Posts About "Jeff Gorton"
The Rise And Fall Of Andrew Raycroft
September 4th, 2018 Twelve 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 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...
Rangers Right in Recruiting Quinn
June 5th, 2018 The New York Rangers' offseason to-do list expanded hours after the conclusion of the 2017-18 season after management parted ways with head coach Alain Vigneault. The coaching search was done in relative silence but the Rangers recruited the perfect man for the job, David Quinn. Vigneault's firing came as no surprise because he wasn't...
John Tavares: How I Became a New York Ranger
May 21st, 2018 What follows is a satirical account of John Tavares' experience during his upcoming contract negotiations. It is a work of fiction written in the first person as a spoof along the lines of a Players' Tribune article. My hope is that it will provide readers with an enjoyable bit of summer reading. You've been warned. Now, on with the...
Rangers, Hurricanes and a Draft Day Deal?
May 10th, 2018 The New York Rangers have let it be known to all that this is not an all-out rebuild. The word that the organization is using to refer to this process is "re-tool." General manager Jeff Gorton sent a letter to fans on Feb. 8 which thanked them for supporting the team and that a transition was about to transpire. In the letter, the club...