The Rangers official roster for the NHL’s return to play is: Forwards: Pavel Buchnevich, Filip Chytil, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Jesper Fast, Steven Fogarty, Julien Gauthier, Tim Gettinger, Brett Howden, Kaapo Kakko, Vitali Kravtsov, Chris Kreider, Brendan Lemieux, Vinni Lettieri, Greg McKegg, Danny O’Regan, Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome, Mika Zibanejad Defensemen: Brandon Crawley, Tony DeAngelo, Adam Fox, Libor Hajek, Ryan Lindgren, Darren Raddysh, Brendan Smith, Marc Staal, Jacob Trouba Goaltenders: Alexandar…
Lias Andersson to remain in Sweden (Updates)
7/25/20 | The Rangers have officially loaned Andersson back to HV71 for the 2020-21 season. (HV71, NY Post) Andersson thanked the Rangers in a statement and said that he found his way “back to the game” last year with HV71. (HV71) Andersson is an RFA after the season. Adam Rotter: This was expected, especially after Andersson turned down their invitation to come to training camp and join them in Toronto,…
What David Quinn said after practice on Friday
David Quinn met with the media on Friday after practice and said (NYR): Have you been able to fix any worries you had before the pause, “I thought we got a little bit away from our D-Zone structure and pressuring pucks, not letting people come up the ice that easily, that is something we harped on and talked about. I really liked what we did today, I thought we took…
What John Davidson said on ESPN Radio
Rangers President John Davidson was a guest on ESPN NY’s Bart and Hahn radio show and said: On how the players will handle things in the bubble, “I couldn’t tell you how proud I am of the way our group has reacted just in case we were going to play, now we know we are going to play, how we’ve continued to go through the testing process, proven negative, everyone…
Artemi Panarin a Finalist for the Hart Trophy
7/21/20 | 1:03PM: The NHL has announced that Artemi Panarin is a finalist for the Hart Trophy. The Hart Trophy is awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” Panarin is the Rangers first Hart Trophy nominee since Henrik Lundqvist in 2011-12. Marc Messier, in 1991-92, was the last Ranger to win the Hart Trophy. Jaromir Jagr, in 2005-06, was the last Rangers skater to…
Brendan Lemieux suspended Two Games
7/20/20 | 6:06PM: David Quinn said that the suspension “didn’t surprise us, we kind of anticipated something along those lines, so obviously we are going to miss Brendan in those first two games.” 7/20/20 | 4:19PM: The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced that Brendan Lemieux will be suspended for two games due to interference against Colorado’s Joonas Donskoi. From the NHL’s Video Explanation: “Doonskoi enters the Rangers zone on…