. Friday Oct. 1 New York Islanders Prud...
16 hours agoMSG’s HNL ready to go
Rangers Report | Journal News — Just got this from MSG: “HOCKEY NIGHT LIVE!” GEARS UP FOR 2010-11 SEASON Series Debuts with Two New York Rangers Specials September 4 & 11 on MSG Pre-Season Coverage Begins September 18 on MSG and MSG Plus New York – September 2, 2010 – MSG’s “Hockey Night Live!” will get an early start on the 2010-11 season with [...]
September 2, 2010Del Zotto wants the responsibility
Rangers Rants | Bergen Record — Michael Del Zotto joined the Rangers informal group workouts for the first time today and the defenseman has a couple of bullet-points for improvement in his second season. “A few things,” said Del Zotto, who’s been skating on his own for almost four weeks. “I want to be consistently tougher in the defensive end and keeping the power play consistent. We started out red hot at the beginning of the year. The biggest thing about being the quarterback is taking responsibility for keeping it consistent. It’s a special teams game.” Del Zotto and newly-signed Tim Kennedy were the newcomers on the i...
September 2, 2010Michael Del Zotto can't forget Philly
The Blueshirts Blog | New York Daily News — It would be easy for any member of the Rangers to say that what happened in April, when the Blueshirts missed the playoffs with a loss in Philadelphia in the...
September 2, 2010Guest blogger: Jon V
Rangers Report | Journal News — “I believe in Hockey” When Carp told me I could write a guest blog I immediately started thinking about all the different Rangers off-season topics worth commenting on. The choices seemed endless—Marc Staal’s ongoing contract negotiations, the potential impact of new acquisitions like Boogaard, Frolov, and Zuccarello-Aasen, the growing (hopefully) youth movement—the list goes on and [...]
September 2, 2010
| Sat 4/3 | at Florida | W 4 - 1 | |
| Tue 4/6 | at Buffalo | L 2 - 5 | |
| Wed 4/7 | vs Toronto | W 5 - 1 | |
| Fri 4/9 | vs Philadelphia | W 4 - 3 | |
| Sun 4/11 | at Philadelphia | OTL 1 - 2 |
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- Kovalchuk deal with Devils approved New York Post The Devils' 64 days of hell were only awaiting the crossing of Ts to be over. It required amending the collective bargaining agreement that cost the NHL the 2004-05 season to hammer out, but the league is finally approving a second contract with Ilya Kovalchuk, which will pay him $100...
- Ilya Kovalchuk's re-worked contract with Devils to be approved, report says Newark Star-Ledger NHL, NHLPA agree to amendment to rules that govern long-term contracts
- Penguins single-game seats to go on sale Pittsburgh Post-Gazette About 2,000 single-game tickets for each Penguins home date for the first season at Consol Energy Center will go on sale at 10 a.m. next Friday.
- NHL and NHLPA reach agreement, Kovalchuk deal to be approved (confirmed) Fire & Ice | Bergen Record The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have reached an agreement on guidelines for future long-term contracts and the official paperwork is being worked on with the aim of completing it before today’s 5 p.m. deadline, multiple sources have confirmed to me. As part of the agreement, the 15-year, $100 million contract Ilya Kovalchuk signed with the Devils a week ago will be approved. The news that an agreement had been reached was first reported by ESPN and TSN. A source said the new guidelines include stipulations about how the salary cap hit would be calculated for long-term deals that go...
- Penguins sign veteran forward Mike Comrie Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Penguins today signed veteran forward Mike Comrie to a $500,000, one-year contract, potentially adding some scoring punch