Tom Castro
I'm a resident of the Chicago suburbs by way of White Plains, NY. I worked for the Associated Press sports department in New York City for 10 years before moving to Chicago in 2005, when the AP's then-internet division entered into a joint venture with STATS LLC. I worked for STATS for 11 years, until 2016. Since then I've covered the Rangers for Elite Sports NY, a hyper-local website, writing long form features and news stories. I'm very excited to be a part of The Hockey Writers.
Author's Posts
Rangers' Panarin Eases Into New York City Life, Stardom
November 23rd, 2019 Want the most definitive example of how comfortable Artemi Panarin is with the New York Rangers, how seamlessly he has slipped into NHL life under the white-hot spotlight of Gotham? It might not be his excellent start in his first season in a Blueshirt, the kind of beginning that has eluded so many stars imported to the Big Apple from...
Rangers' Andersson Deserves Playing Time at Howden's Expense
November 17th, 2019 In a season in which the rebuilding New York Rangers have committed to finding out about their young talent base by putting them into important situations, it appears that coach David Quinn has made up his mind - at least for the foreseeable future - about a pair of centers after just 17 games. Brett Howden and Lias Andersson, a pair...
Rangers' Rebuild Hurt by Regrettable Staal, Skjei Deals
November 4th, 2019 The predictable roller-coaster effect of the New York Rangers' rebuild has been in full effect over the past week-plus. The up-and-coming Blueshirts played three of their best games of the season mixed in with their absolute worst. The extreme ups and downs have been figuratively vertigo-inducing for fans, no doubt. The kids, though,...
Strome Seeking Longer-Term Role with Rangers
October 26th, 2019 Amid the competition to become part of the New York Rangers' future at center, one that's supposedly being waged solely by a group of talented recent NHL arrivals, it might be getting more difficult to ignore one player who not long ago also held the "high-end prospect" distinction. That would be Ryan Strome, who at age 26 is a...
Realities of Rangers' Rebuilding Setting In
October 22nd, 2019 By now, the scouting report on the New York Rangers is likely starting to become more detailed and consistent amongst their opponents. Though pure speculation, it might read something like this: Team struggles to handle speed and physicality, particularly when trying to defend and win pucks in the neutral zone.Defense especially has...
Rangers' Top Line the Key to Season
September 29th, 2019 So it looks like the New York Rangers have a No. 1 line. Not a default top forward unit that just happens to be better than their other ones; a legitimate, star-driven trio that should evoke envy around much of the NHL. When was the last time the Blueshirts could say that? Not in 2013-14, when the franchise made its stunning run...
