All Entries Tagged With: "Chris Drury"
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 [...]
Hellos and Goodbyes
The day after the Rangers’ loss to Buffalo on April 6th a fellow coworker came into my office and confessed to me that, since there was nothing on television that previous evening, she watched the game. While I was disappointed that the Rangers had turned in another mediocre performance, it was great to hear a [...]
Red, White and Blue
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. Do you believe in miracles? “Sometimes, the best team in a tournament does not take home the Gold medal”. That was Team USA head coach Ron Wilson’s quote after the United [...]
Avalanche Meet the Rangers
The Avs are coming off a couple of disappointing back-too-back games. The Minnesota Wild, a team that isn’t likely to make the playoffs, nonetheless beat the Avs in the season series 5-1! As the saying goes, you gotta beat the teams that you are supposed to beat! C’mon guys! So much for the Avs six [...]
Tuesday Top Ten: Biggest Winter Olympic Snubs Of 2010
Welcome to the pilot installment of the “Tuesday Top Ten”, where every Tuesday presents us with a look at the ten biggest (insert topic)’s of the week. As expected, the countdown will be of relevance to current stories and headlines in the World of Hockey. Olympic hockey, the crown jewel of the international hockey scene. [...]
Avs @ Flames pregame
The Avs and Flames battle for 1st place tonight in Cal-Gary. If the Avalanche registers a regulation win and get the same from the Preds vs. Vancouver, we’ll be golden and sitting atop the Northwest. Take those sloppy seconds, Calgary! But there is a bigger picture here: just one point by the Avs tonight means [...]
Candidates for Team USA’s roster for Vancouver 2010
Brian Burke, Team USA’s GM, is planning on making the announcement of USA’s final roster on January 1st, 2010, during the Winter Classic. Burke will name his 23 man roster at Fenway Park, during the Flyers vs. Bruins game. Below you will find the three groupings for the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament: GROUP A: Canada, [...]
Face It, It’s Clean: Johnny Boychuk Levels Matt Stajan
Despite the outcry against headshots in the NHL, Johnny Boychuk did nothing malicious in his hit on Matt Stajan.
Coach Speaks, Players Listen… at least temporarily
Any sports fan knew it was bound to happen. Even Rangers fans had to predict it. They had to win against the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum following the catastrophe that transpired the night before. After John Tortorella’s post-game tirade in response to the Rangers’ listless effort on Wednesday in the first game of the home-and-home [...]
Scrounging for a #1 Center, Rangers’ Dubinsky Must Capitalize
At this point in the season it doesn’t look like even Glen Sather’s fat wallet could buy the Rangers a win. After playing one of their most complete games of this year’s campaign against the Thrashers on Monday, not even 48 shots could spur a victory, or for the Rangers’ sake, more than two goals. [...]
Rangers at Blackhawks: Blueshirts Reflections/Game Preview
Thankfully it’s sites like Hockey Independent that make you realize that there are other things going on in sports besides the Tiger Woods drama, Allen Iverson’s return, and baseball’s Winter Meetings. Each and every night there are NHL games that really are just as exciting as any sports “soap opera” being over-covered by the media. [...]
It’s Time for Chris Drury To Cede the Captaincy
When life is good, as it was after the first eight games of the season when the Rangers were 7-1, it’s very easy to overlook the flaws that plague a team. Of course, we were aware that this team wasn’t truly an elite powerhouse in the NHL, but we saw what kind of potential this [...]
Analyzing the 2009-2010 New York Rangers
On the eve of the unrestricted free agency period, Glen Sather began the annual remaking of the New York Rangers by shipping Scott Gomez and his bloated contract to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Chris Higgins and A-List defensive prospect, Ryan McDonagh. By shedding Gomez’s contract, Sather cleared the way to sign the uber [...]
Drury Needs To Lead By Example
When you look at the stats for Chris Drury, it looks like he is a pretty consistent player. You can even just take the small two-year sample of his Rangers’ career. He has finished with 58 and 56 points, and he provides many intangibles. A solid penalty killer, leader and all around athlete, Drury is [...]
