Tag: New York Rangers

Injuries: Hawks, Pens, Blues, Rangers, Wings, Jets and More

Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Kimmo Timonen will miss their last regular season game, but should be back for the playoffs. James Mirtle: The Penguins are missing Kris Letang, Christian Ehrhoff, Olli Maatta and Derrick Pouliot from their blueline. Seth Rorabaugh: No…

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Quick Hits: Resting, Injuries, Starters, Lines and Man Games Lost

Pat Leonard: Rangers Marc Staal, Rick Nash and Mats Zuccarello will be given the night off. Defenseman Kevin Klein skated, but remains out. Joe Smith: Lightning's Victor Hedman was at the optional skate this morning, a good chance he returns…

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Rumors: Jagr, Bozak, Neil, Coaches, Oilers and Penguins

Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Jaromir Jagr to the Czech Sport Daily. “The chances that I will sign new contract with Florida are pretty good,” Jagr, 43, told the European outlet Tuesday. With the Panthers missing the playoffs, Jagr is considering…

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Rumors: Wings, O’Reilly, Hyman, O’Connor, Del Zotto and Kessel

Elliotte Friedman: Red Wings director of pro scouting Mark Howe was at the Maple Leafs - Sabres game on Wednesday. The Red Wings have cap room for next season, but in 2016 they'll have free agents in Justin Abdelkader, Danny…

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Video: Dustin Byfuglien Suspended Four Games

The NHL department of player safety has suspended Winnipeg Jets Dustin Byfuglien for four games for cross-checking New York Rangers J.T. Miller. Miller stayed in the game. Byfuglien has been fined three times but never suspended. John Shannon: Byfuglien will…

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Video: Dustin Byfuglien Delivers A Big Cross-Check

Jets Dustin Byfuglien will definitely be having a talk with the NHL's Department of Player Safety about his cross-check on Rangers JT Miller. Update: Hearing set for Thursday. Do you think Byfuglien SHOULD be suspended, if so, how many games?…

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Quick Hits: Vegas, Leafs, St. Louis, Weber, Hedman and Line Combos

Scott Burnside of ESPN: Bill Foley wouldn't give ESPN their season ticket sales numbers, but sources saying they are now over 10,000. Down payments on those tickets reflect grass-roots buyers, individuals and small businesses throughout the Las Vegas area. Now…

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Rumors: Devils, Rangers and O’Connor

 Tom Gulitti of The Record: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has stated multiple times that he's wanted to add two scoring forwards. There are not many top-six UFA options, so he might have to go the trade route. At the trade…

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Video: Nightly NHL Recap for March 29th 2015

Highlights from last night’s action – eight games were on the schedule. Capitals 5 - Rangers 2 Panthers 4 - Senators 2 Islanders 5 - Red Wings 4 Bruins 2 - Hurricanes 1 OT Flames 5 - Predators 2 Ducks…

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Rumors I: Tanking, Kessel, Dubnyk, PHI-PIT, Burke, O’Connor and Vesey

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: A league executive on 'tanking.' “It’s embarrassing,” a league executive said. “You can’t blame the teams involved because there is a reward for failure and that’s the highest odds in the lottery,” said the…

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Rumors II: Jagr, Lecavalier, Jones, O’Connor, Ducks and Sobotka

Renaud Lavoie: Jaromir Jagr's agent, Peter Svoboda, will meet with Panthers GM Dale Tallon today to discuss a contract extension. George Richards: Should have an update today regarding the Panther GM Dale Tallon and Jaromir Jagr contract extension talks. Dave…

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Injuries: St. Louis, Shattenkirk, Ehrhoff, Dubinsky, Cole and More

Steve Zipay of Newsday: Rangers Martin St. Louis skated for the first time yesterday since spraining his MCL on March 15th. "My next step is to see how I feel later today, take it a day at a time," said…

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