Newly-signed Frolov boosts Rangers' attack
The Rangers upgraded their offensive capabilities yesterday by signing left wing Alexander Frolov to a one-year, $3 million deal that is not only cap-friendly but should serve as motivation for a player looking to build leverage in the market.
There is nothing negative about the signing of the 28-year-old winger whose personally disappointing 51-point season (19-32) in Los Angeles would have made him the Rangers' third-leading scorer and whose contract leaves general manager Glen Sather enough cap space with which to maneuver.
GM Sather has blueprint for Rangers future Glen Sather isn’t big on what ifs. But the temptation to wonder is tantalizing. What if
Olli Jokinen had kept it going? What if
Henrik Lundqvist had stopped
Claude Giroux ?
What if the Rangers rather than the Flyers had won the shootout in Game 82?
(What if the Rangers had selected
Giroux 21st overall in the 2006 Entry Draft, one slot ahead of Philadelphia, instead of taking Bobby Sanguinetti? We digress.)
Rangers land star New York, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with forward
Mats Zuccarello Aasen , a native of Norway who played in both the 2010 Winter Olympics and World Hockey Championship.
Rangers had done deal for Stamkos It may sound like a fish story, but if so, then Glen Sather sure has come up with a whopper.
The Rangers' GM told Slap Shots on Thursday that he "shook hands" on a trade last year that would have brought Steven Stamkos from Tampa Bay to New York less than halfway through the brilliant 20-year-old center's rookie season.
Rangers need Marian to be a star againLarry Brooks
Where's Gabby?
It's difficult to know what is more troubling, that Marian Gaborik played poorly enough (again) to merit benching for the final 8:15 of the second period in the Rangers' 3-2 overtime loss in Toronto on Saturday night, or that coach John Tortorella believed that benching the team's lone marquee forward was the only way to jump-start him.
Gaborik to play against Capitals JAY GREENBERG "In a perfect world I would [take] more rest, but there are 18 games to go and I want to be part of it," Gaborik said after participating in a full practice yesterday, declaring himself a go against the Capitals tonight in Washington (7:00, MSG Plus, WNYM 970 AM).
Sather will look to improve Rangers at deadline LARRY BROOKS The weekend victories over Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay not only sent the Rangers into the winter recess with restored equilibrium, they also ensured that general manager Glen Sather will attempt to be a buyer rather than a seller at the March 3 trade deadline.
Cap issues stopped Rangers from snaring Kovalchuk
LARRY BROOKS Understand this. Once Atlanta Thrashers general manager Don Waddell decided to move Ilya Kovalchuk yesterday — why the rush, is a mystery — the Rangers could not have acquired the goal-scoring machine. That’s even if they had been willing and able to supersede the Devils' winning offer of Johnny Oduya, Niclas Bergfors, Patrice Cormier and a No. 1.
Rangers GM shouldn't sacrifice future for No. 8 seed THE fear factor as it applies to the Rangers is that Glen Sather will respond to the team's latest string of crash-and-burn by making risky trades in order to acquire a Band-Aid or two to apply to his team's hemorrhaging arteries when the general manager's best course of action is simply to allow the body to bleed out.
There is much with which to indict Sather over the course of his tenure that began in June of 2000, but trading pieces of the franchise's foundation in exchange for instant gratification would not be among the particulars in a bill of impeachment, certainly not since the lockout.
FIRE SALE Time to look Toward TOP 5 PICK and KovalchukIt's no secret that the Rangers are a 1 and done team if they make it to the playoffs. They have the tolls to turn this around. And by "Fire Sale" I DO NOT MEAN TRADING callahan and dubinsky.
Here is how the Rangers can obtain a Top 5 Pick and free up the cash for Kovalchuk when he hits the open market.
'Rent' time for Rangers The Rangers' recent correction in which they have gone 8-1-3 since the Dec. 16 Garden defeat to the Islanders that prompted the twin two-game exiles of Wade Redden and Ales Kotalik presents a challenge for GM Glen Sather.
Because even though the Blueshirts seem to be a playoff caliber team in a conference overloaded with deficient squads, this run against a succession of terrible opponents should not and must not interfere with the real business at hand of constructing a Stanley Cup contender.
