Brandon Dubinsky’s first period benching the other night remains an issue with fans two days later even though the player himself said that he was OK with it. Given that Tom Renney is a players’ coach rather than a Mike…

Somehow I missed this story about the KHL and Jaromir Jagr in the most recent issue of the New York Times sports magazine, Play. Life being what is, I just recycled all of last week’s papers without even knowing of its existence.

(Somewhere, one of our younger readers is asking, “Why does he care about having [...]

The best start in Rangers history got better on Monday, as the first-place Blueshirts beat the Islanders 4-2 for their third victory in a row. The win lifted the Rangers to 9-2-1 this season, and they continue to set the pace as the NHL’s winningest team.

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After practice on Wednesday, October 29, Michal Rozsival and Blair Betts visited the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital on behalf of the New York Rangers and Garden of Dreams Foundation.

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You can’t necessarily put a price on education. Yet that’s just what the Rangers are going to have to do sometime between now and June 30 in order to prevent a competitor from establishing the price on Brandon Dubinsky, who stands to become next…

Lauri Korpikoski

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward Lauri Korpikoski has been assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pac…

Lauri Korpikoski

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward Lauri Korpikoski has been assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pac…

On Oct. 26, Rangers Season Subscribers got a rare opportunity to skate on the MSG ice. Watch them reflect on the experience.

Is it a coincidence that ever since the Rangers put Patrick Rissmiller on waivers, they’ve won three straight?

Yes, it is, actually. I’m pretty sure there is no correlation.

But that doesn’t change the fact that Rissmiller’s situation is a peculiar one.

The deal is this: although Rissmiller cleared waivers last week, he hasn’t been assigned to Hartford, [...]

If all you did was read Ranger fan messageboards, you would never know that the team was 9-2-1. You’d never know that they currently have the most points in the league. But let’s be honest . . . there are A LOT of problems here and once again Henrik Lundqvist is bailing them out. The King was nothing less than spectacular last night against the Isles, as he has been most of the time this season. It’s a nice pet to have, a young goalie who makes your record look better than your play. It’s not that I’m not happy with the team, it’s just that I’m worried. I can’t help it, it’s in my nature. I’m worried that Markus Naslund and Wade Redden are not going to have those bounceback years we hoped. I am worried that guys like Prucha, Dawes, Callahan, Korpikoski and Fristche are not going to have breakout years like we hoped. I am worried that Scott Gomez and Henrik Lundqvist are not going to be able to carry the team the way they have recently. I am worried the power play is STILL going to suck. I am worried that eventually Nik Zherdev’s turnovers are going to result in goals-against. I am worried that Michal Rozsival’s 4 year, $5 million per year contract is going to look like one of the worst signings in team history. You see where I am going here? Despite their record, the Rangers need something. They have, at times even during wins, looked absolutely awful. They were significantly outplayed at times during last night’s game. They looked awful against Dallas and Buffalo, and in a shootout win against Toronto. They looked offensively inept against Marc-Andre Fluery until they were able to steal some points from the Penguins. This is going to catch up with them somewhere. I’m not the first person to think this. The very old and wise Hockey Rodent wrote about it just last night. (He’s really down on Naslund, and for the record I was completely against his signing.) And to also echo one of Rodent’s points, what was with the diss of Petr Prucha with regard to some power play time? I read someone over at Rangerland’s boards try to claim that the Betts-Orr-Sjostrom line deserved the time they got as much as anyone. Well BS, I say. The object of this game is to score goals, and despite Renney’s treatment of him, 26-year-old Petr Puck has scored 59 career goals . . . which just two goals less than the entire fourth line combined. On top of that, Prucha has drawn some penalties in these last few games he’s played. If it’s Perry Pearn who is calling the man-advantage shots, he should be let go. It has now become embarassing how futile they are with the extra man. Anyway, things are good for now. They have overcome the rough schedule. They overcame the trip overseas. And they’ve overcome some awful play to gather a whole bunch of points. Getting a head start never hurts, but keeping it up might be tough. We’ll see. HDH…