By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) Since Day One, New York Rangers coach John Tortorella couldn’t stress enough the importance of being well-conditioned throughout an 82-game schedule as well as a potential deep run into the playoffs. Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Washington Capitals made that philosophy vividly clear. In a series that ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) Not many expected the Rangers to be in the situation they are currently in, which is in a Game 7 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals match up against the eighth and lowest seeded playoff contenders: the Ottawa Senators. But that is exactly where they find themselves. One team will be going home tonight. ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) It was to be expected that disciplinary actions were going to take place following Game two of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals between the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators. However, not many expected what would ultimately be an excrutiatingly baffling decision on the part of NHL Senior Vice President of Player ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) As if squandering the chance on the last game of the season at their first Presidents’ Trophy since the 1993-94 season weren’t enough, the New York Rangers head in to the first round against a resurgent Ottawa Senators team who took three out of four games against New York in the ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) The New York Rangers have a chance to do something they haven’t done since 1994 – take home the Atlantic Division crown and secure home-ice advantage throughout the first three rounds of the playoffs by clinching the Eastern Conference. It couldn’t be a more perfect scenario. Just two years ago, it ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) Those are words most New York Rangers fans would have never even fathomed to be true, even as recent as last year. But the Rangers find themselves right there in the thick of a crazy rat race to take home the trophy that will assure them home ice advantage throughout the ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) There are some that say staged fights to start a game should be eradicated from the league – understandable. There are others who will even go as far as saying that fighting should be banned from the game entirely. Maybe it’s those people who are too concerned with fighters being fighters ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) The New York Rangers currently hold the top spot in the Eastern Conference, and comfortably, to boot. With a record of 42-15-7, the Rangers have already matched their entire point total (91) from last year and are serious contenders to not only take home the President’s Trophy, but they also a ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) Many felt heading in to Thursday’s NHL trade deadline that the New York Rangers were the front-runners to obtain Columbus Blue Jackets superstar Rick Nash. But after incessant reports of a mammoth asking price being desired by Blue Jackets GM, Scott Howson, the Rangers ultimately decided it was not in their ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) There is no question that Columbus forward Rick Nash is one of the NHL’s elite players. His talent alone would significantly improve any team looking for an offensive boost. But when you’re a team like the New York Rangers who sit comfortably atop the Eastern Conference and have been playing some ...
