Posts About "Mika Zibanejad"
Zibanejad Is the Star Rangers Desperately Need
February 8th, 2019 The New York Rangers have been searching for an elite forward for quite some time. There were periods during which it looked like Marian Gaborik or Rick Nash could be that player but neither of them lived up to expectations. Some feel that Jaromir Jagr was the last truly elite player to play for the Rangers. But a new...
NY Rangers Trio Led Charge in First Half
January 28th, 2019 NHL All-Star weekend has come and gone, and New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist was the sole representative of the team, his fifth time being named an All-Star. He and Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby represented the Metropolitan Division. Lundqvist won the save streak competition at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on...
Rangers Need Offensive Boost This Season
August 10th, 2018 After dealing away key veterans at the trade deadline this past February and sitting back during the July 1 free agency period, it remains clear that the New York Rangers have come to terms with the franchise’s first rebuild in over a decade. New York still has many key pieces to build around, but the one thing on everybody’s mind...
Is Zibanejad a Top-Line Center, or Not?
May 19th, 2018 The number of New York Rangers who possess the dual characteristics of coming off career seasons while being seen as certain building blocks for the organization's future can be counted on one hand. In fact, you might only need one finger. In that case, it would certainly be reserved for Mika Zibanejad, the apparently rising center...
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...
Zibanejad Key to Rangers' Rebuild
March 28th, 2018 It would be revisionist history, if not outwardly disingenuous, to offer that the New York Rangers’ rebuild began when the Blueshirts sent Derick Brassard to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Mika Zibanejad in the summer of 2016. On its face, it meets the criteria, as the Rangers sacrificed a productive veteran for a younger asset...
