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Mats Zuccarello, Vlad Namestnikov and Adam McQuaid all rejoined the Rangers for practice on Tuesday — no particular surprise there. But it was a bit of a surprise to see Pavel Buchnevich skating and participating in full, just three-plus weeks after suffering a broken thumb in a game at Columbus on Nov. 10 that was […]

The announcement that Seattle will begin play as the NHL’s 32nd team in 2021-22, rather than 2020-21, and with the expansion draft set for June 2021 under the same rules that applied to Vegas, means the Rangers will be unable to claim entry-level exemptions on Filip Chytil, Lias Andersson and Brett Howden. It also means, […]

Click:HP1501 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Here is the truism that makes Rangers brass smile, and affords it the ability to not rush anyone up the defensive pipeline. “I’m a big believer that you can never have enough defensemen, because they always seem to be the ones that [get hurt] quickly because of how much contact they […]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Alexandar Georgiev wants to play. No, the Rangers’ 22-year-old goalie has not been disappointed the times he has been sent to the minors for a stint to get starts while Henrik Lundqvist monopolizes the Rangers net. On Wednesday night, it happened for the third time this season, when Georgiev was steady in […]

For the fourth straight year, the New York Rangers are the NHL’s most valuable franchise, according to Forbes. James Dolan’s hockey team is valued at $1.55 billion, up 3 percent from 2017. see also Why the NHLs Seattle expansion could hurt the Rangers The announcement that Seattle will begin play as the NHL’s… The Rangers […]

It’s not the new bye week, or the Olympic break (remember those?), or even the All-Star break. This is just a random quirk in the Rangers’ schedule that has them without a game for five straight days, from Sunday’s Vic Hadfield night at the Garden until Saturday’s match with the Panthers that starts a two-game […]

It was all Billy Joel’s fault. In 1995, the New York Islanders decided to freshen the team’s look by introducing a new logo, jersey and mascot. The decision eventually turned into one of the biggest sports marketing disasters of all time and a debacle that still rankles local hockey fans decades later. “It was a […]

Click:online electrical supplies PITTSBURGH — They never had a chance. Kris Letang and Phil Kessel each scored twice, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Thursday night. “Obviously, this year hasn’t started off the best for us, but we’re right in it,” Kessel said. “There’s a lot of hockey to play […]

LOS ANGELES — Kyle Palmieri and the New Jersey Devils have been struggling after a quick start to the season, but they hope Thursday night’s 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings can turn things around. Palmieri scored twice in a matchup of conference cellar dwellers as the Devils snapped a six-game losing streak and […]

For all the griping we do about the NHL, they certainly have a handle on how to do expansion. But as opposed to the Vegas Golden Knights’ fairytale inaugural season, the still-nameless Seattle franchise is going to have to change their expectations a little bit for their inaugural season of 2021-22. What happened in Vegas […]