Posts About "Brendan Smith"
What Should the Rangers Do With Smith?
January 29th, 2019 The New York Rangers will have a very important decision to make regarding defenseman Brendan Smith. Smith’s defensive troubles are persistent and are often a primary cause of the team’s defensive woes. He was acquired by the Rangers before the 2017 Trade Deadline in exchange for two draft picks. The team went on to make the...
Rangers' Smith Has His Snarl Back
October 27th, 2018 The Brendan Smith of 2016-17 disappeared last season but he has returned to the New York Rangers' lineup in the early going of 2018-19. The Smith that played with an edge and emotion after being acquired from the Detroit Red Wings at the 2017 trade deadline; the player that the Blueshirts fell in love with and gave a...
Rangers Veteran 'D' Need a Short Leash
May 12th, 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 a Blueshirt in 2018-19 will be on notice. No one should understand that better than the team's veteran defensemen. This club on the rebuild has, so far, given every...
Rangers Woeful Defense Requires Summer Boost
April 26th, 2018 With a record of 34-39-9 - last in the Metropolitan Division - it’s fair to say that not much went right for the 2017-18 New York Rangers. Their catastrophic season, marred by injuries and torpedoed by poor performances by key players, had so much that went wrong to hide the critical flaws in their foundation any longer. Among their...
Rangers Options With Smith Aren't Good
March 23rd, 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 battle in front of the net with Canadiens forward Andrew Shaw as the Habs repeatedly crashed the goalmouth in front of Henrik Lundqvist. Smith drops...
Brendan Smith Remains a Question Mark
November 15th, 2017 Brendan Smith has not played a game in the month of November for the New York Rangers. It is not an injury or illness or even a personal leave that has left him out of the lineup. It is his poor play. The Rangers signed him to a four-year contract with an average annual value of $4.35 million each year. In theory, that sort of investment...
