Posts About "Jeff Gorton"
The Rise And Fall Of Andrew Raycroft
April 25th, 2020 Sixteen years ago, Boston Bruins goaltender Andrew Raycroft took the National Hockey League by storm. Boston's fifth-round pick in 1998 had spent the previous three seasons bouncing back and forth on Interstate 95 between Boston and Providence. In fact, a majority of Raycroft's early professional career in the AHL, playing in...
Rangers Under Gorton: The Good, the Bad & the Too Early to Tell
April 21st, 2020 New York Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton has accomplished a very rare feat - getting the fanbase of a New York City professional team to buy into a full-scale rebuild, patience and all. Of course, it hasn't hurt one bit that the GM has been largely successful in his moves - both in the acquisition of young talent through trades...
Rangers Face Tough Decisions for Expansion Draft
April 3rd, 2020 The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, set to take place next June as the league populates the roster of the Seattle franchise that will bring it to 32 teams, probably was only on the periphery of fans' minds even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a shutdown in play - perhaps for the rest of the 2019-20 season. Yet that draft is hardly ever...
Skjei Trade Shows Rangers' Rebuild Working Perfectly
February 26th, 2020 2020 NHL trade deadline day was a truly wild one for the New York Rangers - it was one of the club's most eventful days in a long time, especially considering the head-spinning Monday contained only one trade by the Blueshirts. That move occurred on a day in which team president John Davidson started his address to the media by...
Rangers Usher in Post-Rebuild Era With Trade Deadline Decisions
February 25th, 2020 When entering the trade deadline, the New York Rangers were expected to continue a trend that started when the rebuild was announced — selling everything in sight by 3 P.M. ET on deadline day. The club was slated to trade unrestricted free agents such as Chris Kreider and Jesper Fast while RFAs such as Alexandar Georgiev, Tony...
The New York Rangers' Goaltending Situation
January 22nd, 2020 The New York Rangers find themselves in quite a situation these days in regards to their goaltending scenario and Henrik Lundqvist is caught in the middle of it. It’s been well documented that King Henrik is taking more of a backseat this year to let the Rangers develop their up and coming netminders Alexandar Georgiev and Igor...
Rangers Should Be Sellers at Trade Deadline
December 10th, 2019 The New York Rangers are currently on the outside looking in 29 games into their season as they sit four points behind the Carolina Hurricanes with a game in-hand for the last spot in the wild card race. The Blueshirts were widely expected to be a team that faced growing pains early on, but early success has begun to turn heads around...
Rangers' Defense Rebuilt with Speed, Physicality
December 10th, 2019 No area of the New York Rangers played a bigger role in the front office's decision to announce a full-scale rebuild in Feb. 2018 than the blue line. Choked with bloated contracts and aging, slower players who were either in decline, hadn't lived up to their big deals or both, the mess on defense was a major indicator for team...
Rangers' Must Tread Carefully with Trouba Extension
June 23rd, 2019 General manager Jeff Gorton has done an exceptional job at building up as many assets as possible as the New York Rangers' rebuild begins to shape into a reload. With the addition on Jacob Trouba from the Winnipeg Jets, the Rangers are quickly building a contender. However, acquiring Trouba's rights is only half the battle as now...
Rangers Can't Afford Another Draft Misfire
May 31st, 2019 The New York Rangers will select either Jack Hughes or Kaapo Kakko with the second-overall pick in the NHL draft next month. Team management can put its feet up, grab some popcorn and wait for one of the two elite prospects available to fall into their lap. So easy, right? When it comes to their first pick, yes, that might be true....
Rangers Trade Deadline Aftermath
March 16th, 2019 It wasn't surprising that Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Hayes and Adam McQuaid were among the New York Rangers players moved either prior to or at the trade deadline. The aftermath of these three trades has set the Rangers up to become an active participant in this summer's offseason. The 2018-19 campaign started out very promising, but as...
Rangers Keep Focus on Rebuild & Avoid Temptations
August 1st, 2018 No matter how many signs New York Rangers management has given out since February that it was serious about a patient, full-blown rebuild, the organization's DNA left at least a segment of fans and pundits unconvinced that the concept might be little more than cosmetic. A measured offseason in which the Blueshirts' focus on the long...
Rangers' Absence From Tavares Sweepstakes Signals New Direction
July 6th, 2018 The city of Toronto is rejoicing after hometown hero, John Tavares, agreed to a seven-year, $77 million contract with the Maple Leafs this past weekend, and this announcement put a damper on the plans for several NHL franchises who failed to receive a final rose from the talented forward. Often, a rejection of this nature changes the...
