Torts: Chris Kreider 'Fighting For A Spot' On Rangers' Roster
Young gun Chris Kreider might want to write the Rangers' opener in pencil.
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Young gun Chris Kreider might want to write the Rangers' opener in pencil.
"I think we have the team to do it," goaltender Henrik Lundqvist said. "...We look at the guys in the room, (and) they're great hockey players. But it's about executing and (seeing) if we can do it."
"How do you think we feel?" Gary Bettman responded to Esiason's displeasure. "It's to say the least disappointing, frustrating."
Nash fits the "Tortorella mold." He's a straight-ahead kind of guy and has been itching for an opportunity to play for a winner.
"It was good, good at first. It tailed, to be expected," Tortorella said following a two-hour practice at the team's facility in Greenburgh.
The New York Rangers announced two signings before the opening of training camp.
New York Rangers have given Wade Redden permission to begin speaking to other teams in hopes of arranging a trade.
The New Year has begun with a plethora of issues in sports that are fueling fodder and heated debate on sports radio stations. Here are a few of the biggest questions as the New Year unravels ahead of us.
Road trip! Rangers fans, you're in luck -- there's news on the Blueshirts schedule front.
"Most importantly to our fans, who love and have missed NHL hockey, I am sorry," Bettman said. "I know that an explanation or an apology will not erase the hard feelings that have built up over the past few months, but I owe you an apology nevertheless."
The NHL's return will bring fierce competition for playoff spots, faces in new places and two legends going for one last glory.
Instead of merely bean-counting, the NHL's caretakers should be looking for ways to bring the game back from the muck it's become.
The Penguins -- at 8-1 -- have the best odds of taking home the hardware. The Rangers were given the second-best odds at 17-2. The Canucks, Kings and Flyers rounded out the top five.
"I think 48 is most likely at this point, unless the players can expedite their ratification process," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email Monday to The Associated Press.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist received the wakeup call he waited to hear for 113 days. Locked out for months, the NHL was indeed ready to drop the puck.
