Posts About "Ryan Callahan"
Return of Ryan Callahan Makes Sense for the Rangers
July 29th, 2018 The New York Rangers have been very quiet this offseason. Except for a flurry of contract agreements with their restricted free agents prior to salary arbitration hearings, there hasn't been much news. General manager Jeff Gorton has remained focused to stay on course with his rebuilding effort. Case in point, in past years, the...
Does Callahan Have a Future With the Lightning?
June 8th, 2018 Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final was arguably the best game Ryan Callahan played in the 2017-18 season for the Tampa Bay Lightning. That night, he acted as the primary offensive driver in the team's 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals, scoring the game-winning goal and posting an assist in a dominating performance. However,...
Rangers Fans: No Shame in Rooting for Lightning
April 2nd, 2018 For the diehard Rangers fan, this recent audition for the future has been fun. Neal Pionk, Rob O'Gara, John Gilmour and Ryan Sproul had their struggles, then showed enough progress to suggest a keeper or two just might come out of this revamped defense corps. Highly touted forwards Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil have shown flashes...
Rangers Best & Worst Salary Cap Era Drafts
March 12th, 2018 Every June the NHL holds its Entry Draft and every June general managers, assisted by their scouting departments, make both head-scratching decisions and incredibly inspired ones. Since the league introduced the salary cap after the 2004-05 lockout, the New York Rangers have drafted under the watchful eyes of general managers Glen Sather...Thriving With Lightning, Ex-Rangers Show Management Missteps
March 10th, 2018 The Tampa Bay Lightning have become a living, breathing, hockey-playing reminder to the New York Rangers that their rebuild needs to involve more than just bringing in younger, high-ceiling personnel. The Bolts also continue to show the Rangers that they'll need to reform their way of thinking toward those players - how they evaluate...Lightning Can Live Without Ryan Callahan for Now
December 18th, 2017 We've been here before. Per Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times, general manager Steve Yzerman announced Friday that the Tampa Bay Lightning would be without veteran Ryan Callahan indefinitely. Callahan suffered an upper-body injury in Thursday's game against the Arizona Coyotes and is pending a re-evaluation in three to four weeks....