And now presenting our third and final episode of Thoughts On a Failed Season, in which we’ll take a look at the Rangers’ salary cap situation and project what this team might look like next September.

Be sure to check out Parts I & II for the rest of our analysis.

I’m no …

As promised in Part I of our season-in-review, I’m back to take a look at what the future might hold for some current Blueshirts. Some of this analysis concerns what I think the Rangers will do, and some concerns what I would do. At the end of …

Coming into this season all Jaromir Jagr had to do to extend his current contract was to do what he had done both years with the Rangers, score 84 points.

When he didn’t it left people wondering how much he had left in him …

The Rangers were supposed to be better than this. That’s the bottom line. GM Glen Sather added $86.75 million worth of talent up the middle in Chris Drury and Scott Gomez during the offseason and couldn’t find a winger to pair with either, let alone two. While Years …

Last season it was the Rangers who ended Marian Hossa’s season when he played with the Atlanta Thrashers. Today it was Hossa who ended the Ranger’s cup hopes.

Skating down center ice Hossa scooped up a puck which bounced off Dan Girardi’s skate and put it past Henrik Lundqvist high on his glove side to …

Once again facing elimination the Rangers need to execute the same type of game Sunday in Pittsburgh that they were able to play in game four.

They will once again have to stay out of the penalty box. After getting killed with penalties during the first three …

The Journal News’ Rick Carpiniello offered a great observation on the Rangers Game 4 victory Thursday night: “They had nothing to lose, but they didn’t play with recklessness.” That, more than anything (Yes, even more than the continued stellar play of Jaromir Jagr) is reason for fans to …

The Rangers are being forced to adjust going into game four in a series against the Penguins which has been just short of a disaster.

In three games the Pens have scored three powerplay goals and they have each been the difference in the games.

In game one Evgeni Malkin’s powerplay goal, or …

Chris Drury is good to go, evidently. Hard to imagine, but that’s what we’re hearing after a 10-minute skate around the rink this morning. Regardless, we all know that Drury won’t be anywhere near full-strength tonight. Here’s hoping that Renney sticks with Scott Gomez between Nigel Dawes and Ryan …

Sean Avery it out for the remainder of the season (what’s left of it) after suffering a lacerated spleen.

The team reports that Avery was complaining of an injury after last night’s Game 3 defeat and entered St. Vincent’s Medical Center under his own power, refuting a report in …

The Rangers blew a second period comeback attempt and dropped the pivotal game three and now face elimination in game four Thursday night.

After falling behind 3-1 in the first period the Rangers mounted an unlikely second period comeback with goals by Ryan Callahan and Jaromir Jagr.

The game was tied …

The Rangers lost 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins with all the excitement of a high school math class.
Jordan Staal, the younger brother of the Ranger’s Marc Staal., scored to put the Pens up 1-0 in the second period.  That was all Marc-Andre Fleury needed as he stopped …

The Penguins young duo of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin combined to score four points in a 5-4 come from behind victory against the Rangers.
The Rangers lead 3-0 early in the second period after goals from Martin Straka, Chris Drury, and Sean Avery.  But midway through the …

Colton Orr will replace Ryan Hollweg in the lineup tonight, says head coach Tom Renney. “It’s time,” said Renney, who believe Orr’s size will be an asset against a Pittsburgh team that is bigger than the Devils.

Is that even true? Mike Rupp and Colin White aren’t exactly pipsqueaks. Are …

As we promised yesterday, HSNY is jumping in on the Sean Avery T-Shirt craze (Hey, if the NHL’s greed knows no bounds, why should ours?).

Get ‘em while they’re hot (or before the Blueshirts get eliminated and Avery leaves as a free agent) in our Online Shop….

Hysterical? No. Amusing? Yes.

More importantly, it’s exposure for the Rangers, who despite three straight postseason appearances, dropped off the map in the New York sporting landscape around 1997 and have struggled to regain any recognition in this city since. I wonder if …

Interesting article in the Post today, where Larry Brooks notes that the NHL seems to have zero scruples when it comes to cashing in on Sean Avery.

Sure we’ll revile and demonize the guy in the days following his infamous face-guard of the Devils’ Martin Brodeur, and we’ll even …

Back on March 7th, I wrote that the Rangers had to secure a top seed in order to avoid an early postseason matchup with a top contender such as Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. And while the Rangers played admirably down the stretch, the Penguins (not to mention …

Since Brandon Dubinsky’s top-shelf shot went into the empty net in New Jersey the Rangers and their fans have been wondering who they will face in the second round. Tonight they will get that answer.

That’s because tonight’s match between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals decides who …

In 2006 the Rangers entered the playoffs for the first time since the 1996/97 season. They were very familiar with their first round opponent and knew they had to come out and play tough hockey. Even Jaromir Jagr came out hitting.

But they couldn’t match the …

Just two seasons ago the Devils embarrassed the Rangers when they swept them in the first round of the playoffs. Yesterday the Blue-shirts got a little pay back when they beat the Devils in five games to advance to the Atlantic Conference Semifinals.

Even though the Devils had home ice advantage that didn’t matter as …

New York, meet Marc Staal.

Last Sunday he hurried a shorthanded clearing attempt only to turn the puck over to tie the game in the second. Then the Devils bounced a puck off his skates into the net for the winning goal in overtime.

Wednesday night Staal made …