Rangers Transactions
Rangers Face Tough Question on Ryan Spooner's Future
March 8th, 2018 The asking price for Rick Nash was presumed to include a first-round pick and a quality prospect. That price was met on Feb. 25—just one day shy of the deadline—when the New York Rangers sent him to the Boston Bruins. In the deal, the Rangers acquired Boston’s 2018...
Lightning Make Major Upgrade With McDonagh
February 27th, 2018 Well, it finally happened. After what felt like a season of speculation, rumors, fake tweets, and, of course, some good old-fashioned red herrings, the Tampa Bay Lightning have their man. It took Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman until the last minutes of the...
Rangers Trade Nash to Bruins
February 25th, 2018 The New York Rangers have traded veteran forward Rick Nash to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Ryan Spooner, Matt Beleskey, Ryan Lindgren, a first-round draft pick in 2018 and a seventh-round pick in 2019. The Rangers will retain 50% of Nash's salary and the Bruins will...
The Yandle-Duclair Trade Revisited
October 26th, 2017 On March 1, 2015, the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers were teams headed in different directions. The Coyotes were 20-36-7, third from the bottom in the Western Conference and had lost their last nine games in regulation. Arizona had just barely missed the playoffs the...
Have the New York Rangers Improved?
August 5th, 2017 With the bulk of the NHL offseason transaction activity behind us, the start of the 2017-18 NHL season is just two short months away. For the New York Rangers -- who suffered a disappointing six-game defeat at the hands of the Ottawa Senators in the Atlantic Division finals...
Zibanejad Extension Speaks Volumes
July 28th, 2017 Minutes before his arbitration hearing, Mika Zibanejad and the New York Rangers agreed to a five-year, $5.35 million contract that will basically ensure Zibanejad's spot on the top line for the Blueshirts. At face value, the deal seems simple; the Rangers are extending...
Girardi Buyout Gives Rangers Options & Opportunities
June 17th, 2017 It happened. A move that seemed inevitable for nearly two years finally was confirmed on Wednesday, as the New York Rangers announced that the contract of longtime defensive stalwart Dan Girardi would be bought out, an operation that has become commonplace since the...
Missing Ryan Callahan
May 19th, 2017 When Ryan Callahan departed from the New York Rangers in 2014, he took certain skills with him that the Rangers desperately need back. Don’t get me wrong, trading him at the time and not signing him to a massive contract that overpaid him was the right move but looking...
New Rangers Defenseman Alexei Bereglazov
April 22nd, 2017 The New York Rangers today announced they have signed Russian defenseman Alexei Bereglazov to an entry-level contract. The 22-year-old defenseman, who was not drafted in the NHL in his eligibility years, has spent his whole pro career within the Metallurg Magnitogorsk...
Revisiting the Brendan Smith Trade
April 20th, 2017 In the days leading up to the trade deadline this past February, rumors circulated about the New York Rangers acquiring another player. It turned out the Blueshirts acquired defenseman Brendan Smith from the Detroit Red Wings for a 2018 second-round pick and a 2017...
Not Again: Rangers Call up Glass
March 6th, 2017 I thought I would never have to write about this again. But alas, here in 2017, I am writing about Tanner Glass once again in relation to the New York Rangers. The Rangers called up the gritty and well-liked but otherwise wholly ineffective forward on Sunday. Glass had...
Assessing Brendan Smith Trade to Rangers
February 28th, 2017 New York Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton addressed his team's biggest weakness on Tuesday by acquiring a veteran defenseman that can play on the right side. https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/836639627360501761 That Brendan Smith is the new Rangers d-man, and...
Rangers' Trade Deadline Hits and Misses
February 28th, 2017 So, Brendan Smith is now a New York Ranger, and the Kevin Shattenkirk trade deadline blockbuster is no longer a possibility for the Blueshirts. Check back on Shattenkirk when the Westchester County, NY resident hits unrestricted free agency on July 1. We'll talk...
