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The body of work that encompasses who wins the Hart Trophy stops at the end of the regular season, but there are those moments that bleed into the playoffs that either confirm or confound a submitted ballot. Through three postseason games, it’s been nothing but MVP confirmation for Taylor Hall. The Devils forward has been […]

The Rangers are clear about the qualities they are seeking in a head coach to lead them through their rebuild. “We’re looking for someone who can develop players and develop a team,” Garden executive chairman Jim Dolan told The Post during a conversation at his MSG office on Wednesday. “We want someone who is going […]

The Devils could use the energy of one of their most prominent fans, whose famous TV character made a cameo appearance at the Prudential Center Wednesday night. Patrick Warburton, best known for his role as David Puddy in the ’90s sitcom “Seinfeld,” brought one scene back to life from the 1995 episode “The Face Painter,” […]

John Hynes was asked seven questions and answered them in 54 words. The Devils coach might have an all-world poker face, but the feeling of angst, the feeling of anger — it was all right there to be seen in his awkwardly terse postgame press conference. And it was understandable, as a 3-1 loss to […]

The Rangers presented Henrik Lundqvist with the option of moving at the trade deadline, but the 36-year-old franchise goaltender declined while citing his commitment to the club’s rebuild, Garden executive chairman Jim Dolan told The Post on Wednesday. “We told Hank that if he didn’t want to ride it out through this process, we’d find […]

Nikita Kucherov is skating away scot-free as Sami Vatanen pays the punishment. The Lightning’s 100-point scorer will not have a hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety after his hit on Vatanen knocked the Devils’ top defenseman out for the night Wednesday in Game 4 of the first-round series. Devils coach John Hynes said […]

Somehow, the early part of this year’s NHL playoffs feels way too much like the NBA. What has made hockey’s postseason so intriguing over the years is its intensity, and in low-scoring games, that means anyone can win — and every series is up for grabs. In basketball, at least over the past decade or […]

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 […]