Rangers Transactions
McQuaid Fits Rangers' Gritty New Style
September 15th, 2018 Though the New York Rangers didn't make any significant acquisitions this summer, Tuesday's trade that brought back a soon-to-be 32-year-old defenseman who played only 38 games last season and is hardly guaranteed consistent playing time in 2018-19, had fans taking...
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Rangers
September 12th, 2018 Eastern Conference foes, the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers have both been around a long time. In fact, the two teams have met 611 times with the Maple Leafs holding the edge - a record of 286-221-95-9, or a .553 point percentage. While it’s hard to call...
Can Beleskey Bounce Back Wearing a Blueshirt?
August 26th, 2018 One man's trash (or in this case, organization's) is another man's treasure. Could that adage prove to be true for the New York Rangers and Matt Beleskey? File the concept of the big, agitating winger regaining the form of his 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons under...
Return of Ryan Callahan Makes Sense for the Rangers
July 29th, 2018 The New York Rangers have been very quiet this offseason. Except for a flurry of contract agreements with their restricted free agents prior to salary arbitration hearings, there hasn't been much news. General manager Jeff Gorton has remained focused to stay on course with...
Kovalchuk Coming to America
April 10th, 2018 It took less than 72 hours after the New York Rangers season came to a close for their rebuild to see its end before it even really started. And the funny thing is, that may not be a bad thing. With rumors swirling around for nearly a year, Igor Eronko, a reporter for...
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...
