Posts tagged with "Kevin Shattenkirk"
Rangers' First Two Preseason Game Takeaways
September 22nd, 2017 After a long summer, the New York Rangers are back. An eventful offseason generated intrigue as the Blueshirts began camp late last week, and fans finally got their first taste of the new-look roster on Monday and Wednesday.New York picked up a pair of wins over relatively weak squads iced by local rivals the New York Islanders and...
Questions at Rangers Training Camp
September 16th, 2017 Welcome to the month of September, when players report to training camp, play pre-season games and teams decide who will make their roster. Before the season starts, the New York Rangers have some questions to answer.This summer was full of change for the Rangers, with many new faces joining the team. Now, it is time to put the...
Washington Capitals: 2017-18 Bold Predictions
August 28th, 2017 Over the next couple of months, The Hockey Writers will be releasing a series of bold predictions. Team by team, this series will take shape as we look at some of the more questionable possibilities that could come into fruition during the 2017-18 season.For two years in a row now, the Washington Capitals have finished atop the NHL...
The Colorado Avalanche: An Odyssey of Idiocy, Part 1
August 7th, 2017 After a dismal 2016-17 season, the Colorado Avalanche are in the midst of their third rebuild in 10 years. But who's counting?It's not like the Avs haven't had the resources to improve. Their various rebuilds have yielded some high draft picks and top-tier NHL talent.Yet here we are, now almost 10 years removed from the Avs' last...
Have the New York Rangers Improved?
August 5th, 2017 With the bulk of the NHL offseason transaction activity behind us, the start of the 2017-18 NHL season is just two short months away. For the New York Rangers -- who suffered a disappointing six-game defeat at the hands of the Ottawa Senators in the Atlantic Division finals in 2016-17 -- things had to change this offseason. And they...
Face of the Golden Knights: Nate Schmidt
August 3rd, 2017 The anticipation of the Vegas Golden Knights inaugural season is coming to a slow boil as the start of training camp is roughly seven weeks away. What started as a myth is going to become reality this fall - a professional sports franchise in Las Vegas.The roster has been selected, now it's Knights head coach Gerard Gallant’s...
