Is this it for Renney?

Last night during the game, Marc called me up and said, “If the Rangers lose this game, Tom Renney will be fired.  Especially if they get shut out.”  I tend to disagree.  If Glen Sather were to fire Renney now, or make any changes, he would be admitting that he failed.  He’s not going to [...]

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What the hell is going on?

Hello!  Yes I’m alive and so are Marc and Rory.  They say hi.
The Rangers are 17-8-2 right now which places them atop the Eastern conference.  But are they really as good as their record would suggest?
Some days I watch them play and I would argue that they are just as good, if not better than [...]

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Maple Leafs (1-1-1) @ Rangers (5-1-0) – Game Preview

OK they lost.  It was bound to happen eventually.  Let’s just move on and see if they can rebound from such a terrible outing.
There are a few roster changes to note:

Stephen Valiquette will get the start tonight to give Henrik Lundqvist a break for tomorrow’s game in Detroit.
Lauri Korpikoski will be scratched with an arm [...]

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Blackhawks @ Rangers – Game Preview

I guess you could call this a Season Preview but we’ll just call it the Game Preview. Also, today is my birthday!

Back on October 5, 2005, the New York Rangers played a game for the first time in over a year. The NHL was finally back after a lock-out that led to the [...]

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Rangers bruised and battered for must-win Game 4 tonight

As if coming back from 0-3 in the series wasn’t going to be hard enough, the Rangers are going to have to do with it without Sean Avery (lacerated spleen), Blair Betts (broken bone in face), and without a 100% Chris Drury (torso injury). Drury is probable but after watching him skate at half [...]

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Throwing in the towel

I have to admit I completely underestimated the Penguins before this series. I look back at my series preview and I can’t believe I gave the edge to the Rangers offense. I let the flashy shot totals from the regular season get to my head. What I didn’t take into account was which team was [...]

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Game 3 tonight at MSG: This is a must-win

This is an obvious statement, but the Rangers have to win this game tonight. If they get the series back to 2-1, they are still alive. 3-0 is a different story.
You won’t see me quote a basketball coach too often in a hockey blog, but Doc Rivers had a great quote last night [...]

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Prucha skates on 4th line with Betts and Sjostrom

Petr Prucha skated today in practice on the 4th line with Blair Betts and Fredrik Sjostrom. Renney didn’t say definitively whether Prucha was in, but it seems to be the way he is leaning. I am very much in favor of this move. That line will be fast on the ice, and [...]

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Therrien “disappointed” with Renney and Rangers

I’m not sure why Michel Therrien is so ticked off, especially after a game in which the referees did not hesitate to blow the whistle when Crosby hit the ice, but he had some interesting comments for the Rangers today.
“And where I’m kind of disappointed is that there’s gamesmanship before the series about Sidney drawing [...]

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Valiquette gets the nod against the Flyers

With Henrik Lundqvist in need of some rest, backup backstop Stephen Valiquette will start tonight against the Flyers. I say this is a good move considering the Flyers have yet to solve the Rangers backup goaltender. In 3 games against the Flyers this season, Valiquette has a GAA of 0.36 and SV% of [...]

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