Hartnett: Don't Buy Into The Fear; Lundqvist Will Finish His Career With Rangers
This city offers Henrik Lundqvist everything he desires. He isn't going to turn his back and throw it all away.
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This city offers Henrik Lundqvist everything he desires. He isn't going to turn his back and throw it all away.
Sather and the Rangers need a new philosophy and a new leader. Tortorella's hard-edged discipline serves a purpose, but it's not going to bring the Rangers a championship.
So what happened to the New York Rangers? Did they take a step back this year? Well, coach John Tortorella says no, but the correct answer -- from goalie Henrik Lundqvist -- is yes.
Brad Richards would like to continue his career with the New York Rangers. That decision was his two summers ago, but now it is out of his hands.
The reigning Vezina Trophy winner, who is again a finalist this year to be named the NHL's top goalie, wouldn't say whether he'd be open to negotiating a new deal this offseason.
The New York Rangers didn't bring the right mentality in their round two playoff exit at the hands of the Bruins.
Brad Richards is without a role and will soon be bought out by the Rangers because of a shrinking salary cap and long offseason checklist for GM Glen Sather.
Out before Memorial Day. It was all so sudden, mostly because of the mammoth expectations we placed on our favorite teams this season.
While Tortorella didn't want to use injuries as an excuse, the Rangers were severely hampered by a number of key injuries.
With each passing year, Henrik Lundqvist's window to win an elusive Stanley Cup shrinks.
The Bruins eliminated the listless Rangers in five games as the Blueshirts crash out in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Brian Boyle and the Rangers are in a confident mood ahead of Game 5 at TD Garden.
Rask has the opportunity to close out the series in Game 5 on home ice at TD Garden.
The Blueshirts are very far from being a perfect hockey club – but they're even further from being branded as a common, run-of-the-mill team.
"Kiss my a-- if you want to run something different," said Torts. "It's not about blaming that guy, and I don't want anyone to pile on."