The voters in Nassau Country resoundingly rejected the Islanders/Wang’s new arena proposal yesterday. Where does Charles Wang go from this defeat? I contend that the answer has been under Wang’s nose the whole time. Charles should bring his team home to Suffolk County. I just don’t understand Wang’s fixation on keeping his team in a [...]

An era came to an end yesterday as Kris Draper of the Detroit Red Wings announced he was retiring. The last of the Grinders has gone. I couldn’t help but bat back a tear watching Kris Draper’s retirement press conference. To me Kris Draper epitomized all that is good about the sport of ice hockey. [...]

One of the reasons Brad Richards stated for accepting the offer from Glen Sather and the New York Rangers (and not from a Western Conference team) was so his 93 year old grandfather would be able to see him play on East Coast time. Well isn’t that “Special”. (Church Lady font) While that may be [...]

This morning the talking heads on the NHL on XM (I think their names are Rossy and Kerns) were irate over the disrespect shown to Commissioner Bettman last night in Vancouver. One can understand their natural bias (these guys work for the NHL and are, technically, Gary’s employees). But, are they seriously clueless as to [...]

Congratulations to the Boston Bruins on defeating the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup 39 years after they defeated the New York Rangers four games to two in 1972. The last time the Canucks made it to the Stanley Cup final they were defeated by the New York Rangers in 1994. Further congratulations to [...]

As it turns out, Larry Brooks’ original speculation about the cause of Derek Boogaard’s untimely end has proven to be correct. The source who leaked the information about Boogaard was correct. Boogaard was in the NHLPA Substance Abuse and Behavioral Program. They were right. Derek Boogaard’s death has been ruled to have been an accident [...]

Some fans in Minnesota went viral on FaceBook with their grief at the passing of Derek Boogaard. They wanted to get Boogaard’s fans together for an impromptu memorial service outside the Excel Energy Center. To their credit, the Minnesota Wild organization, recognizing the needs of their fans and the community, brought the ceremony, the fans, Boogaard’s [...]

In an apparent attempt to garner more readers with salacious speculation about the circumstances surrounding the death of Ranger Derek Boogaard, Larry Brooks has gone too far this time. By “sharing” his information that Derek Boogaard was in the  the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse & Behavioral Health Program, Larry Brooks has implied, intentionally or not, without [...]

Even as New York Ranger fans are shocked and saddened to learn of the death of forward Derek Boogaard yesterday, it begs the question: Is there a dark cloud of tragedy hanging over the Rangers? For the third time in the last 8 years a player in the Rangers organization has died suddenly and in [...]

So for the third time, after struggling to make the playoffs in the last five of six season, the Rangers are bounced in the first round. They have never gotten past the second round the two times they were able to advance.  What should be the Ranger’s strategy for next season? Ideally I would like [...]