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Jack Edwards is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons — again. The Bruins’ play-by-play announcer for NESN offered a controversial take on Twitter regarding Hurricanes star Andrei Svechnikov’s potentially playoff-ending injury in Saturday’s Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Svechnikov had been fighting for position in front of the net with …
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Not even Igor Shesterkin could save the Rangers season. Finally cleared to make his postseason debut in time for Tuesday’s Game 3, the rookie goalie was strong in net, but it still wasn’t enough as the Rangers fell to the Hurricanes, 4-1, and got swept out of the Stanley Cup qualifiers at Scotiabank Arena. Former …
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This was Game Too. Because though the Rangers were a tad better through stretches than they were in Saturday’s 3-2 Game 1 defeat to Carolina, they weren’t even close to good enough in Monday’s 4-1 loss that placed the Blueshirts on the brink of rapid elimination. At least Game 3 will be at the Garden, …
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The Rangers’ bubble life is suddenly in danger of popping. A pair of goals in 71 seconds early in the second period sank the Rangers on Monday as they fell to the Hurricanes, 4-1, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup qualifiers at Scotiabank Arena. They now trail 2-0 in the best-of-five series and will …
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The Rangers had plenty of time to think about what Saturday would look like. But Game 1 of their Stanley Cup qualifiers quickly went off-script — even before the puck dropped. Henrik Lundqvist drew the surprise start in net, with Igor Shesterkin deemed unfit to play, but the Rangers got off to a rough start …
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So maybe this series against the Candy Canes isn’t officially recognized as a playoff round, but it is the postseason — the postseason! — and the rebuilding Rangers are playing hockey. Raise your hand if you envisioned that as a possibility when The Letter went out on Feb. 8, 2018. You in the back row, …
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Hurricanes defenseman Brady Skjei says he has a chip on his shoulder going into the best-of-five qualifying series against the Rangers, his former team who traded him five months ago. “I’ve got a ton of motivation,” Skjei said on a Zoom call with reporters Thursday. “I really enjoyed my time in New York, loved every …
Jack Edwards is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons — again. The Bruins’ play-by-play announcer for NESN offered a controversial take on Twitter regarding Hurricanes star Andrei Svechnikov’s potentially playoff-ending injury in Saturday’s Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Svechnikov had been fighting for position in front of the net with …
