• Rangers could keep ‘Kid Line’ together for playoff chase

    Rangers could keep ‘Kid Line’ together for playoff chase

    An NHL coach puts three youngsters together and voila, you have a Kid Line. That’s the law of hockey nicknames. Over the last 90 years or so, many have attempted to imitate, but none has come
  • Kaapo Kakko, Vitali Kravtsov victims of Rangers’ chemistry experiment

    Kaapo Kakko, Vitali Kravtsov victims of Rangers’ chemistry experiment

    All these months later and — for better or worse — the Rangers are still attempting to find a Jesper Fast facsimile to play the right side with Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome. That is among the
  • Pavel Buchnevich has answered Rangers’ trade-deadline dilemma

    Pavel Buchnevich has answered Rangers’ trade-deadline dilemma

    Regarding the Rangers, who are sure a lot more interesting now that their two marquee forwards are back in the saddle again. 1. And interesting it was to see Kris Knoblauch double down and go Full
  • Rest of Rangers’ season must be all about next season

    Rest of Rangers’ season must be all about next season

    Wednesday night’s match at the Garden against the Flyers represents the halfway mark of a 2020-21 season that has been vaguely disquieting. Goaltending has become a problem area. The first-line
  • Rangers have huge Pavel Buchnevich decision before NHL trade deadline

    Rangers have huge Pavel Buchnevich decision before NHL trade deadline

    Regarding the Rangers, who open a two-game set at the Garden against the Flyers on Monday: 1. The question for the hierarchy approaching the April 12 trade deadline is whether Pavel Buchnevich has
  • Rangers need to give Vitali Kravtsov major role upon his return

    Rangers need to give Vitali Kravtsov major role upon his return

    This represents the third full season of the rebuild that was undertaken at the 2018 NHL trade deadline. Unless there is a dramatic reversal of fortune, this will become the fourth straight year the
  • Rangers line combinations that would make them stacked

    Rangers line combinations that would make them stacked

    I doubt that any team has ever been as stacked on the left side as the dynastic Islanders, who would throw out Clark Gillies, John Tonelli and Bob Bourne one after another after another. Not even
  • Rangers playoff fallout includes Jacob Trouba-induced dilemma

    Rangers playoff fallout includes Jacob Trouba-induced dilemma

    Regarding the Rangers, who under the NHL’s best-case scenario will reconvene for training camp on Nov. 17. 1. That date is closer to the end of the qualifying round than the beginning of the qualifying round was to the date the season ended. Maybe that is a primary reason the Rangers “did not pick up …
  • Pavel Buchnevich not in danger of missing start of Rangers-Hurricanes series

    Pavel Buchnevich not in danger of missing start of Rangers-Hurricanes series

    Pavel Buchnevich, who left Saturday’s practice with an undisclosed ailment and did not participate in Sunday’s scrimmage, is not in jeopardy of missing the start of the qualifying round against Carolina. “I can say that is not the case,” David Quinn, who is limited by NHL/NHLPA regulations as to what he is permitted to tell …
  • Kaapo Kakko showing ‘more swagger’ in Rangers second chance

    Kaapo Kakko showing ‘more swagger’ in Rangers second chance

    This is the second season for Kaapo Kakko, whose four-month break at home just might prove to be the pause that refreshed the second-overall selection whose first try at the NHL wasn’t quite what anyone anticipated. “Now I have a new chance,” said Kakko, who has been impressive through the first four work days. “I’m …