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Phil Kocher

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Rangers Draft Strategy: Keep it Simple, Stupid

Phil Kocher | May 9, 2018

With the ninth overall selection in hand—a mildly disappointing consolation prize for their poor season if there ever was one—barring a backsliding trade, the New York Rangers will be selecting…

Rangers’ Should Alter Draft Lottery Fate

Phil Kocher | April 29, 2018

The draft lottery results are in, and for the New York Rangers, they fell short. Assuming nothing changes between now and then, come draft night this June, the Blueshirts—who finished…

Rangers Woeful Defense Requires Summer Boost

Phil Kocher | April 26, 2018

With a record of 34-39-9 – last in the Metropolitan Division – it’s fair to say that not much went right for the 2017-18 New York Rangers. Their catastrophic season,…

Karlsson & Tavares for Fast-Tracking Rangers?

Phil Kocher | April 20, 2018

In speaking to Larry Brooks of the New York Post, New York Rangers top exectuive Jim Dolan dropped a number of proverbial bombs, effectively confirming that the Rangers’ rebuild won’t…

Rangers Accelerated Rebuild Dangerously Ambitious

Phil Kocher | April 13, 2018

As the old saying goes, in sports you can either sell wins or hope. Though in stark contrast to the winning product they’ve been accustomed to selling since the 2005…

Rangers’ Options With Vigneault Axed

Phil Kocher | April 8, 2018

After ending their season yesterday with a 5-0 thumping by the Flyers, who punched their ticket to the playoffs as a result, the New York Rangers wasted little time in…

Should the Rangers’ Extra Draft Picks Be Dealt?

Phil Kocher | April 3, 2018

Already in unfamiliar territory, having failed to qualify for the playoffs for just the second time in the Henrik Lundqvist era, the New York Rangers are set to drive further…

Zibanejad Key to Rangers’ Rebuild

Phil Kocher | March 28, 2018

It would be revisionist history, if not outwardly disingenuous, to offer that the New York Rangers’ rebuild began when the Blueshirts sent Derick Brassard to the Ottawa Senators in exchange…

Lindgren Looking to Make Jump to Rangers

Phil Kocher | March 22, 2018

To anyone who has not followed the New York Rangers closely this season (or is living under a rock), a quick glance at their current roster might be awfully confusing.…

Rangers Should Recall Chytil & Andersson

Phil Kocher | March 21, 2018

In the coming days, the New York Rangers have an easy decision to make regarding Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil. Given the Blueshirts’ unsteady season, just a few months ago…

Rangers Buchnevich Is a Star in the Making

Phil Kocher | March 17, 2018

When the new-look New York Rangers go for what is sure to be a second round of reconstructive surgery this June at the NHL Entry Draft, the team isn’t expected…

Rangers 2018 RFAs Ready to Cash In

Phil Kocher | March 14, 2018

The New York Rangers still have twelve relatively meaningless games left to play in this lost season. For many players—none more than Henrik Lundqvist—the end can’t come quickly enough. For…

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