Wade Redden was benched for the final 37:55 of last night’s loss to Carolina, with his father in the stands no less.  (He’s also twice been a healthy scratch.)   That has got to be hard for the 13 year veteran and former all-star to take.  But maybe that’s exactly the point.  Call it a conspiracy theory, but maybe, [...]

Ho-hum.  Another poor effort.  Another loss.  At least we scored.  Nice to see getting called out in the local papers inspired Anisimov (two goals).  Hopefully he can score again this month without needing someone to light a fire under him.  Happy to see Brashear get some minutes.  (Can you feel the sarcasm?  It’s thick.)  His failure to [...]

This is the opening paragraph of Larry Brooks’ NY Post column on the 6-0 demolishing by Montreal:  “The Rangers have 30 games to go in the season and there is a total disconnect within the team itself and between the players and the coaching staff.”  Was this pulled from a column he wrote last season? 
Sure [...]

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first:  The Rangers would have gotten beaten by the Flyers even if the extracurriculars did not occur.  They were flat and listless.  Their carry-the-puck into the zone clearly does not work against attacking teams (which they were supposed to be…but I digress…) and they are too small (unwilling?) [...]

The Rangers need to keep it going and I need to get some.  (I have no excuse for failing to write following what was the best Ranger win of the season.) 
After coming off of a ridiculously good last two periods against Montreal, the Rangers are taking on the third worst team in the Eastern Conference.  [...]