Mats Zuccarello—he of a career-high 26 goals last season—has potted just one goal in his last 21 games. It was an empty netter. Through his 21-game drought, which dates all the way back to the last time he beat a goalie on November 13th, the slick Norwegian has transitioned from the embodiment of a team […]
I’ll admit it—I was probably unnecessarily hard on Rangers’ defenseman Nick Holden earlier this season when he was first promoted to play next to franchise defenseman, Ryan McDonagh. In fact, there’s no probably in the equation. I was unnecessarily hard on him. I sarcastically referred to him as Golden Holden, a kind of euphemism regarding the […]
It’s no mystery that one of the things that have made the Rangers so successful through the first 30+ games of the season is their forward depth. The defense itself has improved—the longer offseason probably having something to do with that—but the ability of their forwards to attack in waves has been unrivaled this year. […]
In this edition of Quick Hits, we’ll look at just how far the Rangers have fallen off their blistering scoring pace of the early season and how, in spite of that, they’re still winning hockey games. And of course, some other stuff, too. As always, down below you’ll find a table with all the Rangers’ […]
Credit where credit is due—Larry Brooks sure knows how to beat a drum. Especially if that musical number is designed specifically to create outrage. His latest pen project is no different. The problem is, it’s often a false outrage as was exactly the case in his column call to the Rangers’ front office. Brooks rattled […]
Nearly half the regular forwards in the NHL play less than 14 minutes per game. They comprise the league’s bottom six role players. They’re just good enough at even strength to not be a liability and often possess an above average ability at another key area of the game, be it taking faceoffs, killing penalties, […]
It should go without saying but I’ll say it anyway, as there’s no doubting it at this point—we’ve officially got a goalie controversy on our hands. I’ve taken the liberty of plucking the low-hanging fruit dangling before our eyes by dubbing it #GoalieGate—a title I’m sure I was beaten to the punch in claiming creative […]
While making his rounds on a number of hockey podcasts this week in the wake of the surprising firing of now ex-head coach Gerard Gallant by the Florida Panthers, Sportsnet’s Jeff Marek—one-half of the wonderful Marek vs. Wyshynski podcast that you should absolutely be listening to if you aren’t already—whimsically suggested that those arguing in […]