UNIONDALE, NY – The difference in the standings was on display last night at the Nassau Coliseum, as the first place Rangers proved why they have the best record in the NHL and the last place Islanders showed why they have only four points on the year.
It was just a matter of discipline.
Playing smart, the [...]

 
 
NEW YORK – It’s very rare for the Rangers to tie a game in the last second. So much so that their coach doesn’t even remember the last time it happened.
“I couldn’t tell you,” said coach Tom Renney. “I honestly don’t know. I couldn’t tell you.”
No one can blame Renney, who is recovering from a [...]

NEW YORK – Sean Avery didn’t talk the media last night, either before or after the Stars 2-1 win at the Garden. He said he was going to take his team out to a New York dinner, “while they still like” him.
Henrik Lundqvist, though, got an earful just 25 seconds into the game as the [...]

Sean Avery got away and Jaromir Jagr may be the next to go. Even the always lucrative Cablevision money isn’t enough to get the big name this year to the Garden.
So what’s Glen Sather to do?
Make a trade, of course.
After inking Wade Redden and Michal Rozsival on Tuesday, Sather delt some of his blue line [...]

On Jul. 2, 2007, the Rangers appeared to be a finished product, marked by the signings of both Chris Drury and Scott Gomez.
Now 365 days later, the Blueshirts are a work in progress, complete on defense, but still short on the forward end.
Taking care of blue line business on the first day of free agency, [...]

As expected, a tough period with a lot of his, a few scoring chances and no goals. Oh, there’s the penalty door issue too, but that seems to be fixed for now.
Changing things up, Brent Sutter put the Madden line out against Chris Drury, since No. 23 killed New Jersey on Wednesday. Otherwise, we saw something similar as [...]

We are back in Newark for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
Tonight the Rangers will look to continue to take advantage of mistakes, nut must forecheck the puck into the Devils zone more. New Jersey will try to take advantage of the young New York defense, while keeping with the gameplan that worked in [...]

Well, that looked easy didn’t it?
With the Rangers coming through for two goals in the third, the Blueshirts take home ice back for a 1-0 lead in the series.
And this was a Devil Fans nightmare. Their ‘favorites’ like Scott Gomez and Sean Avery performed and Marty Brodeur looked like a rookie out there [or at [...]

After tonight I think he is.
Look, here’s a guy who is always in the right place at the right time and he works wrll on rebounds, wins faceoffs and comes up with that clutch goal, much like No. 11 did back in the day.
And just wait for the playoffs.
His goal in the third was typical [...]

NEW YORK – A month ago, Jonathan Cheechoo’s first period goal would have sent the Rangers into a funk. A month ago, the Rangers would have tried too hard to come back and then the Sharks would have taken advantage of a mistake to add to their lead. But now, all of that is in [...]