Author: DposNews

Go West, young man, and find a decent hockey team. Way out in Newark is where the lone hometown hope resides, the Devils carrying the torch for New York-area hockey — and New York-area winter sports — into the spring. They are a story of redemption and modern retooling. This young energetic group might be […]

Across the ice from the Rangers on Saturday night, in one of those games no one really wants to have to play, were the Sabres, one of the NHL’s prime illustrations of a team that has not won for losing, and an example the Blueshirts would not want to emulate. Because despite drafting in top […]

Michael Grabner already went through weeks of high-stress thinking about things he couldn’t control — mainly, where the Rangers were going to trade him. So now that the speedy winger has landed in New Jersey as part of the first trade between the Devils and Rangers — also becoming one of the rare few to […]

It seemed like a long time coming, but finally it’s here. The Rangers called up first-round picks Lias Andersson (No. 7 overall) and Filip Chytil (No. 21) from AHL Hartford on Sunday. The two will likely play out the rest of the season with the Blueshirts, starting with the home-and-home against the Capitals that begins […]

It’s already been a year of huge adjustments for two of the Rangers’ brightest prospects, but this was the biggest jump of all. The rebuilding Blueshirts were getting a glimpse at their future as both first-round picks from this most recent draft, centers Lias Andersson (No. 7 overall) and Filip Chytil (No. 21), were set […]

We’re nearing the end for the 2017-18 Rangers, one point away from playoff extinction with six games to go following Monday’s 4-2 Garden defeat to the Capitals. But the promotions of teen first-rounders Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil make this feel like more of a beginning for 2018-19. Except, of course, for the one pesky […]

That’s it for the Islanders. The Islanders’ slim playoff hopes were extinguished Monday night with a 3-0 loss to the Panthers, who moved closer to securing their own spot in the postseason. Christopher Gibson finished with 38 saves for the Islanders, who fell short of the playoffs for the second straight year with their 14th […]

It’s almost as if the Rangers are so focused on the future that the bright showings from two prized prospects outshone what was another dreary result. With a goal from Lias Andersson in his NHL debut, and an assist from Filip Chytil for his first NHL point, it hardly seemed to matter the woebegone Rangers […]

Henrik Lundqvist was getting closer, but not quite there yet. The Rangers goalie did not dress for a third straight game as he recovers from the head/neck/back soreness, this one a 4-2 loss to the Capitals on Monday night at the Garden. Lundqvist was hurt in a collision during the team’s 5-3 loss to the […]

Should the Devils advance to the Stanley Cup playoffs in April, expect goalie Keith Kinkaid’s biggest fan to be in the stands. Following the club’s 3-2 victory over the Predators in Nashville earlier this month, New Jersey’s netminder posed for a photo with country singer Taylor Acorn inside the Bridgestone Arena. Kinkaid, 28, must have […]