Tortorella, Rangers Look For An Injection Of 'Skill' In Next Year's Roster
Coach John Tortorella says the team needs an injection of skill to compete for the Stanley Cup.
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Coach John Tortorella says the team needs an injection of skill to compete for the Stanley Cup.
For the Rangers, it's time to keep their heads up and get ready to put together the pieces of a disappointing ending to an otherwise excellent season.
Unfortunately for the Rangers and their legion of fans, the Rangers peaked in the regular season. That's a classic formula for heartbreak.
Mats Zuccarello of the Rangers denied a report that he's signed with KHL club Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
A season of destiny has come crashing down for the Rangers who expected to reach the finals.
Adam Henrique scored off a wild scramble in front at 1:03 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 to advance to their first Stanley Cup finals since 2003.
Henrik Lundqvist, the man that Rangers fans call 'King Henrik,' is faced with the task of not only keeping goals out of his net, but not allowing the tremendous pressure placed upon him to seep into his consciousness.
Eighteen years ago, Mark Messier set the stage for one of sports' most dramatic moments. Suddenly-fiery Devils coach Peter DeBoer almost went there, too.
If confidence can be conveyed in words, then the Rangers seem loaded with it as their season hangs in the balance.
When the Rangers take the ice Friday night in Newark, they will find themselves in the same position that the 1994 Stanley Cup champions were when they faced the Devils in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The comparisons to 1994 were apparent before this series even started -- now it's reaching a crescendo. All that's missing is a guarantee from the Rangers captain.
Ryan Carter snapped a tie with 4:24 left, and the New Jersey Devils posted a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers after blowing a three-goal lead in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night.
There can be no more loose play, missed opportunities or slow starts. The New Jersey Devils are simply too good to let the Rangers get away with that kind of play any longer.
The Devils stayed remarkably cool against the chippy Flyers in their last series. But head coach Peter DeBoer broke his team's stoic demeanor on Monday.
For the third straight series, the Eastern Conference's top-seeded team is all even through four games, and each time New York has headed into Game 5 off the disappointment of a loss that would have given the Rangers a commanding 3-1 edge.
