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Top 10 Questions the New York Rangers Need to Ask Their Next Coach 30 May 2013 | 07:08 pm
Have you ever seen an NHL power play before? How do you like the sound of Assistant GM Sean Avery? Don't ever doubt what i say :) — Sean Avery (@imseanavery) May 29, 2013 Do you believe there are situ...
A Five-Part Autopsy of the 2012 New York Rangers 27 May 2012 | 08:38 am
Ed Mulholland-US PRESSWIRE I was so immersed in the Rangers’ surprising playoff run, that I wasn’t even able to process what I was seeing. But now that it’s over, the observations are starting to cry...
Julianna Margulies Teaches NHL About Fighting 24 Mar 2012 | 01:30 am
There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to come out and say it. I watch The Good Wife. I’m not going to make excuses. I’m not going to justify it by mentioning the quality writing or the ...
Ryan Smyth to Rangers Would Have Been Textbook Sather 7 Feb 2012 | 12:30 am
Of course the New York Rangers were supposedly looking into adding Ryan Smyth as a top-six forward (maybe…). The Rangers need scoring, especially given Brad Richards recent cooldown that some might ca...
NHL: There’s Nothing a Regular Season Gimmick Can’t Fix 31 Jan 2012 | 12:28 am
Sports Illustrated‘s Michael Farber had an interesting look at John Collins, the NHL’s chief operating officer. Collins came from the NFL and is credited with making the NHL more event-driven, coming...
How Brad Richards Found Offense Through Defense 15 Dec 2011 | 01:01 am
Larry Brooks had a nice little appreciation of Brad Richards yesterday. Brooks also credited New York Rangers coach John Tortorella, who moved Richards off of Marian Gaborik’s line when it became obv...
Blues Thought Ahead with Coaching Change 29 Nov 2011 | 12:27 am
It was a little bit surprising when the St. Louis Blues fired coach Davis Payne earlier this month. The Blues were 6-7. Not great, but certainly not horrible. It was even more surprisingly when GM Do...
Goaltenders Need Protection From Their Teammates 17 Nov 2011 | 12:59 am
Kerry Fraser had a big piece on TSN about how Brendan Shanahan blew it by not suspending Milan Lucic for his hit on goalie Ryan Miller. Fraser says that without a Lucic suspension, it’s going to be op...
Trapping Isn’t Tantrum-worthy 12 Nov 2011 | 12:26 am
Like a lot of NHL fans, I’m not sure why people are just now realizing that the Tampa Bay Lightning use a 1-3-1 system. I’m also not sure why the 1-3-1 suddenly infuriated the Philadelphia Flyers Wed...
Put Columbus Coach Scott Arniel Out of His Misery 8 Nov 2011 | 12:28 am
Scott Arniel has got to go in Columbus. Not because his coaching is the reason his team has been awful. Not because of this weekend’s embarrassing 9-2 loss to the Flyers. But because the team has ob...
