All Entries Tagged With: "Marian Gaborik"
Rangers Stars Shine In Ottawa
The New York Rangers were well-represented at the NHL All-Star festivities this past weekend in Ottawa, sending head coach John Tortorella and 4 players to the festivities. The contingent certainly made their presence felt from the start of the fantasy draft on Thursday to the naming of the MVP at the close of the game [...]
Beantown Showdown Will Help Chart The Rangers’ Course
For the longest time I’ve wanted to take in a Rangers game on the road. (No, I don’t count my frequent trips to the Nassau Coliseum.) It’s been ages since my last one – it was the 20th century, there were still ties in hockey and the Bell Centre was still known as the Molson [...]
24/7, Episode 4 – The Rangers Recap
I was oh-so-looking forward to recapping last week’s episode, where Michael Del Zotto’s ugly Christmas sweater brought a whole new spin on “reindeer games”, and you just prayed Marian Gaborik didn’t injure himself lugging that tree to his apartment although you already knew he didn’t. Unfortunately, reality hit my less-than-humongous-big universe last week and I was [...]
Balance The Key To Rangers’ Success
Two months ago, the New York Rangers finally played at home after a long road trip to open the season. The team returned from their 7-game trip with 9 points, but they came in incomplete, undisciplined efforts. They turned in a mediocre performance in a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 27th, and [...]
The Boogaard Aftermath
This week, The New York Times published a 3-part series about the late Derek Boogaard. Regardless of what team you root for, the whole series is a must read and as incredibly heartbreaking and disturbing as it gets. The third part that ran on Tuesday, December 5th laid out Boogaard’s life in the grips of [...]
A Very Tortorella Thanksgiving
The roaring fire is crackling in the fireplace. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is on the big-screen television, and is just wrapping up. Santa Claus’ float rolls though Herald Square. The grandfather clock strikes noon. John Tortorella (scowling): “Well, that sucked from head to toe.” Tortorella changes the channel to FOX for the first football [...]
Getting To Know Blue
On November 16th, the New York Rangers held a question-and-answer event for season subscribers as a way to get to know some of their Broadway Blueshirts a little bit better. Fans had an opportunity to get some insights from defensemen Michael Del Zotto and Ryan McDonagh and forwards Brad Richards, Marian Gaborik, Brandon Dubinsky and Andre [...]
Back From Sweden, Rangers Look To Regroup And Rebound
Unfortunately for the New York Rangers, there was no Stepan-esque magic from a year ago as they opened their season in Stockholm, Sweden. Rather, the Rangers returned to North America with 2 points after a 3-2 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings and a 2-1 shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks. The Rangers don’t really have [...]
It’s (Finally) Official: Rangers & Flyers To Meet In The Winter Classic
Last year I called the 2011 Winter Classic the worst-kept secret in hockey. I’d like to correct myself and say that the 2012 Winter Classic is the worst-kept secret in hockey. Back in mid-May, the rumors were floating around that the Philadelphia Flyers will be hosting the New York Rangers on January 2nd at Citizens [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Broadway Breakdown
The New York Rangers have a 29-1 record when going into the 3rd period with a lead this season. Last night was an inopportune time for them to add that sole blemish to their pristine record. It would be so easy to blame this on Marian Gaborik, for making a poor decision to try to [...]
Ranger Danger
It’s not looking good for the boys in blue. After a heartbreaker of an OT loss to the Capitals in game 1, the New York Rangers were shut out by the Washington Capitals 2-0 in game 2. A few quick thoughts: The Good – Let’s face it, there wasn’t a whole lot of good going [...]
Will This Underdog Have Its Day?
Saturday was a pretty tense day at home watching the last day of the Rangers’ regular season unfold. First sweating through their afternoon finale, then waiting the four hours until the puck dropped in Carolina and then sweating it out until late in that game when Tampa scored 2 empty net goals to seal their [...]
I Get By With A Little Help From My … Enemies?
Those of you who have been with me since day one last April may remember me mentioning a coworker (and friend) for whom, when it comes to hockey, it was love at first sight late last season. What I didn’t mention back then was that she took a liking to the Buffalo Sabres. So while [...]
Head Games
The New York Rangers’ recent slide continued on Sunday with a 4-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. It was a game Marian Gaborik left after the first period. Postgame, it was revealed that Gaborik was suffering from a concussion. Gaborik did not accompany the Rangers Monday on their flight to Carolina for their critical Tuesday [...]
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 [...]