So it turns out only part of the previous post was accurate.

Michael Rozsival is out tonight because of what the Rangers are describing as family reasons, and though Corey Potter was not up in time for the morning skate, he will play tonight against the Devils.

Potter, playing his second NHL game, will be paired with [...]

If Petr Prucha’s presence on the ice (along with Dan Fritsche) after everyone else retreated to the locker room is any indication, the forward will not play tonight against the Devils after all.

Colton Orr and Michal Rozsival missed the skate altogether, but in the absence of a Corey Potter call-up, one would assume Rozsival is [...]

A few notes after the Rangers’ first practice back from the two-day Christmas break:

The on-again, off-again Petr Prucha saga took another twist today with Prucha working in on a line with Brandon Dubinsky and Lauri Korpikoski. Should this happen, Fred Sjostrom would go back to the fourth line and Aaron Voros would be a healthy [...]

Here’s hoping everyone enjoyed their holiday.

We have an interfaith dynamic going on here at Blog Headquarters, which carries with it a number of repercussions, but one is that our kids essentially pull the jackpot lever every December. In fact, should one day you notice I’ve ceased posting here, it likely means I have tripped on [...]

Since there seems to be some confusion behind the message of the previous post, a quick clarification:

When I urge fans to take a deep breath and perhaps step away from hockey for a moment, I say so not to try to convince anyone that all is well with your team. In fact, if all truly [...]

In the wake of another Rangers debacle, I doubt anyone is interested in my misadventures last night, in which I had an almost completed story before me by the middle of the second period, only to have to scramble to rewrite once the Capitals mounted their comeback.

Call it an occupational hazard. Not just writing for [...]

So the Rangers collapse in devastating but sadly familiar fashion, and Chris Drury somehow has found a silver lining. No, seriously.

“That could be the point that gets us home-ice advantage,” Drury said. “I’m certainly not going to let it ruin my Christmas and I don’t think anyone here is going to let it ruin their [...]

The ever-perceptive Lynn Zinser of the Times noted this ominous sign on one of the Garden scoreboards hours before the opening faceoff:

Capitals 5, Rangers 3

Do they know something we don’t? Probably not. But it does serve as a fitting segue into one of my new working theories, that the Rangers are better equipped to play [...]

Chris Drury was asked yesterday if it’s at all difficult to focus on hockey with Christmas rapidly approaching.

“It’s almost easier because everyone’s in such a good mood getting ready for the holidays,” the Rangers captain said. “It’s the other down times when you feel like the season’s dragging and there’s no end in sight when [...]

The Rangers’ first practice back from their West Coast trip was the first chance for the team to address definitely forging ahead without Mats Sundin.

The reaction: Oh no! We’re doomed!

OK, no one said that.

“We would have loved to have him join our team, there’s no doubt about that,” Markus Naslund said. “But you never knew [...]