All Entries Tagged With: "Ruslan Fedotenko"
Running On Empty
So many times this season, the New York Rangers found a way to eke out a win with less than a 60-minute effort and Eastern Conference Final has followed suit. In games 1 and 3, the Rangers managed to hold on through the onslaught for 2 periods, thanks to the defense and, most importantly, the [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 11-12-2 with 24 points through 25 games. After 25 games last season, the Bolts were 14-8-3 with 31 points. The Lightning are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay has fallen to 13th place in the 15 team Eastern [...]
Rangers’ Puzzle Falling Into Place
Unlike other teams in the National Hockey League these last few weeks, the New York Rangers have not undergone a radical makeover. They did get the big fish of the free agency pond in Brad Richards and signed Mike Rupp. They also re-signed one of their own UFAs, Ruslan Fedotenko, to a 1-year deal. But besides [...]
Rangers Not Among Big Spenders On Day One
Day one of free agency was a dizzying array of “what the heck was team X thinking giving player Y that contract?” In a somewhat average free agent class, overspending seemed to be the theme. Paul Holmgren, Dale Tallon and Darcy Regier were just a few of the general managers throwing around money like they [...]
Unexpected NHL playoff heroes
Over the course of NHL playoff history, several unexpected players have stepped up their offensive production to an unprecedented level. The greatest example would be Washington Capital, John Druce in 1990. When all-star winger Dino Ciccarelli went down with a knee injury, Druce exploded for 14 goals in 15 playoff games after scoring only eight [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As Rangers Heal, Decisions Loom
Having already lost 193 man-power games this season, most of the New York Rangers have had close to a week to rest and more importantly, heal. Monday afternoon, Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi, Vinny Prospal, Brandon Dubinsky and Erik Christensen participated in practice, and without non-contact jerseys. Word is that Callahan (broken hand) and Girardi (ribs) [...]
Lucky 7′s On An Unlucky Day
Another day, another injury to a New York Ranger. Prior to the game, the New York Rangers announced that Brandon Dubinsky would miss the next 3-4 weeks after an MRI revealed a stress fracture of the fibula in his left leg. So there were the Rangers, trying to stop a 2-game losing streak and now [...]
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, [...]
A Wild Afternoon at MSG
Today’s New York Rangers-Edmonton Oilers game had all the makings of a trap game for the home team. The Rangers could’ve just figured, “Eh, they’re awful. This is the last game of a road trip during which they got pummeled 7-1 by Carolina and 6-2 by Detroit.” They could’ve got caught up in the whole [...]
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 [...]
Crosby: 3 assists, Pens clinch playoff berth for 4th straight year
Bounces and breaks were instrumental in a win for the Penguins this afternoon as they defeated Philadelphia 4-1 to open a six-game homestand at Mellon Arena. These six contests will also be the final ever regular season hockey games played at Mellon Arena. The forty-nine year old building, currently the NHL’s oldest and the only home [...]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T…
Then and Now… I am so sickened by what I saw today, I am not sure if I should even write this… Last year the Bruins were known for their team toughness, mess with one of them and be prepared to put yourself in the crosshairs of everyone in Black and Gold. Need an example?? [...]
Penguins scouting heavily Maple Leafs’ Alexei Ponikarovsky
According to Pittsburgh Insider William Depaoli, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been scouting the Toronto Maple Leafs in the past month. Head scout Derek Clancey has been seen at Air Canada Centre many times with winger Alexei Ponikarovsky being a player of interest for the Penguins. Ponikarovsky, 29, is a big winger (6’4”, 220 lb) with [...]
Short Term Memory Loss in Montreal
We all knew it was going to be this way the moment the boos began to rain down in the Bell Center last night. Late in the 3rd period against the Penguins Referee Chris Lee blew the play dead in front of the Pittsburgh net a sheer fraction of a second before Scott Gomez put [...]
