Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsThe Rangers’ power play is bad, but did you realize just how awful it is? The team’s repeated failures to convert are causing them to lose all momentum and strong penalty kills look to be giving their opponents a spark. What if the Blueshirts are actually worse off on the power play? (Hint: They are.) Taking ...
It was a frightening first round series for New York Ranger fans. Down 2-0 to start the series, and down 3-2 after a game five OT loss, the Rangers found themselves staring elimination in the face before shutting the Washington Capitals out in back to back games to take the series in seven. It was ...
The July blockbuster that sent Rick Nash to New York was viewed by most of the hockey world as an overwhelming victory for the Rangers. For Columbus, it appeared to be another disappointing chapter in what would turn out to be the final months of the Scott Howson saga. That was before Howson was replaced ...
As often is the case, forever may be ending earlier than once expected. Two years ago, Brad Richards signed what was widely thought to be a lifetime contract with the New York Rangers, for nine years and $60 million. Richards certainly thought he had found a longtime home on an Original Six squad poised to ...
Who are the “Columbus Blueshirts” and the “New York Blue Jackets”? Are these names of the latest Broadway shows? Or are they a couple of brand new NHL expansion franchises? No, they are merely a metamorphosis of the NHL trades that have occurred over the last year. Talk about team identity crisis! Not only did players ...
At the trade deadline, the Rangers sent away the man who led the team in goal scoring the prior year. A man who averaged over 30 goals per season throughout his NHL career, breaking the 40-goal mark twice with the Rangers. Who’d have thought that his departure would have kick-started the team’s power play? Before ...
Coming into the trade deadline, Hockey Operations President John Davidson and General Manger Jarmo Kekäläinen warned that there would be no short term deals — no rentals — forthcoming at the deadline. It was widely reported that the club was dangling one of its three first round picks in an effort to bolster offense, ...
In part I of the winners and losers of the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, I broke down some teams that might have walked away with the upper hand after completing their respective dealings. While some teams might have received the short end of the stick during deadline day bargaining, there are still a few teams ...
On March 21, 1994, General Manager Neil Smith, prodded by head coach Mike Keenan, made several deals at the trade deadline that had New York Ranger fans ready to storm Madison Square Garden with torches and pitchforks. A young, talented winger was sent packing for two ‘role’ players, and a future Hall of Fame sniper ...
Sunday was 68-degree March day in central Ohio – a weather phenomenon that divides the mind between the skate blade and the golf club, so a golf analogy seems appropriate to use as we contemplate the recent string of success, culminating with a weekend home-and-home sweep of the Detroit Red Wings. <pause for effect> . . .That’s ...
