The Rangers signed Wade Redden, formerly of the Ottawa Senators, to a 6 year contract worth about $6.5 million per year. Redden is 31 years old, and had 6 goals and 32 assists last season while logging an average of 22:12 of ice time per game. The Rangers hope Redden will be the [...]
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Rangers sign Wade Redden and Michal Rozsival
Posted in NHL, New York Rangers, tagged agency, Backman, contract, defense, Free Agency, free agent, Girardi, michal rozsival, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Patrick Rissmiller, San Jose Sharks, Sanguinetti, signing, Staal, stephen valiquette, tyutin, Wade Redden on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is it with Glen Sather and overpaid defensemen?
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged Backman, Blues, contract, defense, Girardi, glen sather, GM, John Davidson, Kasparaitis, malik, mara, New York Rangers, rozsival, salaries, salary, Staal, strudwick, trade, tyutin on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I spent a little more time on NHLnumbers.com (my new favorite website)… And you know what I realized? Glen Sather loves to overpay for defense.
Take a look at the Rangers defense from this past season (in reverse order of suckitude):
Michal Rozsival – $2.4 mil
Marc Staal – 850K
Dan Girardi – 550K
Fedor Tyutin – $1.025 mil
Jason [...]
Game 5 Pre-game: Korpikoski in
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged Backman, Korpikoski, New York Rangers, Penguins, Playoffs, prucha, Stanley Cup, strudwick on Sunday, May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lauri Korpikoski is going to play center for the 4th line between Sjostrom and Hollweg. Renney dangled this possibility before game 4, but this time it’s actually going to happen.
Strudwick is in for Backman. Prucha will probably be on the 2nd line again just like game 4.
Here we go.
Let’s go Rangers!
Rangers shuffle the lineup in practice today
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged Avery, Backman, betts, changes, Gomez, lineup, mara, New York Rangers, Playoffs, power play, prucha, Shanahan, shuffle, Sjostrom, Stanley Cup, strudwick on Monday, April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On the front lines, Petr Prucha and Brendan Shanahan switched spots, meaning Prucha skated on the 2nd line with Scott Gomez and Sean Avery, while Shanny skated on the 4th line with Blair Betts and Fred Sjostrom. The Rangers used this lineup in the last game of the regular season against the Devils.
On D, Jason [...]
Rangers lose, but extend the “hey, we might have lost a few games but we still got points in the standings” streak to 10 games
Posted in Game Recaps, New York Rangers, tagged Backman, comrie, henrik, Islanders, lundqvist, New York Rangers, recap, rozsival, Shootout, strudwick on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe I’m missing something here… but why in the world would a team choose to shoot first in the shootout? I don’t get it. More on this game later today.
Ok, I thought about this one a little more. And, I still don’t get it. I see the point that if your team scores [...]
Rangers Hit’em Where it Hurts
Posted in Game Recaps, tagged Backman, betts, Callahan, carolina, Christian, Colton, Dawes, Dubinsky, Fredrik, henrik, hollweg, hurricanes, jagr, jaromir, lundqvist, malik, marek, new york, New York Rangers, Orr, Shanahan, Sjostrom on Friday, February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe the defense was asleep. Maybe the refs forgot the rules of hockey. Maybe Christian Backman got 10 penalty minutes (6 officially but it was him that made Cole’s face bleed, not Marc Staal. See second “maybe.”).
But does that really matter? Henrik played pretty well and Malik of all people had [...]
Rangers @ Hurricanes – Game Preview
Posted in Game Previews, tagged Avery, Backman, betts, Callahan, carolina, Christian, Colton, Dawes, Drury, Dubinsky, Fredrik, Girardi, Gomez, henrik, hollweg, hurricanes, jagr, jaromir, lundqvist, malik, mara, marek, new york, New York Rangers, Orr, paul, petr, prucha, rozsival, Sean, Shanahan, Sjostrom, Staal, straka, tyutin on Thursday, February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a three day break, the Rangers get back to work tonight in Carolina. The Hurricanes are playing pretty well going 7-2-1 in their last 10 and 3-1-1 in their last 5.
Two of the four newest Rangers will be in the lineup tonight. Fredrik Sjostrom will take Colton Orr’s (chest pain) place on [...]
Some notes
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged Avery, Backman, carolina, Christian, Colton, Fredrik, henrik, Hossa, hurricanes, jagr, jaromir, lundqvist, malik, mara, Marcel, marek, new york, New York Rangers, Orr, paul, petr, prucha, Sean, Sjostrom on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lundqvist, Backman, Sjostrom, oh my!
Or as Jagr joked, “Swedes everywhere.” As the Rangers get ready for their first game without Malik Jagr Mara Prucha Hossa, we find out that two of the recent acquisitions may very well be playing tomorrow in Carolina. According to Sam Weinman at Rangers Report, Christian Backman skated with [...]
A few thoughts on the Rangers deals
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged Al, Backman, Bash, Brothers, Christian, Colton, David, Dean, Ducks, Fredrik, Fulton, Gratton, Hartford, Hossa, Josh, LeNeveu, Marcel, Mighty, Montoya, New York Rangers, Orr, Portman, Reed, Sjostrom, Swedish, Wolf Pack on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t have much to say about the Rangers trade deadline moves, but here’s what I got.
The 2 names the Rangers picked up that might have an impact in the NHL this year are Fredrik Sjostrom and Josh Gratton.
The word on 24-year-old Sjostrom is that he’s a solid defensive Right Wing. I suppose that [...]
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