Author Archives: Derek

There he was setting up his Draftmate Brandon Dubinsky for a thrilling tying goal that brought the Garden out of their seats after the Rangers had fought valiantly from a three-goal deficit to tie the Bruins. And when rookie Mike … Continue reading →

At 3-0 down, it looked over. In a game they needed, the Rangers were all out of sorts looking up at a huge three-goal hole to a tough Bruins club set on adding another crushing chapter to a classic Original … Continue reading →

As the Buffalo Sabres fans had a day off after the emotional 2-1 win at Carolina on Sunday, the focus was shifted to Madison Square Garden, where the Boston Bruins were in town to play the New York Rangers. Now … Continue reading →

It was all too fitting. The Rangers again in a hostile environment taken to a shootout versus the hated Flyers. Considering what was at stake in Game 79 with Carolina playing Buffalo later, it was easy to flashback to Game … Continue reading →

Yes, Raleigh is approximately 700 miles from Buffalo (depending on how you drive there). The culture is different, where Buffaloians live and die with the results of the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres, and fans in the Carolinas are … Continue reading →

There’ll be plenty of scoreboard watching praying today. This is what it’s come to for the idle Rangers who don’t play till tomorrow’s predictable NBC clash at the Flyers. Just dandy. You know Philly is licking their chops from that … Continue reading →

Just for the record, it snowed today. This isn’t some cruel April Fool’s joke. As I somewhat predicted, mother nature is getting the last laugh. Be that as it may with baseball opening up in frigid conditions, the Rangers are … Continue reading →

Prior to yesterday’s 1-0 shutout loss to Buffalo, Ranger coach John Tortorella termed it, ‘Just another game.’ Perhaps his team took that to heart as in heartless cause that’s the only way to explain how lackluster the Rangers were with … Continue reading →

The stakes couldn’t be any higher. When the seventh seeded Rangers visit Western New York tonight against the eighth Sabres, two points separate the teams with six games remaining. The Rangers enter with 87 points, winners of eight of 10- … Continue reading →

As the season races down the stretch with desperate teams scrambling for the postseason, it’s been hard to keep track of. What, with the chaotic West that at one time included the Wild and Blue Jackets before fading out. In … Continue reading →