All Entries Tagged With: "Brad Richards"
Holtby Halts Rangers, Caps Take Game 1
The Stanley Cup playoffs didn’t start the way that the Rangers had hoped as they dropped game 1 to Braden Holtby in Washington last night. The Rangers got off to a slow start to the game, when just 34 seconds in they committed a bench minor and gave the Capitals their first of five powerplays on [...]
Playoff Series Preview (3) Washington Capitals vs (6) New York Rangers
Let’s start with the series that we all are paying very close attention to. A look at the Capitals- The Capitals started this shortened season on a rough note as they sat at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, but dating back to March 21st the Capitals are 15-2-2. Alex Ovechkin has seem to have found his [...]
Rangers Need Derek Stepan To Continue Torrid April Pace Into The Playoffs
Earlier this year before the puck dropped for the start of the NHL season, fellow Ranger Nation writer Glen Miller put together a piece entitled “Derek Stepan Needs To Step Up This Season” that was about how the Rangers would need D-Step to continue to make strides as a player and cement himself as one [...]
Stepan Right Up
Before the season started I wrote a piece right here on Ranger Nation (which you can read by clicking here) arguing that for the Rangers to succeed and take full advantage of their two snipers (Nash and Gaborik) this season Derek Stepan was going to have to step up. My rationale was simple; I figured [...]
Brad Richards First Career Hat-Trick Propels Rangers Blowout of Sabres
If you watched the last two New York Rangers games you would never know they were ranked 17th in goals per game with a 2.5 percentage. The Rangers scored in bunches on Friday night in Buffalo with an eight goal outburst, one night after putting up six against the Panthers at home. Led by Brad Richards, who finally [...]
Like Rest Of Team, Rangers’ Coaching Staff Falling Short Of Expectations
With the New York Rangers’ playoff hopes hanging on by the thinnest of threads, I feel as if this is a necessary time to delve into what I think has been the Rangers’ biggest problem this season: their coaching staff. A year after finishing as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference during the [...]
Rangers Pour It On In Must Win Game, Rout Panthers 6-1
Tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with only six games remaining, the New York Rangers began their stretch of ‘Must Win’ games against the league worst Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. With every game, every period, and every shift so vital right now, Henrik Lundqvist made [...]
Game Preview: New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers will face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at CONSOL Energy Center (7:00 p.m. — TV: MSG Plus; Radio: Bloomberg Radio), to complete their home-and-home set. The Blueshirts currently rank second in the Atlantic Division standings, and rank seventh in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 18-15-3 (39 pts). The Rangers [...]
Game Preview: New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers will face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at Madison Square Garden (7:30 p.m. — TV: NBC Sports Network; Radio: 970 The Apple), to begin a home-and-home set. The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and rank eighth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 17-15-3 (37 pts). [...]
Brad Richards Struggles Doesn’t Mean He’s In Decline
Amongst the various problems that have plagued the Rangers’ inconsistencies this season, few have been bigger than the struggles of their No. 1 center, Brad Richards. After a fantastic first year as a Ranger, Broadway Brad has struggled for a majority of this season while putting up a line of four goals and 12 assists [...]
