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Of all the things John Tavares has to consider when deciding if he is going to return to the Islanders or sign somewhere else as an unrestricted free agent this summer, one big reason to stay might be the prospect of continuing to play alongside one of the best power forwards in the league. Because […]

HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan — Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice said Monday one of the deceased in the crash that killed 15 people en route to a hockey playoff game was misidentified. The ministry said the body of Parker Tobin was mistaken for that of Xavier Labelle. It said Labelle is injured but alive, and Tobin is among […]

The search for Alain Vigneault’s successor will take the Rangers “wherever we can find the best possible coach,” general manager Jeff Gorton said Monday, ruling out only those without any experience behind the bench. “We’ll look anywhere,” Gorton said. “I think ‘fresh’ is a good word. We’re looking for somebody that can help us get […]

Henrik Lundqvist has support from general manager Jeff Gorton regarding the franchise goaltender’s statement that the Rangers’ focus for 2018-19 “has to be about winning.” Lundqvist first expressed that belief during a conversation with The Post on April 2. He repeated it in the aftermath of Saturday’s finale in Philadelphia, where he set making the […]

Click:全国楼凤论坛 Despite there not being a shovel in the ground just yet, Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky said Monday that everything was on schedule for the building of the team’s new arena at Belmont Park. Ledecky said the proposed date to move in for the start of the 2021-22 season is still set, while the team […]

There was nothing about Monday’s breakup day press conference that gave the impression anything in or around the Islanders is changing. It was the same defeated rhetoric that has been spewed year after disappointing year. As much as Jon Ledecky said that his ownership group “failed” the fan base, and as much as Ledecky tossed […]

Isaac Labelle and his family went through “hell,” and escaped two days later, upon learning that his brother, Xavier, was misidentified as one of the victims in the tragic Humboldt youth hockey club bus crash. Teammate Parker Tobin was mistaken for Labelle and incorrectly listed as a survivor. “All I can say is miracles do […]

The Rangers essentially held a two-month breakup day, where players had to reflect and explain away a disappointing season and rationalize management’s decision to begin rebuilding. By the time the actual breakup day rolled around Tuesday, the emotion had been drained into a cold, calculated outlook. And still, it was hard not to notice just […]

Goalies play through injuries, too. That was the reminder from Henrik Lundqvist on Rangers breakup day Tuesday, when the franchise netminder revealed he had been playing through a knee injury suffered in late-October that was managed for the rest of the regular season. “From the start of the season, it was fine. It felt good. […]

We know now that a successful regular-season team can be built on the backs of everyone else’s third- and fourth-liners and fourth, fifth and sixth defensemen. That’s what we saw in Vegas, where overlooked and/or undervalued assets such as William Karlsson and Erik Haula turned into desert dessert dishes. Now the lab experiment continues in […]