By BRETT CYRGALIS Today might be a sad day in some eyes, a happy one in others. The Rangers have singed former Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Nasland to a two-year deal worth $8-million, therefore essentially saying goodbye to Jaromir Jagr…

By BRETT CYRGALIS More moves today for what is now the ever-changing face of the New York Rangers. The Rangers sent defenseman Fedor Tytuin and Christian Backman to Columbus for forwards Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche. Backman spent, oh, about…

By BRETT CYRGALIS On what is almost always the most entertaining day in hockey that doesn’t involve the actual playing of the sport, the Rangers did not sit dormant at yesterday’s opening of the free-agent market. The Blueshirts addressed one…

By BRETT CYRGALIS Can’t say this was too unexpected, but it was reported on the team’s website that Marty Straka has decided to return to his native Czech Republic to be both player and sports director for his former club,…

By BRETT CYRGALIS Tonight the Rangers selected 18-year-old defenseman Michael Del Zotto from the Oshawa Generals (OHL) with their first-round selection (20th overall) in the 2008 NHL Draft. Del Zotto, a left-handed shot from Stouffville, ON, has been dubbed an…

By BRETT CYRGALIS In standard New York Rangers fashion, I now want to laugh and cry at the same time. The news coming down yesterday was that the NHL has “threatened to kick the owners of the New York Rangers…