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Robin Lehner had to drink a case of beer a day to ease his mind. He needed pills to go to sleep. The goaltender assumed it was part of his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Instead, those were just a way for him to self-medicate. The new Islanders goalie was suffering from a mental disorder. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — General manager Doug Wilson began the offseason by making a run to add John Tavares to the Sharks. When that move failed and Tavares signed with Toronto, Wilson stood pat instead of rushing into a lesser move. Patience paid off on the eve of the start of training camp. The Sharks […]

This has gone a lot faster than most predicted, which doesn’t mean the Devils are planning on slowing down. The rebuild that commenced when Ray Shero took over as general manager in 2015 has come to fruition quickly, as the Devils made the playoffs last season to break a five-year drought. They have the reigning […]

Now what? That is the question that is plaguing the Islanders in the aftermath of their captain and franchise cornerstone, John Tavares, leaving to sign a free-agent deal with his hometown Maple Leafs this summer. With a new team president in Lou Lamoriello and a new head coach in Barry Trotz, the team has established […]

The rebuild continues. The Rangers remain steadfast in their mission to make themselves new again, which was declared to the fans in the infamous letter sent by team president Glen Sather and general manager Jeff Gorton in February. That began the selling off of assets in earnest, which included trades of captain Ryan McDonagh and […]

The Rangers probably aren’t going to be as young as you might expect, for much — if not most — of the rebuild will take place off-Broadway in places like Chelyabinsk, St. Petersburg, Lulea, Madison and Hartford. So that means that while the likes of Vitali Kravtsov, Igor Shestyorkin, Nils Lundkvist, K’Andre Miller and, more […]

At a different time, there would be no better man to award the Rangers’ captaincy than Mats Zuccarello. But Zuccarello is entering the final year of his contract and is more likely than not to be traded approaching the Feb. 25 deadline, so unless the Rangers want to run through a turnstile captaincy and be […]

The Islanders front office is now run by Lou Lamoriello. The bench is now run by Barry Trotz. But what players will take all the attention on the ice? Well, rest assured that all eyes will be locked on reigning Calder Trophy winner Mathew Barzal when the season opens Oct. 4 at Carolina. That includes […]

Adam McQuaid didn’t get the letter. The defenseman was in Boston as a Bruin when Rangers management issued its landmark decree to the fan base last February. Thing is, he might not have read it, anyway. “I know [the Rangers] traded a lot of guys at the deadline last year but I don’t really see […]

There is not a lot Anders Lee can do about it right now, but he knows how this story ends if it drags into the season. The Islanders left wing is entering the final year of a contract that paid him $3.75 million per season and would be due a substantial raise if he reaches […]