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The Rangers sat quietly — and then made the biggest splash of them all. The Blueshirts pulled off a blockbuster trade just before the 3 p.m. deadline on Monday, sending captain Ryan McDonagh and forward J.T. Miller to the Lightning in exchange for a large haul, tje Rangers announced. It starts with current Lightning forward […]

In a deal that got done just before Monday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline, the Devils solidified their offense by acquiring Patrick Maroon from the Oilers for prospect J.D. Dudek and a 2019 third-round pick. The 29-year-old Maroon has 14 goals and 16 assists in 57 games this season, just a year after recording career highs […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — This was Jeff Gorton as Walter White absorbing Mike Ehrmantraut’s warning against taking half measures before the general manager took full measures of his own in the midst of a season that broke bad for the Rangers. The era that bridged Jaromir Jagr, Sean Avery, Tom Renney, Ryan Callahan, Marian Gaborik, […]

This was not dipping a toe into the waters of a rebuild. This was diving in headfirst. Just as the Rangers said they would, they have embraced a full overhaul of their roster, and went through their most dramatic leap just moments before Monday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline. That’s when they traded captain Ryan McDonagh […]

The Rangers don’t have a chance to win the Stanley Cup this season, but “Rangers South” might be the favorite. That would be the Lightning, who added two more former Blueshirts to their roster on Monday when they traded for Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller. They are set to join former Broadway teammates Dan Girardi, […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Regarding the team now identified as Rest of the Rangers, or in the Olympic spirit, ROR: 1. Left unsaid in the decision to trade Ryan McDonagh to Tampa Bay on Monday is management’s belief the Blueshirts were/are in need of a more inspirational and perhaps even confrontational personality as team captain. […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vladislav Namestnikov spent most of this season on the left wing of the Lightning unit with Steven Stamkos in the middle and Nikita Kucherov on the right. That suggests the 25-year-old forward, obtained by the Rangers as part of the package coming from Tampa Bay in Monday’s deal for Ryan McDonagh […]

BOSTON — Two of Boston’s new additions helped the Bruins avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season. Rick Nash scored in his home debut and Tommy Wingels had a goal and an assist in his first game for the Bruins, who rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on […]

VANCOUVER — The trade deadline trauma behind them, the Rest of the Rangers (ROR) vow they are ready to abandon the fetal position into which they had curled following the Jan. 26 article in The Post presaging the trade-deadline teardown that was confirmed on Feb. 8 via management’s public decree. “It’s been three or four […]

Ryan McDonagh saw a lot of familiar faces when he first walked into the Lightning dressing room with his new teammates. McDonagh and J.T. Miller joined the Cup-contending Lightning in a blockbuster trade with the Rangers just before the deadline Monday. They joined a club with three other ex-Rangers — defensemen Dan Girardi and Anton […]