Rangers head coach John Tortorella talks to reporters about the Blueshirts’ 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Feb. 26 at MSG.

Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky and captain Chris Drury look back on the team’s 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Feb. 26 at MSG.

Henrik Lundqvist, the spokesman for the Garden of Dreams Foundation, talks about his involvement with the charity on the day he hosted a skating party.

Rangers head coach John Tortorella talks to reporters after his team fell 2-1 in an overtime shootout at Toronto in his first game as Rangers full-time coach.

Rangers forward Markus Naslund looks back on the team’s 2-1 overtime shootout loss at Toronto on Feb. 25 — John Tortorella’s first game as their head coach.

The Rangers fell in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Maple Leafs, their second straight loss to Toronto and their 11th in 13 games overall (2-7-4) - souring the debut of head coach John Tortorella on Wednesday night.

John Tortorella addressed his new Rangers players on Tuesday morning at the MSG Training Center before conducting his first practice. Hear Tortorella, Blair Betts, Scott Gomez, Henrik Lundqvist and others discuss the Blueshirts’ new atmosphere.

TORONTO - Ask Tom Renney if he has any regrets, as The Post did this afternoon, and the former Rangers’ head coach, says he certainly does. “I would have pushed harder for Glen [Sather] to give Jags more money so we would could have kept him, and…

We’ll rename the blog for one night, since you guys are so excited.

So here is some stuff from TSN on Tortorella’s debut tonight.

And here is TSN’s report (on the right side of the page) in a preview of Tortorella’s first game, from today’s morning skate. They interview Kubina (who was with Tortorella in Tampa and [...]

First, I’d like to thank my brother for that nice introduction. As mentioned, my name is Jason and I’m currently interning at a New York sports network while finishing up my senior year at Syracuse University. Although I study sport management at Syracuse and not journalism, I have been blogging for about two years now. One of my current projects is a new, New York sports blog called the New York Sports Vent (nysportsvent.blogspot.com).

I have been following and rooting for the Rangers for as long as I can remember. My childhood hero was none other than “The Captain” Mark Messier, and my very first online screen name was “BlueshirtFan22”. Needless to say, I’m incredibly excited for the opportunity to begin contributing to Pucks on Broadway, and I look forward to building a good rapport with all of you.

On to tonight’s game against Toronto…

I’m not going to be irrational and call this a “must-win” or anything along those lines. There’s a new sheriff in town and with that will come some slight growing pains. Keep in mind; Renney and Tortorella have two completely different styles and philosophies when it comes to coaching. What I will say however, is that the Rangers need to have to come out swinging tonight. Toronto is a mediocre team at best, and after posting a lackadaisical effort against the Leafs on Howell/Bathgate night, the Rangers need to put together a high-energy and competitive performance. Again, this doesn’t necessarily have to come by way of a victory. A loss tonight will be attributed to the coaching change, but at the very least the fans deserve to see a respectable performance.

I’m particularly interested in focusing on the first line tonight. Sather brought Tortorella in to get the Rangers “bland” offense going, and that starts with Gomez, Naslund, and Zherdev. This line is built to be a high-octane, attacking force, and we have yet to see that this season. Another point of interest tonight will be how Coach T handles the special teams, which has been a tremendous area of weakness all year. On a side note, newly acquired forward Mark Bell will not be playing.

Tonight marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Rangers 2008-2009 season. As a fan, I’m looking forward to turning the page.