At long last, it appears that the Zibanejad Heater might finally be here. The New York Rangers’ stunningly successful start to the season, one in which they’ve leapt out to a 22-7-1 mark, has come largely without their No. 1 center playing like the superstar he is for much of the early going. Yet Mika
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The New York Rangers have had the best start to the season of any team in the Metropolitan Division. They currently have a 12-3-1 record and are 8-1-1 over their past 10 games. With the rest of the Metro around them playing inconsistent hockey, the Rangers are primed to win it for the first time
In this latest edition of New York Rangers News & Rumors, Rangers star forwards Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad have returned to the ice after both suffering injuries. Meanwhile, Rangers forward Filip Chytil remains sidelined with his upper-body injury. Let’s discuss all of this and more in today’s (Sep. 28) Rangers News & Rumors column.
Welcome to New York Rangers News & Rumors, where we will look at the Rangers beginning the playoffs as the third seed in the Metropolitan Division. Other topics in the news include the Hartford Wolf Pack earning their first Calder Cup Playoff berth since 2015, and Mika Zibanejad and Ryan Lindgren receiving team awards. Let’s
After several departures this offseason, the New York Rangers look like a different team. One of the larger holes left wide open was on the second line. Ryan Strome was the former second-line centerman of the Rangers, the 29-year-old was a polarizing player but ultimately exceeded expectations and fulfilled his role with the team the
The New York Rangers had a tall order to win a consecutive game after falling into a 3-1 deficit during the first-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. They had a terrible showing during the first period of Game 3 as they allowed four goals followed by five goals during the second period of Game 4.
The New York Ranges are headed back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs this 2021-22 season. After a five-year postseason drought that began when the team missed a 2017-18 invite, the team will enter the Cup race with much to prove. The franchise made a series of rapid improvements and the time has finally come to
The New York Rangers currently have four players in the double digits with points at just 13 games in. Defenseman sensation and Norris Trophy recipient Adam Fox is tied for the lead with Artemi Panarin at 13 points. Veterans Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider are knotted at 12 points for second place on the team.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the real reason Marc-Andre Fleury and his agent weren’t notified of his trade to the Chicago Blackhawks has been revealed. Meanwhile, the New York Rangers elected to go with the center they know and have signed Mika Zibanejad to an eight-year contract extension. How badly hurt is Alex Ovechkin after
The New York Rangers have signed their top center, Mika Zibanejad, to an eight-year, $68 million contract extension. During the 2016 offseason, the Blueshirts acquired Zibanejad from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Derick Brassard, and it has paid off in a big way for the Rangers. Zibanejad developed into a No. 1 center, while
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Seattle Kraken might be getting good news when it comes to one of their key expansion draft selections, while the Chicago Blackhawks are watching closely the injury situation for one of their stars. There is talk about a couple of pending 2022 NHL unrestricted free agents and the Toronto
New York Rangers fans have been reading an inordinate amount of media coverage about the big guys who arrived in the Big Apple this summer, ready to change the conversation at Madison Square Garden starting next month. First-year general manager Chris Drury has made good on his pledge to make the Blueshirts bigger and stronger,
The New York Rangers don’t have any big-name unrestricted free agents this offseason, but Mika Zibanejad is set to become one after the 2021-22 season. The team’s star center went through a massive slump early in the season after recovering from coronavirus but broke out of it in a big way and ended up leading
Week 11 is in the books! Scoring across the league took a slight step back this week. 33 of the 51 games featured five or more goals in the contest, a four percent decrease. Furthermore, there were three more shutouts than last week, nine in total. Nevertheless, there was still a multitude of explosive offensive
After a 10-game hiatus, Igor Shesterkin finally returned to the New York Rangers’ net, backstopping an 8-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. That score is massively deceiving, as the lopsided goal total does not indicate the 25 year old’s workload, as he stopped 41 of 44 Flyers’ shots. It was a solid return from injury
Week 10 of the 2020-21 NHL season featured an abundance of high-scoring matchups. A total of five or more goals were scored in 37 of the 54 games played. Moreover, a single team scored five or more goals in a game 13 times. The Colorado Avalanche led the league in scoring, tallying 19 goals for
With the news breaking regarding New York Rangers’ star winger Artemi Panarin taking a leave of absence over allegations of assaulting an 18-year-old woman back in 2011, the Blueshirts will be without another important player for the near future. (from ‘Rangers’ Artemi Panarin taking Rangers leave of absence after Russian hit piece,’ New York Post,
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, Columbus Blue Jackets’ head coach John Tortorella has confirmed that Pierre-Luc Dubois wants to be traded. How will that affect the player and coaching dynamic? Speaking of Dubois, are the Calgary Flames getting in on trade discussions? In other NHL news, the New York Rangers will be getting back a