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Trading Cody McLeod to the Predators for a 2020 seventh-round draft pick, as the Rangers did prior to facing the Bruins at the Garden on Wednesday, “made a lot of sense,” coach David Quinn said. “I loved having Cody here,” said Quinn, who as an assistant previously had coached McLeod in Colorado in 2012-13. “This […]

The rebuilding Devils traded a respected and inspirational part of their present on Wednesday for a chance to build for the future — dealing 2017 Masterton Trophy winner Brian Boyle to the Predators for a second-round pick in this June’s NHL draft. Boyle, 34, thus gets a chance to win a Stanley Cup with the […]

This was one that came out of nowhere. That does not necessarily refer to the Rangers’ current position in the standings, but instead to the emptiness that could be felt after a second period Wednesday at the Garden in which the Bruins capitalized for three goals in a span of 4:34 to take a two-goal […]

A lot of things crossed Thomas Hickey’s mind over the past seven weeks, as the post-concussion symptoms would not leave the Islanders defenseman alone. When would he be able to come back? Could this be it for his season? Would this affect the way he lives the rest of his life? “I think it does […]

Every time the Knicks step onto the court these days, it’s clear — their strategy isn’t based on trying to win games this season. Their strategy is completely about the future. They won’t use the word, but everyone knows what they are doing. It’s called tanking. The issue of tanking has become one of the […]

Islanders were facing a goalie who hadn’t won an NHL game in 13 months, an opponent far outside the playoff picture, an organization that already had begun a sell-off leading into the Feb. 25 trade deadline, yet here was the message for Barry Trotz’s team: “Understand that it’s not going to come easy,” the Islanders […]

Add one more to the Islanders walking wounded. Winger Cal Clutterbuck left early in the second period and did not return during the Islanders’ 2-1 shootout win over the Devils in Newark on Thursday night. The team announced only that he would not return to the game, and when coach Barry Trotz was asked afterward […]

For one brief shining moment, there was Camelot. Twenty-five years ago, Mark Messier was King Arthur, Brian Leetch, Mike Richter and Adam Graves were Knights of the Roundtable and history was made at the Garden, reverberating in the building and up the Canyon of Heroes through which the Rangers strode with glee as champions while […]

Henrik Lundqvist coveted the Statue of Liberty. “When I came over for my first training camp [in 2005], I wanted to have the Statue of Liberty on the crown of my mask,” the Rangers goaltender said. “Back home [in Sweden], playing for Frolunda [Indians], I had their insignia of the Indian headdress on my crown, […]

Click:HE 5000 “Matteau, Matteau, Matteau …” or was it Tikkanen? Longtime Rangers play-by-play man Sam Rosen could not tell from his angle which player was responsible for the decisive goal in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the Devils. “Howie Rose’s call is the iconic call and one of the great calls […]