Here are the highlights about why the Rangers decided to re-call Sean Avery (or at least, put him on re-entry waivers). Will have audio in a few minutes right below this: John Tortorella: Why Avery now? “Rupper. Rupper has a lot to do with this. …

In life, desperate times call for desperate measures.
With the Rangers, desperate times call for Sean Avery.
Again.
Because nine games deep into a season in which the Rangers have won only three times (3-3-3) while unable to reproduce the Black-and-Blueshirt identity that defined last season, management has decided to…

It is a plot by HBO, I tell ya. Only Hollywood could have scripted this.

The Rangers placed Sean Avery on re-entry waivers (explained at bottom) Monday at noon. If no other NHL team claims him before noon Tuesday, he will return to the Rangers’ roster. I have no information now on whether other NHL teams are interested in claiming Avery, and I’m not guaranteeing it …

The Rangers, as expected, placed Sean Avery on re-entry waivers at noon today. That means any team in the NHL can claim him before noon tomorrow. Not likely. Just to clear it up, if Avery is claimed, the Rangers are stuck with his cap hit, whereas if h…

Artem Anisimov doesn’t believe Senators forward Zenon Konopka hit him particularly hard on Saturday, but Anisimov did acknowledge he lost consciousness for a couple seconds, and said it could have been a lot worse it weren’t for his visor.
 
“I think the visor saved me,” he said after Monday’s …

Since Sean Avery is expected to go on re-entry waivers at noon Monday, according to several published reports - and therefore will dominate my morning/early afternoon Rangers coverage from Greenburgh - I figured I would unveil my new regular feature on the blog, Crushed Ice.
 
This is where I …

While 20-year-old rookie defenseman Tim Erixon returned to the AHL following the Rangers’ 5-4 shootout loss to the Senators on Saturday as part of the grand plan, the Blueshirts apparently can’t fit Mats Zuccarello into the plan as they are currently constructed.
Coach John Tortorella admitted “Zuccarello was the…

Pre-game notes from the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. SAN JOSE SHARKS Monday, Oct. 31, 7:00 p.m. Madison Square Garden – New York, New York Rangers: 3-3-3 (9 pts) Sharks: 6-3-0 (12 pts) * All information through NHL games on Oct. 29 TONIGHT’S G…

Time runs out on a great performance by the Blueshirts, as they celebrate their first home win of the season in the Foxwoods Final Five (visit foxwoods.com).