Author Archives: Derek

The other day, we made an error. Not so much in our Ranger column but in completely forgetting the club’s heart and soul, Ryan Callahan. No doubt Cally should start on the second line with Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov. … Continue reading →

In what’s been a mostly positive camp that includes a solid preseason, the Rangers still don’t know about captain Chris Drury, who remains saddled with a broken index finger which will likely keep him out of the club’s first three … Continue reading →

They could be Derek and The Dominoes sooner than expected. Derek Stepan showed off the same skills that helped Team USA win the WJC and lead Wisconsin to the NCAA finals where they fell to Chris Kreider and Boston College. … Continue reading →

Call it deja vu. The regular season hasn’t even started and already the Islanders are facing an uphill battle. A couple of days after learning top defender Mark Streit likely will miss six months with a torn labrum and torn … Continue reading →

Earlier today, the Rangers made their second round of cuts. Team President & GM Glen Sather announced that the club assigned Chad Johnson, Wade Redden, Evgeny Grachev, Dale Weise and Mats Zuccarello to Hartford. Dane Byers, Kris Newbury and Jeremy … Continue reading →

During the preseason a team’s main priorites are finding out what players can potentially help out when the games start for real, and just flat-out staying healthy. Wins and losses are generally afterthoughts, although yes I would rather see the … Continue reading →

For Ranger bad boy Sean Avery, his No.1 rival used to be Martin Brodeur. However, the future Devil Hall of Famer has been replaced by Russian teammate Ilya Kovalchuk. Ever since the electrifying former Thrasher’s donned Devils black and red, … Continue reading →

Being at a fantasy hockey draft in a league I’m defending, it’s fairly tough to pay attention to these exhibitions. But we did catch a little bit early of the Hudson rematch along with the tail end that saw second-year … Continue reading →

It’s only preseason but try telling that to the Rangers and Devils, who already played one intense exhibition at The Garden the other night with New York prevailing 4-3 on Marian Gaborik’s power play overtime winner. The game featured two … Continue reading →

The Wade Redden Era Error is mercifully over. It came to an end today when the Rangers waived the former All-Star defenseman. This move had been expected for a while. Though it’s typical of Glen Sather to do it a … Continue reading →