All Entries Tagged With: "Chris Drury"
Flyers could benefit from adding Chris Drury
The Philadelphia Flyers have made their fair share of headlines during the offseason. With the acquisition of goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, trading away Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, and handing the team over to budding young stars Claude Giroux and James van Riemsdyk. Not to mention signing quite possibly the greatest European hockey player in league [...]
Dear Mr. Sather
June 30, 2011 Dear Mr. Sather, I’d like to start out first by thanking you for buying out the final year of Chris Drury’s contract. Truth be told, I never thought it would actually happen and as unfortunate as it is to see someone like Drury’s time in New York end in such fashion, it had [...]
Jaromír? No, Thanks.
There’s been a lot of rumbling lately that Jaromir Jagr is looking to escape his Siberian exile and make a return to the NHL at the age of 39. If reports are to be believed, two of the NHL teams he’d be interested in are two of his old ones – the Pittsburgh Penguins and [...]
Rangers Waiving Goodbye To Drury?
For the New York Rangers and their fans, free agency 2007 was like a drunken, Elvis-impersonator-officiated quickie Las Vegas wedding. At the time it happens, you’re all giddy and excited. But the next day, once the hangover wears off and you realize what actually happened, you’re ready to run to the courthouse for an annulment. [...]
Top-20 worst bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
When the 2010-11 NHL regular season ended about three weeks ago, some teams analyzed the production of some of their key players thinking why did we give so much money to the players listed below. While some productive players like Joe Thornton (21 goals, but 70 points), Henrik Sedin (19 goals, but 94 points) and [...]
Forward Thinking – The Rangers Up Front
Monday was break-up day for the New York Rangers after getting bounced out of the playoffs in five games by the Washington Capitals. Constructed as is, this team is clearly not ready to contend. While there are some decent young pieces in place, not only will they need to mature and improve, but they will [...]
Rangers Bow Out On The Beltway
The Rangers’ 2010-11 campaign came to a close Saturday with a 3-1 game 5 loss to the Washington Capitals, going with a whimper rather than with the bang that they’ve played with most of the season. No question the Capitals are clearly a more skilled team with better talent; I have no problem giving the [...]
Rangers Answer The Bell, Now Wait (updated)
After spending my Friday night channel surfing between the Hurricanes-Thrashers and Flyers-Sabres games, I went to bed feeling somewhat unsettled. When the final horn sounded, Buffalo clinched a playoff spot as a result of their overtime win, and Carolina’s drubbing of Atlanta moved them into the 8th spot by virtue of holding the first tiebreaker [...]
The Drury Dilemma
A kid myself at the time, I remember when the Trumbull, CT Little League team did the impossible and defeated Chinese Taipei to win the Little League World Series. Little did I know then that the kid who pitched them to that win would someday become the 25th captain of my beloved New York Rangers. [...]
Drinking the Blue Kool-Aid
Before Thursday night’s game against the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers coach John Tortorella declared that it was not going to be the type of game that his team would be able to win 1-0. Boy was he wrong, as his team pulled a “George Costanza” and did the opposite, defeating the Canucks 1-0. The [...]
Mats All, Folks!
At the midway point the New York Rangers were at an important crossroads in their season. Tonight they took on the Carolina Hurricanes at Madison Square Garden. It was only game 41, but still important. Heading into the matchup Carolina, with 2 games in hand, were 6 points behind the Rangers. The Rangers, in turn, [...]
You Win Some, You Lose Some
After playing two-and-a-half periods of hockey tonight that could be classified as an insomniac’s dream-come-true, the New York Rangers somehow found a way to score four unanswered goals in the third to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 at the CONSOL Energy Center. The victory was the Rangers’ League-leading 12th on the road. The Penguins came [...]
The Captain’s In, So Who’s Out?
New York Rangers captain Chris Drury got the all clear Sunday on his finger that was re-broken in the October 15th home opener against Toronto. Today he was practicing on the fourth line with Todd White, Erik Christensen and Sean Avery, and it looks like he will be in the lineup when the Rangers take [...]
Turning 2 Negatives Into A Positive
I sat down yesterday evening with the full intent on writing about some New York Rangers negatives. First I was thinking about writing about how lifeless both the team and the crowd were in Sunday night’s loss to the St. Louis Blues. But thinking about it was just making me as bored as I was [...]
The 20 most overpaid NHLers making more than $3.5M per year
One month into the 2010-11 NHL season, it’s time to have a look at the most overpaid NHLers who don’t contribute as much as their team and the general manger who signed them would like. I have not included players whose contract is buried in the AHL or oversees such as Jeff Finger, Wade Redden, [...]
Rowing In The Same Direction
What a difference a week makes. Following the New York Rangers’ home opener on October 15th, the news was pretty grim. No Vinny Prospal, no Chris Drury, and worst of all, no Marian Gaborik for a few weeks. The Rangers responded last Monday with a lackluster effort against the Colorado Avalanche, losing 3-1 before heading [...]
Not Hitting The Panic Button – Yet
After a 6-3 victory on opening night in Buffalo, the New York Rangers have gone 0-2-1 in the 3 games that have followed. In game 1, the Rangers, for the most part, stayed out of the penalty box and were able to take advantage of the Sabres’ defensive mistakes and penalties. Since then they have [...]
Stepan It
Rookie Derek Stepan stole the show Saturday night as the New York Rangers opened their 85th anniversary season with a 6-3 victory in Buffalo against the Sabres. Stepan, centering a 3rd line with Sean Avery and Ruslan Fedotenko, scored 3 goals in the first 2 periods, becoming the first rookie since Fabian Brunnstrom in 2008 [...]
Recasting on Broadway?
It’s been a busy week in Rangers world. After a weekend where they, to the surprise of many, took big, bruising defenseman Dylan McIlrath 10th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Broadway Blueshirts opened up their Prospect Development camp on Monday at their training facility in Greenburgh, NY. Aaron Voros, Patrick Rissmiller and [...]
Sabres Schedule Released
The 2010\2011 NHL season will be a milestone for the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres will be celebrating their 40th anniversary and it will begin on the road in Ottawa on October 8th. The Sabres home opener will be the following night against Chris Drury and the New York Rangers. South Buffalo native, Patrick Kane and [...]