We hope you all had great Memorial Day weekends! Here’s a roundup of Rangers news you may have
missed over the long weekend.
- Hockey’s Future has a look at the wealth of young talent the
Rangers have in the CHL ranks. The
Blueshirts have really replenished their farm system in recent years thanks in
large part to their collection of talent in the Canadian junior leagues and
many of these youngsters will be on Broadway in short order.
- If you want to read about the status of the gutting of Madison Square Garden,
click here and here.
- This may be the best write up on Derek Boogaard’s death
yet.
- Unrestricted free agent to be Brad Richards spent the
weekend with Sean Avery, Aaron Voros and Henrik Lundqvist. That can’t be viewed as anything other than
good news for those hoping to see Richards in blue, but don’t read too much
into it. Avery and Richards were
teammates in Dallas,
and many of these guys surely have friendships we don’t know too much
about. This was probably just a vacation
among friends. But again, it can’t hurt
that the Rangers have ties to Richards.
- Larry Brooks speculates that if the Rangers miss out on
Richards they might try to acquire Stephen Weiss from Florida. Weiss’s numbers haven’t been great, but he is constricted by Florida’s dearth of
offensive talent. The Panthers have kept
him despite trading many others over the last few years, so it’s tough to see
why they’d make a move now. Any trade
would likely cost the Rangers a couple good prospects and a high pick at
least. Despite Richards’ age, he would
cost New York
nothing but cash.
Season Review:
Breaking Down The Defense >
Breaking Down The Goalies >
Breaking Down The Offense >
Breaking Down The Prospects >
How Three Free Agent Signings In 2007 Have Shaped The Eastern Conference >
Spotlight On Glen Sather >
Spotlight On John Tortorella >
Player Reviews:
Spotlight On Mats Zuccarello >
Spotlight On Brian Boyle >
Spotlight On Matt Gilroy >
Spotlight On Ruslan Fedotenko >
Spotlight On Brandon Prust >
Spotlight On Bryan McCabe >
Spotlight On Alex Frolov >
Spotlight On Michael Del Zotto >
Spotlight On Martin Biron >
Spotlight On Brandon Dubinsky >
Spotlight On Marc Staal >
Spotlight On Steve Eminger >
Spotlight On Henrik Lundqvist >
Spotlight On Wojtek Wolski >
Spotlight On Sean Avery >
Spotlight On Dan Girardi >
Spotlight On Erik Christensen >
Spotlight On Ryan McDonagh >
Possible First Round Pick:
Zack Phillips >
Sven Bartschi >
Mark Scheifele >
Mika Zibanejad >
Mark McNeill >
Brandon Saad >
Joel Armia >
Nicklas Jensen >
Alexander Khokhlachev >
Tyler Biggs >
Matt Puempel >
Rickard Rakell >
Mario Lucia >
Tomas Jurco >
