All Entries Tagged With: "Glen Sather"
Rangers Move Wolski
if [if] conjunction 1. In case that; granting or supposing that; on condition that: Sing if you want to. Stay indoors if it rains. I’ll go if you do. 2. Even though: an enthusiastic if small audience. 3. Whether: He asked if I knew Spanish. 4. (used to introduce an exclamatory phrase): If only Dad [...]
Rangers Overcome More Than 2-Goal Deficit At Winter Classic
When the NHL decided to pit the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers against each other in the 2012 Winter Classic, it was based on the rivalry between the 2 teams and the 2 cities. Little did they know that these 2 teams would both be among the class of the Eastern Conference, with [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Rangers Keep Getting Defensive
The clock was ticking for the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. If they couldn’t sign defenseman Tim Erixon, their 2009 first round draft pick (23rd overall), to a contract by 5PM, he would’ve become eligible to reenter this year’s draft and the Flames would’ve lost a top prospect with not much to show for it. Calgary’s [...]
Improving On The Cheap Without A Big Trade
Since the Blackhawks’ season ended there have been some very good comments made by fans on this site and also by John Jaeckel’s gang at Hockey Buzz. Most agree the Hawks need to make some changes but the manner GM Stan Bowman goes about his business is up for debate. For a number a reasons [...]
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 Pretty Quiet On Deadline Day; Lose Biron To Injury
It’s a terribly overused cliché, and I’m going to go ahead and use it anyway. Sometimes, the best trades are the ones you don’t make. I think that holds true for the Rangers on this trade deadline day which overall was very quiet after a flurry of moves over the last few weeks. If Brad [...]
DAILY RUMORS: The Possibility of Gaborik Being Dealt
With just over two weeks remaining until the NHL’s 2011 trade deadline plenty of names are being tossed around as potential trade bait. That is of course to be expected at this time of year. Some, like New Jersey’s Jason Arnott or Ottawa’s Chris Phillips, can certainly be considered prime trade candidates given they’re currently [...]
A Visit From St. Glen
‘Twas the night before Christmas and throughout MSG Not a player was skating, not even Chris Drury. The jerseys were hung in their lockers with care, Knowing that soon the Islanders would be there. The Dolans were home fast asleep in their beds, Visions of playoff revenue going “ka-ching” in their heads. And John Tortorella [...]
Crimes of Fashion
Mercifully September is right around the corner, and as I prepare to flip my calendar from Christopher Higgins and Sean Avery to Henrik Lundqvist, I’m looking forward to finally having something to talk about. Today several of the New York Rangers participated in pre-training camp workouts. The Traverse City tournament starts on September 11th [...]
Slats Pulls Another Rabbit Out Of His Hat
Harry Potter. Angus MacGyver. Glen Sather. All 3 manage to work magic to somehow get themselves out of sticky predicaments, and you have to suspend a bit of reality to believe it. Where the similarities end are that Potter and MacGyver are fictitious characters. Sather, as we all know, is quite real. Today, Sather somehow [...]
Rangers Add Frolov
Yesterday’s worst-kept free-agency secret was made official today as the New York Rangers came to terms with Alexander Frolov for a reported 1-year, $3 million deal. As a Rangers fan living with Glen Sather’s mostly questionable free agent signings over the last 10 years, I’m not overly thrilled about it. I’ve been burned way too [...]
Blog Watch: Quick Hits As We Head Toward the Weekend
Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another edition of Blog Watch: Quick Hits. Obviously, this week has been all about the New Jersey Devils signing Illya Kovalchuk to a 17-year deal, only to have that deal rejected by the NHL. Let’s see what the hockey blogs are saying about that and other topics [...]
A Few Days Late & Possibly A Few Dollars Short
I was flipping through the stations over the weekend and “Miracle” was on cable. I have it on DVD, but haven’t watched it in awhile, so I stopped a bit to watch it. I was not even in school yet when the “Miracle on Ice” occurred, so I don’t actually remember it happening. But against [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Dismissing the Possibility Of The Rangers Signing Kovalchuk
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Rangers re-sign Daniel Giradi and trade Aaron Voros for Steve Eminger
The New York Rangers have traded left wingers Aaron Voros and Ryan Hillier to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Steve Eminger. Voros, 29, played in only 41 games with the Rangers in 2009-10, scoring a mere seven points while logging 89 PIM. He had a career-high 16 points along with 122 PIM in 54 [...]
Blog Watch: Quick Hits for Your Friday Hockey Reading
Good afternoon folks and welcome to another edition of “Blog Watch: Quick Hits”. It’s certainly been an interesting week in the sporting world but seriously, who cares about the NBA? With not caring about the NBA in mind, here are some hockey blogs to check out to get you through the last day of the [...]
Blog Watch: Quick Hits for Your Evening Without Hockey
Good evening ladies and gents’. Here are your quick hits to get you through a night without hockey: Frequent Flyers: Your Flyers’ starting goaltender for Game 6 – Michael Leighton. Paul Kukla: Is tomorrow the last night of the hockey season? NHL Fanhouse: Why Guy Boucher decided to go with the Tampa Bay Lightning rather [...]
