Posts About "Jeff Gorton"
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...
Bruins and the 2006 NHL Draft - Gorton's Trades Still Paying Off
February 12th, 2020 On March 25, 2006, the Boston Bruins fired general manager Mike O'Connell and promoted then-assistant GM Jeff Gorton to the interim position for the remainder of the season. With the promotion, Gorton was given the keys to the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and his job was to help fix a Bruins team that finished last in the Northeast Division...
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...
The Rise And Fall Of Andrew Raycroft
September 4th, 2019 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...
