The Rangers are in full training camp mode and as head coach Gerard Gallant put it: “last spring is over.”  Whatever the Rangers looked like this time last year is over as well as forwards Ryan Strome, Andrew Copp and Frank Vatrano are no longer wearing the time honored Blueshirt sweater. What’s going on in training camp so far? Recently-acquired …

When an NHL player finishes up the season with a career-high in goals scored and points and gets voted on to the All-Star team, that’s a great season and for Rangers left winger Chris Kreider, 2021-22 was the pinnacle of his tenth season with the Blueshirts.  What can we expect of Kreider as the new season’s training camp is only two weeks …

Ah yes, another NHL season is about to unfold and the Rangers are ready to hit the ice in training camp.  I should say all of the Rangers with the exception of one defenseman – Nils Lundkvist.  The details of this story line continue to unfold but it will be extremely unlikely that will we ever see Lundkvist wearing a Rangers …

Some NHL players spend the majority of their careers luckily tied to one organization; however, many players feel like they’re more carnival workers and travel from town to town and team to team throughout the United States and Canada.  For veteran winger Jimmy Vesey, the opportunity to return to the New York Rangers seems like a “welcome home” chance and …

Arguably the toughest job in hockey is being a goaltender and when the netminder is on their A-game, they’re heroes; when they go into a slump, these players are blamed for all of the team’s woes.  As the 2022-23 regular season fast approaches, it’s time to look at the “best of the best” goalies heading into training camp.  Mind you, …

September is here and what does that mean for hockey fans?  It’s mysteriously getting cooler in our minds regardless of the temperatures outside.  NHL players are wrapping up summer vacations and getting ready to report to their respective training camps.  Every sports outlet has come out and made their NHL power ranking predictions and in many cases the Rangers look …

Labor Day weekend is fast approaching and for sports fans that usually means that college football is about to start, NFL training camp is winding down, the baseball season is entering the final stretch and for hockey fans, well the puck’s about to drop again on the ice.  That’s right, the sweltering summer is about to give way to NHL …

The New York Rangers have a long-standing history of being one of the “Original Six” teams forming the early NHL.  In the time since the inaugural 126-27 season, there have been many players who’ve worn the Broadway Blueshirt sweater but on 27 players honored to have worn the captain’s “C” on the front of their sweater. Jacob Trouba is now …

The lull in hockey action on the ice from the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs to the beginning of another season’s training camp doesn’t mean that there’s lots of behind-the-scenes events going on in NHL front office spaces. The New York Rangers have been busy trying to reload player personnel for the upcoming 2022-23 run to win Lord Stanley’s trophy this …

Can you just feel the coolness of the ice and long for the sound of a slap shot?  Well, if you’re like me, it’s only a matter of time before the Rangers are back on the ice and the 2022-23 NHL season begins.  Maybe it’s a coping mechanism from the summer heat, but I start watching for small hints of foliage changes …