Posts About "Brendan Lemieux"
NHL Rumors: Blues, Wild, Stars, Rangers, Canucks, More
October 31st, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, the St. Louis Blues still need to get a contract done for Vince Dunn. Is that coming anytime soon? The New York Rangers have two arbitration hearings coming up soon. How will those play out? The Vancouver Canucks might consider sending Loui Eriksson to the AHL, but there's a hurdle, and could the Minnesota...
Rangers Have Multiple Options to Replace Fast
October 27th, 2020 After the excitement of selecting Alexis Lafreniere with the first pick of the 2020 NHL Draft, the New York Rangers lost three key veteran players in Henrik Lundqvist, Marc Staal and Jesper Fast. While Lundqvist and Staal are nearing the end of their careers, Fast is just 28 years old and coming off the best season of his career. While...
Rangers Need to Use Their Sizable Youth
September 26th, 2020 If the Stanley Cup Final between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars is any indication, size and physicality are still prevalent in today's NHL. Each game has seen at least 100 hits, with Game 3 setting the high mark of 113. The level of physicality in this series should come as a surprise to no one. Brady Skjei set the tone...
Lemieux Suspended 2 Games
July 20th, 2020 The NHL's Department of Player Safety has suspended Brendan Lemieux for two Stanley Cup Qualifier games. This decision came Monday for an incident that occurred on March 11 in a game between the New York Rangers and the Colorado Avalanche. https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1285306122614845440?s=20 Avalanche forward...
Rangers Must Overcome Adversity Again With Kreider Injury
February 29th, 2020 Sports aren't always fair. Puck luck can go either way over an 82-game season. As it happens, the New York Rangers have suffered a devastating injury following a stretch of good fortune. Related: Rangers' Lineup Finding Consistency Just four days after signing a seven-year, $45.5 million contract, Chris Kreider fractured his foot...
Returning Lemieux Is Irreplaceable for Rangers
January 21st, 2020 Brendan Lemieux returned to the New York Rangers’ lineup Sunday after missing just over three weeks with a fractured hand. The Blueshirts missed his unique skillset, and Lemieux was immediately promoted to the team’s top line in his first game back. In two consecutive games against the physical New York Islanders, Micheal Haley...
Brendan Lemieux Battling Way into Key Role for Rangers
November 27th, 2019 Brendan Lemieux sat beneath the Broadway Hat after the New York Rangers' stirring comeback victory against the Montreal Canadiens over the weekend, his broad smile in contrast to his blackish-purple left eye. Head coach David Quinn was undoubtedly smiling too. This type of player having this type of impact is what Quinn envisioned...
Re-Signing Lemieux Is Rangers' Best Option
September 2nd, 2019 The New York Rangers are set to begin training camp in just a couple of weeks, with preseason and regular season play beginning shortly thereafter. At the moment, the roster seems to be set in stone and the necessary pieces are where they need to be. But not entirely, as there are a few players left to be signed. One of those players...
New York Rangers Finally Add Some Grit
February 27th, 2019 So yes, Kevin Hayes has actually been traded by the New York Rangers, a move that has upset a portion of the fanbase to a surprisingly large degree. That topic will likely invoke strong emotional reactions for at least the rest of the season. And the return for the big center might turn out to be overlooked as a result by...
Rangers Trade Hayes to Jets
February 25th, 2019 The New York Rangers have traded Kevin Hayes to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a 2019 first-round pick, forward Brendan Lemieux and a conditional fourth-round draft pick. If the Jets win the Stanley Cup, the fourth-round pick is sent. If they don't, the pick stays with the...
Top 3 All-Time American-Born Barrie Colts
December 27th, 2018 While the Ontario Hockey League is dominantly filled with Canadian-born talent, it has also helped produce incredible American-born players, too. Skaters like Alex DeBrincat (Chicago Blackhawks), Bobby Ryan (Ottawa Senators) and Ryan Callahan (Tampa Bay Lightning) all came from the OHL. Related: Alex DeBrincat Is Just Getting...
Lemieux Suspended 2 Games
November 5th, 2018 The NHL has suspended Winnipeg Jets' forward Brendan Lemieux for two games for an illegal check to the head of Florida Panthers' forward Vincent Trocheck. The hit came during the Jets and Panthers' two-game series in Helsinki, Finland and resulted in a match-penalty for...
Jets Roll the Dice and Waive Dano
October 16th, 2018 The Winnipeg Jets' bottom-six situation — and which players they hold in higher regard — have suddenly become a lot clearer after a roll of the dice. On Sunday, after the return of forward Nic Petan, who took a personal leave of absence in September after the sudden death of his father Franc, the Jets took a...
