The looming potential of Filip Chytil returning to the Rangers lineup has been an extremely exciting thought to what’s been an uplifting week or two for the fan base. Given the severity of Chytil’s injury and how much time he’s missed as a result, it’s been quite encouraging to know that he’s back with the team and returned to practice as a full participant. On top of that, per Larry Brooks of the NY Post on the eve of Game 1, Round 1, it was noted that Chytil was a standout in those Rangers skates.  I am not implying anything. I don’t know what, if anything, it means. But Filip Chytil i ..read more

here are today's news and links: rangers news: highlights: nyr 4, wsh 1 (5:03 video via nhl.com) game recap: in a series that appeared to be full of mismatches on paper, the rangers made those mismatches carried over to the ice with a dominant victory to kick off its playoff run (cbs) mark cannizzaro points to peter laviolette's prior postseason experience as a key element that allowed him to keep his team from getting frustrated in the early goings of game 1 prior to opening the scoring (ny post) cannizzaro also credited new york's penalty killing units, which held the capitals scoreless in f ..read more

It’s been an incredible season for the Presidents’ Trophy winning New York Rangers, but the start of the real season and the quest for the real trophy started this afternoon. Game one of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Washington Capitals. With plenty of time off between game 82 and today, Rangers fans were eagerly awaiting how the rest of the league would shape out and once the Capitals secured the final wildcard spot, the excitement and anticipation for today’s puck drop only amplified. Without further ado, let’s get into it! 1st Period: A storied playoff rivalry, big name star players ..read more

the waiting is finally over. after five days out of action following the conclusion of the best regular season in franchise history, the rangers are set to take the ice to begin their latest playoff journey. for the first time since 2015, the rangers will take on the washington capitals in postseason action. after squaring off five times in a seven year span from 2009-2015, the rangers and capitals are set to renew what was once a heated playoff rivalry that has gone somewhat dormant. not to say the teams haven't had any memorable moments in the meantime, the 2021 fight night at msg standing o ..read more

here are today's news and links: rangers news: mollie walker chatted with artemiy panarin about his desire to turn around his playoff fortunes from years past and leas the rangers to glory in 2024 (ny post) larry brooks writes that for all the playoff heartbreak the rangers have endured in recent years, the 30 year championship drought must come to an end this spring (ny post) mark cannizzaro points to the mental break igor shesterkin took following the all-star break as the turning point of new york's season (ny post) colin stephenson lists five keys to the rangers' opening round playoff seri ..read more

after a historic regular season performance in peter laviolette's first season behind the bench, the 2024 stanley cup playoffs are upon us. the rangers set new high-water marks of 55 wins and 114 points over the course of the 82 game marathon, clinching the franchise's fourth presidents' trophy as the nhl's top regular season team. finishing atop the league wide standings means that the blueshirts will have home ice advantage as far as they advance in the playoffs, a strong reward for a team whose 30-11-0 record at madison square garden is the second best home record in the league behind only ..read more

With the quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup set to kick off later today, team’s are allowed to make as many roster recalls as they see fit. As a result, the Rangers have opted to bring up their third string goaltender in Louis Domingue as well as Matt Rempe’s more versatile bash brother, Adam Edström.  UPDATE: Louis Domingue and Adam Edstrom have been recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack. — NY Rangers PR (@NYR_PR) April 20, 2024 With the Wolf Pack preparing for their own playoff run, the Rangers couldn’t harvest too much of their crop in Hartford. Nevertheless, Domingue and Edström joining the ..read more

As promised, Mike and I are doing a new (for now) bi-monthly podcast. This is the first episode! Few notes: 1) This first one is free (always make the first one free). The rest will be Full Subscriber only (On The Road With Joe remains ALL paid subs). 2) The audio in this is wonky. We had some issues with Zencastr and the time it would have taken me to fix it would have meant the pod going up AFTER Game 1. That doesn't make sense. Next show will be cleaner audio wise. With that enjoy! Accidentally rangers postproduction for recording 1 run at 2024 04 20 155634 utc 0:00 /4445.64 1 ..read more

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here are today's news and links: rangers news: mark cannizzaro argues that between the need to avoid a repeat of last year's disappointing playoff showing, as well as the burden of the presidents' trophy, the blueshirts are staring down all the pressure in the world as the postseason begins (ny post) mollie walker chatted with jacob trouba regarding his late season demotion to the third defensive pairing that is expected to remain in tact when the puck drops for game 1 on sunday (ny post) colin stephenson notes that although the rangers endured a sub-par january, the rough patch the team battl ..read more