Rangers open season with three rookies on roster
The Rangers will open the 2023-24 season in Pittsburgh and will add three rookies to the roster. Matt Lempe, Adam Edstrom and Victor Mancini officially left training camp with the Blueshirts for the first time in their respective careers. The three young men were officially recalled by the Wolfpack on Tuesday. Matt Lempe is one […]
Igor Shesterkin eschews Rangers’ record contract offer
Igor Shesterkin turned down an offer from the Rangers that would have made him the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history. ESPN's Kevin Weeks reported on Tuesday Russia's star netminder reportedly rejected an eight-year, $88 million contract extension with an average annual salary of $11 million. That's $500,000 more per year and $4 million more in […]
Igor Shesterkin has to prove he’s worth it to Rangers in risky contract gambit
On the eve of the Rangers' season opener, rumors spread that the Rangers had offered Igor Shesterkin a contract extension that would make him the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history, but he rejected it. October 9 has served as a somewhat lenient deadline before negotiations are seen as an unwelcome disruption, and both sides have […]
Why NHL trade deadline looms large for same old Rangers core
Ahead of Wednesday night's 2024-25 season opener in Pittsburgh, editor-in-chief Dave Brezow joins Post's Rangers beat writer Molly Walker and Hockey Hall of Fame columnist Larry Brooks to discuss some of the Rangers' issues. Check. Larry, you've written a lot this offseason about how the Rangers are almost “getting back” with the same core that […]
Matt Rempe, Adam Edstrom pairing gives Rangers big 4th-line energy
Madison Square Garden has a new signature sound. The foreboding hum that pervades the air as Matt Lempe and Adam Edstrom speed off down the ice, take hits, and battle the puck behind the visitors' net until they finally decide which one. , or if both come into contact, it will explode a crowded stand. […]
Rangers’ Sam Carrick in no mood to watch Stanley Cup documentary
Sam Carrick did not see the movie, but he was in it. So it's understandable that the Rangers center by way of Edmonton is in no rush to watch the Amazon Prime series “Faceoff: Inside the NHL.” The final two episodes of the six-part series focus on the Stanley Cup Final. The Oilers trailed 3-0 […]
Rangers’ injuries give youngsters a chance to shine
This comes after practice on Thursday, six days before the season opener in Pittsburgh, after Peter Laviolette announced an injury that has kept Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey out for “several weeks” and now Artemi Panarin “day-to-day.” I was talking about the influence of He suffered a lower-body issue during Tuesday's AHL game against Utica. […]
It may be best for Rangers if Matt Rempe starts season in AHL
Matt Lempe is valuable to the Rangers in a fourth-line role with Agent Chaos, even beyond his ice time. He is an important and unique part of this dynamic. He deserves to play in the season opener Oct. 9 at Pittsburgh. However, I wonder if Rempe would be a more valuable player for the Blueshirts […]
Artemi Panarin exits Rangers preseason game early again with injury
Artemi Panarin left another exhibition game with a lower-body injury. It was the second time in the preseason that the Russian star wing missed a game due to a lower-body problem, after being ejected in the third period of the Rangers' 6-4 win over the Islanders last week. In Tuesday night's game against the Devils, […]
Veteran has earned prospects’ awe at Rangers camp
Several of the Rangers who suited up before Jonathan Quick on Monday night in Newark were still in kindergarten or kindergarten when the 38-year-old netminder made his NHL debut nearly 17 years ago. Eight of them have yet to enter the league, but Quick made a name for himself as the winningest American-born goaltender, winning […]