New York Rangers Rumors & News

Rangers' Brad Richards 'disappointed' about Game 4 scratch

Newsday — It certainly must have been an agonizing decision for coach John Tortorella. But he phoned veteran Brad Richards, whom he has coached for two NHL teams, Thursday morning, long before Game 4 against the Bruins, a game that could spell the end of the Rangers' season, to tell him that he wouldn't be playing.

W2W4: Rangers vs. Bruins, Game 4

Hockey Blog | ESPN New York — AT A GLANCE: On the brink of elimination, the Rangers will try to avoid a series sweep against the Bruins at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. A deep, balanced and physical team that has outmatched the Rangers thus far, the Bruins will try to close it out in four games to avoid another white-knuckle series like in Round 1. SURPRISING SCRATCH: Veteran center and alternate captain Brad Richards will be a healthy scratch. The former Conn Smythe Trophy winner said coach John Tortorella called him Thursday morning to give him the news.

Brad Richards a healthy scratch for Game 4

Newsday — The Rangers underperforming, but expensive, center, Brad Richards, is a healthy scratch for Thursday night's possible elimination game against the Bruins at Madison Square Garden. Richards revealed his ouster from the lineup to the media Thursday morning.

POST-CAST: Rangers great Graves talks playoffs, 1994 and more with Vaccaro, Hale

New York Post — Rangers great Adam Graves talks about his former team's dire playoff situation and relives memories of winning the cup in 1994 with Post columnist Mike Vaccaro and reporter Mark Hale. Vaccaro and Hale also talk about the upcoming Subway Series between the Yankees and Mets. PAST POST-CASTS: CASHMAN, ALDERSON...

With little to lose, Rangers need to assert themselves

New York Post — So three players in 10 games have been knocked silly on checks from opponents, legal or otherwise, and yet here are the Rangers on the brink of Round 2 elimination tonight at the Garden, content to turn the other cheek on their way to a Boston sweep. Enough, already, with...

Brad benched! Richards won't play for Rangers in Game 4

New York Daily News — John Tortorella scratched healthy veteran center Brad Richards facing a do-or-die Game 4 at the Garden Thursday night, risking the loss of the Rangers’ locker room regardless of how the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins concluded.    

Hamrlik ready if needed; Staal notes some improvement; other morning skate this and that

Rangers Rants | Bergen Record — With D Anton Stralman not on ice for either today’s optional morning skate or Wednesday’s practice, it’s a fair bet he won’t be in the lineup for tonight’s game. Roman Hamrlik, who has been a healthy scratch for 23 straight games dating to a 4-2 win over the Jets on April 1, was the first defenseman off the ice from the group of replacement candidates that also included Matt Gilroy and Marc Staal. None, of course, would reveal who was in the lineup, unlike C Brad Richards, who acknowledged he wasn’t in the lineup. However, while Staal said the past two days have been better as far as his blu...

Sounds like Stralman out for Game 4;Powe recalls how Flyers rallied from 3-0 series deficit

Rangers Rants | Bergen Record — The Rangers, who now must win four straight to advance past the Bruins in their Eastern Conference semifinal series, a deficit only three teams have overcome in NHL history, held an optional skate today at their training center. D Anton Stralman, hurt on a heavy second-period check by Bruins LW Milan Lucic - Stralman played just one more shift before missing the third period - was not on the ice and, from the way coach John Tortorella spoke about it, seems doubtful to out for Thursday’s Game 4. If he cannot play, Matt Gilroy or Roman Hamrlik, both were on the ice today and have been skating ...

Brad Richards a healthy scratch for Game 4

Rangers Rants | Bergen Record — Brad Richards has struggled through a nightmare season that has only grown worse in the playoffs. The $60 million center will be a healthy scratch tonight as the Rangers try to stave off elimination as they host Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Bruins. It could signal the end of his Rangers’ career just two seasons into the nine-year deal he signed as the premier unrestricted free agent in 2011. It’s been widely speculated as Richards stumbled through this season that he would be an offseason candidate as one of two amnesty buyouts the Rangers are allowed under ...

The end of a bad, Brad contract: Richards scratched, on way to buyout

Rangers Report | Journal News — Brad Richards, who less than two years ago signed a nine-year, $60 million free agent contract to become a Ranger, will now be an ex-Ranger. Richards was informed by his long-time ally and coach John Tortorella this morning that he will be a healthy scratch for Game 4 against Boston... Read More →The post The end of a bad, Brad contract: Richards scratched, on way to buyout appeared first on Rangers Report Blog.

Rangers' Powe part of Flyers team that came back from 3-0 down vs. Bruins

New York Post — The Rangers fell into the biggest, darkest hole in sports on Tuesday night and the clichés were immediately cued. In order to become just the fourth team to come back from a 3-0 deficit in the history of hockey, the Rangers didn’t just stress the need to focus on...

Rangers could be shorthanded on ‘D’

New York Post — As if four straight wins wasn’t going to be hard enough, the Rangers will likely have to begin the unlikely turnaround with a depleted defense. Already without Marc Staal (eye), the Rangers look like they will be without Anton Stralman tonight in Game 4 after he took a huge...

Game 4: Bruins at Rangers tonight (7 p.m.) … pre-game notes

Rangers Report | Journal News — Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. BOSTON BRUINS 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals – Game 4 Thursday, May 23 (7:00 p.m.) – Madison Square Garden BOS leads 3-0 TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m. — TV:... Read More →The post Game 4: Bruins at Rangers tonight (7 p.m.) … pre-game notes appeared first on Rangers Report Blog.

More post-practice interviews: Powe, Zuccarello

Rangers Report | Journal News — The Powe interview has to do with his being part of the 2010 Philly team that came back from 0-3 against Boston to win that playoff series.The post More post-practice interviews: Powe, Zuccarello appeared first on Rangers Report Blog.

Ryane Clowe back on ice

Hockey Blog | ESPN New York — GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Injured forward Ryane Clowe returned to the ice for the first time since suffering an apparent head injury in Game 5 of the Rangers' first-round series against Washington. Clowe was among the players skating during the Rangers' optional practice Wednesday, the morning after a Game 3 loss to Boston. Clowe, acquired from the San Jose Sharks at the trade deadline, has appeared in only one postseason game for the Rangers. He missed five games after sustaining what is believed to have been a concussion against the Carolina Hurricanes during the last week of the regular season....

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