It sounds like GM Glen Sather has a lot of work to do if he is going to convince John Tortorella that Sean Avery deserves a spot on the Rangers. According to Pierre LeBrun’s NHL blog on ESPN, Tortorella ripped…

AP Forward Sean Avery is expected to play his first game with the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday. The Dallas Stars assigned Avery to the American Hockey League team on Tuesday. A Wolf Pack spokesman saidFriday that the team plans…

Former Rangers forward Jaromir Jagr’s self-inflicted Russian exile may come to an end, but not until next season it appears. Jagr has been reportedly in talks with the Oilers, according to the Edmonton Journal. But in the same report it…

By Larry Brooks Sean Avery is back in Rangers colors, just not with the Rangers. Avery worked out with the Hartford Wolfpack - the Rangers’ AHL affiliate — where the Dallas Stars assigned him. Avery cleared waivers yesterday and now…

ESPN.com is reporting the Dallas Stars have put winger Sean Avery on waivers, which could clear the way for hsi return to the Rangers. The report says, “The controversial winger was cleared from the NHL/NHLPA counselling program either Friday night…

The Rangers have acquired defenseman Erik Reitz from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for forward Dan Fritsche….

The Edmonton Journal reports “With Steve Yzerman in charge of Canada’s 2010 Olympic team and contemporaries Wayne Gretzky, Ron Francis, Al MacInnis, Brett Hull, Cam Neely and Guy Carbonneau either behind NHL benches or learning the ropes in management, you…

MOSCOW — The Continental Hockey League suspended five officials Friday in connection with the death last year of Rangers draft pick Alexei Cherepanov….

While it appears any chance Brendan Shanahan will play for the Rangers has past, he may suit up for one of their biggest rivals. The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that Shanahan and the Flyers’ general manager Paul Holmgrem have talked…

The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports “The Blues have contacted the representative for free-agent forward Brendan Shanahan, but no offer had been made to the former fan favorite as of Thursday night.” Shanahan was though to be headed back to…