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Tom Castro

I grew up as a New York Rangers fan and general fan of the NHL in White Plains, NY, and have been preparing for and then pursuing a career in sports media ever since. I've worked for THW covering the Rangers and other NHL topics since 2018, and before that I spent 10 years with STATS LLC, a sports journalism and data company in the Chicago area. Prior to my time with STATS, I worked for a decade as a writer and editor for The Associated Press in New York City, covering the NHL along with numerous other sports. My career began with a stint as a reporter with a suburban New York Gannett local newspaper, for which I covered the Rangers and Devils, along with other area pro teams.

Should Rangers Delay Zuccarello Sale?

Tom Castro | May 30, 2018

Plenty of fans were surprised when the New York Rangers’ pre-trade deadline selloff in February didn’t include forward Mats Zuccarello. Following management’s stated desire to trade off assets and rebuild…

Categories New York Rangers

Sun Setting on Blackhawks’ Toews, Kane, Keith?

Tom Castro | May 26, 2018

The Stanley Cup Final is about to start and free agency is still more than a month away, with the NHL’s annual offseason reshaping of rosters not quite ready to…

Categories Chicago Blackhawks

Is Zibanejad a Top-Line Center, or Not?

Tom Castro | May 19, 2018

The number of New York Rangers who possess the dual characteristics of coming off career seasons while being seen as certain building blocks for the organization’s future can be counted…

Categories New York Rangers

Rangers Veteran ‘D’ Need a Short Leash

Tom Castro | May 12, 2018

With a new coach to be hired and a commitment from the New York Rangers organization to change the culture and stylistic approach on the ice, every player still wearing…

Categories New York Rangers, Rangers Management

Rangers Can Do Just Fine at #9

Tom Castro | May 5, 2018

The New York Rangers’ lack of NHL Draft lottery luck was wholly predictable, wasn’t it? Not only did the Blueshirts fail to move up from the eighth position into the…

Categories Editor's Choice, New York Rangers, NHL Entry Draft

Reaves Could Fill Rangers Toughness Void

Tom Castro | April 27, 2018

The NHL’s reigning heavyweight champion would look good in a Blueshirt next season. No, the New York Rangers shouldn’t look to add impending restricted free agent Ryan Reaves solely for…

Categories New York Rangers

Rangers Rushed Rebuild Would Be a Mistake

Tom Castro | April 24, 2018

The voices calling for an immediate return to playoff contention for the New York Rangers have become deafening at times these days. It only seems like every major media outlet…

Categories New York Rangers, Rangers Management

Five Players Fighting for a Rangers Future

Tom Castro | April 20, 2018

The changing of the guard at Madison Square Garden will really start to ramp up in June, when the New York Rangers enter an NHL Entry Draft in which they…

Categories New York Rangers, Rangers Prospects

Rangers Looking for Another Tortorella

Tom Castro | April 12, 2018

From affable Tom Renney to hard-driving John Tortorella to laid-back Alain Vigneault … to? The Rangers’ coaching pendulum is about to swing again, and the man who replaces the recently…

Categories Editor's Choice, New York Rangers, Rangers Management

Will Lundqvist Watch More & Play Less?

Tom Castro | April 7, 2018

Henrik Lundqvist is onboard with the Rangers’ rebuild that should really begin to pick up steam in the next few months. That might mean sitting and watching it happen more…

Categories New York Rangers, Rangers Goaltending

Rangers Fans: No Shame in Rooting for Lightning

Tom Castro | April 2, 2018

For the diehard Rangers fan, this recent audition for the future has been fun. Neal Pionk, Rob O’Gara, John Gilmour and Ryan Sproul had their struggles, then showed enough progress…

Categories New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning

Rangers Options With Smith Aren’t Good

Tom Castro | March 23, 2018

A quick flashback to April 20, 2017. Game 5 of the first-round playoff series between the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens: Blueshirts defenseman Brendan Smith, engaged in a tough…

Categories New York Rangers
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