Posted in New York Rangers, tagged dallas, Drury, Fire Renney, Gomez, Joe Micheletti, rangers on Monday, February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You’ve heard all of the complaints:
The Rangers can’t score!
They have so much talent (allegedly) but their offense is stagnant and their power play is putrid.
They are a team of second-fiddles being paid first-fiddle money.
And the retorts?
Renney is a defense-first coach.
This team will win with solid goaltending and solid defense.
Drury and Gomez might not score 25 [...]
Posted in NHL, New York Rangers, tagged 2008, 2008-2009, 2009, anisimov, betts, byers, Callahan, Dawes, Drury, Dubinsky, Free Agency, free agent, Fritsche, Girardi, Gomez, Hartford, hollweg, mara, moore, Naslund, New York Rangers, NHL, Orr, prucha, Redden, Rissmiller, roster, rozsival, Sanguinetti, Sjostrom, Staal, trade, Voros, Zherdev on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Take a look at the Rangers projected roster for 2008-2009. The top 3 lines and the defense are pretty much set, but there seem to be too many forwards.
Zherdev-Gomez-Naslund
Prucha-Drury-Dawes
Callahan-Dubinsky-Sjostrom
Voros-Fritsche/Rissmiller-[Anisimov?]
Hollweg/[Byers?]-Betts-Orr/[Moore?]
Redden-Staal
Rozsival-Girardi
Mara-Kalinin-[Sanguinetti?]
By my calculations the Rangers have an excess of 3 NHL forwards plus 3 more NHL-caliber forwards currently in Hartford. Because of this, it might be a good [...]
Posted in New York Rangers, tagged betts, Callahan, Dawes, Drury, Dubinsky, Free Agency, Fritsche, Girardi, glen sather, Gomez, hollweg, jagr, New York Rangers, NHL, Orr, Pock, prucha, Redden, Rissmiller, rozsival, Sanguinetti, Shanahan, Sjostrom, slats, Staal, strudwick, UFA, Voros, Zherdev on Thursday, July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s go through a projection of how the Rangers roster might shape up:
Zherdev-Gomez-[Jagr or some UFA]
Dawes-Drury-Callahan
Sjostrom-Dubinsky-Prucha
Hollweg-Betts-Orr
Fritsche-Rissmiller-Voros
Shanahan?
Rozsival-Staal
Redden-Girardi
Pock?-Strudwick?-Sanguinetti?
The Rangers have $14.5 million in cap space but that number does not include Dawes, Sjostrom, Fritsche, Rissmiller, Voros, or Strudwick.
Assuming the Rangers will spend roughly $4 or $5 million between those players, they will have about $9 or $10 million [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Game Recaps, New York Rangers, tagged Brodeur, Callahan, Devils, Elias, Game 1, Girardi, Gomez, lundqvist, New York Rangers, Playoffs, Shanahan, tyutin on Thursday, April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow, that was an interesting game to say the least. Scott Gomez played awesome. He was everywhere. Flying all over the ice, making plays on both ends, and of course, setting up one of the best goals I’ve witnessed in a while.
In the battle of two great goaltenders, Lundqvist outplayed Brodeur in [...]
Posted in Game Previews, New York Rangers, tagged Crosby, dives, Gomez, hollweg, New York Rangers, Orr, Pengins, prucha, Sjostrom on Monday, March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Rangers and Penguins will meet again tonight for the 2nd day in a row in what is the 8th and final matchup of the season between the two teams. After yesterday’s 3-1 loss, the Rangers are 4-3-0 on the season against the Penguins, with three of those wins coming at MSG.
I don’t want [...]
Posted in Game Previews, New York Rangers, tagged Brodeur, Devils, Gomez, hollweg, lundqvist, malik, New York Rangers, Orr, prucha, rozsival, Sjostrom, strudwick on Thursday, March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scott Gomez will be on the ice for warm-ups but will make a game-time decision as to whether he can play against his former team. If Gomez plays, the three scoring lines should return to “normal”. That is:
Avery-Dubinsky-Jagr
Dawes-Gomez-Shanahan
Straka-Drury-Callahan
For the 4th line, I’d like to see Prucha and Hollweg stay in the lineup with [...]
Posted in Game Previews, New York Rangers, tagged Gomez, henrik, lundqvist, new york rangers, philadelphia flyers, preview, scott on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Rangers play the Flyers for the eighth and final time this season tonight at the Garden. The game starts at 7:30 and is on ESPN OLN Vs. Good thing I’ll be there!
Here’s what the lines will look like:
Straka-Dubinsky-Jagr
Shanahan-Avery-Dawes
Callahan-Drury-Prucha
Sjostrom-Hollweg-Orr
D is the same and Henrik Lundqvist gets the nod.
Scott Gomez is Day-to-Day with bruised [...]
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 [...]
