Author: DposNews

Boston University’s David Quinn has been named the head coach for Team USA in the 2019 World Junior Championships, but he nevertheless remains a strong candidate for the Rangers’ job, sources have told The Post. The 51-year-old Quinn, who has guided the Terriers to four consecutive NCAA appearances, represents just the kind of “developmental coach” […]

The Devils have made plenty of strides in recent weeks with their return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after a five-year hiatus, but they’re not ready for the run to end. As the team prepared for an elimination Game 5 in Tampa, Fla., on Saturday, coach John Hynes served a reminder that the Devils aren’t […]

Rule 48.1 splits hairs so that it remains legal to crack skulls. An overstatement? Well, of course, except the NHL and essentially all of its stake-holders are so fearful that banning all blows to the head would all but eliminate the little hitting that remains in the game, they are willing to accept injuries that […]

There were dates and goals that one by one Eddie Olczyk crossed off: the Breeders’ Cup, his daughter’s December graduation from Alabama, returning to the Blackhawks booth and finally Feb. 21. That was the final day of Olczyk’s chemotherapy after seven months of treatment — doled out in 12 48-hour sessions — after he was […]

Click:insulator transformer Regarding the Rangers, about to embark on their first visit to Lotteryland in Toronto on Saturday: 1. Watching Dan Girardi play a safe, sane and effective game for the Lightning reinforces my belief that while the Rangers do require a coach who can teach and develop the mass of young inventory on its […]

Boston Bruins wing Brad Marchand is denying reports the NHL told him to stop licking opponents. “No one said anything to me,” Marchand told NBCSportsBoston.com via text on Friday morning. “If they are worried about that, the league has much bigger issues. If they call, it’s a perfect example of the Toronto media controlling the […]

TORONTO — Fifty-two years ago, when the NHL draft was in its infancy and most prospects had otherwise been assigned within the Original Six, the Rangers selected Brad Park with the second-overall pick in 1966 after the Bruins tabbed defenseman Barry Gibbs. That represents the last time the Blueshirts had a top-three pick. Other than […]

TORONTO — WWLD. What Would Lou Do? What Would Lou Lamoriello Do if the Maple Leafs believe it’s time to move one of hockey’s legendary executives out of the general manager’s chair onto a comfy adviser’s couch in order to slide either Kyle Dubas or Mark Hunter in the lead role? Would Lamoriello willingly recede […]

TORONTO — Jeff Gorton is acutely aware of what winning the lottery drawing grand prize and thus getting to claim projected franchise defenseman Rasmus Dahlin with the first-overall pick in the June draft would mean for the rebuilding Rangers. “It would change our course,” the general manager told The Post before Saturday night’s event. “It […]

TORONTO — We don’t know who will be behind the Rangers’ bench next season, but we do know the coach to be named later won’t have the luxury of sending Rasmus Dahlin on to the ice. “We were hoping to win the lottery, that would have been great, but we always planned on drafting around […]