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David Quinn went from excited to crestfallen in a matter of hours. That’s what a disappointing loss in your NHL debut as head coach of the Rangers can do. Quinn hardly could suppress his enthusiasm leading up to Thursday night’s Garden match against the Predators, but when the season opener ended in a 3-2 defeat, […]

Welcome back for another season of The Backcheck, where apparently we have walked into an alternate NHL reality where Tom Wilson is actually handed a lengthy suspension for doing something completely in line with his regular, buffoonish behavior. For all the bad things we — and everyone else — have said over the years about […]

Click:Glass candle container The message coming from David Quinn’s Rangers is loud and clear — they may not be the most talented team in the league, but they are going to bring the effort every night. If not, accountability is the first priority. “That’s what [the media] and the fans are going to notice, the […]

Devils forward Jesper Bratt will miss the start of the season because of a broken jaw. The 20-year-old Swede was hit in the face by a puck that was shot from the point and deflected off the crossbar during a practice Thursday in Gothenburg, Sweden. The team said Friday he’ll be out a few weeks […]

The first goaltender decision of the season, and first-year Rangers coach David Quinn is deciding to split this weekend’s back-to-back between starter Henrik Lundqvist and young backup Alexandar Georgiev. Lundqvist, who was strong in the season-opening 3-2 loss to the Predators on Thursday night at the Garden, is going to get Saturday night’s game in […]

BUFFALO — David Quinn said scratching Vlad Namestnikov in favor of Cody McLeod for Saturday’s match against the Sabres was more about McLeod than Namestnikov. Though there is no reason to doubt the coach’s veracity, the case can be made Quinn inserted the truculent fourth-liner to send one message to Namestnikov: His performance, not only […]

It’s like the image of those Same Old Islanders is dissipating, albeit slowly. Because this team did not open their home schedule with a complete dud, although the 4-3 loss to the Predators at Barclays Center on Saturday night hardly stands as a work of art. What has been made clear already through two games […]

BUFFALO — Take two. Or, in this case, none. The Rangers head to Carolina for a Sunday evening match against the Candy Canes seeking to avoid the club’s first 0-3 start since the doomed 1998-99 club opened with four straight regulation losses. That’s the scenario in the wake of Saturday’s 3-1 defeat here to the […]

Brendan Shanahan hasn’t missed many high notes since assuming command of the moribund Maple Leafs in April 2014. He has been a progressive leader of the fabled franchise that hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967, the last year of the Original Six, selling both ownership and a demanding fan base on a meticulous rebuild […]

The Islanders’ goaltending situation will be monitored all season by new coach Barry Trotz. So far, Thomas Greiss has gotten the looks. After Greiss stopped 45 shots in the season-opening overtime win in Carolina on Thursday, he was able to stop only 19 of 23 shots against the Predators in a 4-3, home-opening loss Saturday […]