Postgame: Blueshirts Squashed By Pens in 8-3 Loss
If you thought last night's loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning was bad, how about an 8-3 debacle in Pittsburgh in which Sidney Crosby completes the hat-trick to top off the night? Well, like it or not that is the way it went down tonight at Mellon Arena, a crushing defeat that will sting at least until Monday. Although, the Blueshirts did display effort in the second period when they dominated the Penguins, but several defensive mistakes

Pregame: Rangers Head into Pitt Wanting To Forget
Coming off of a devastating loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, the New York Rangers will head into Pittsburgh to open up a home and home series with the Championship Penguins. The Blueshirts may have played in their worst outing of the year last night and will look to quickly forget that with a win today. With that loss, the Rangers fell to tenth place in the East. The Penguins also had a quite upsetting effort yesterday when the coughed

Lundqvist and Boyle Out, Valiquette and Voros In
Word from several sources (Gross, Zipay, etc.) is that Henrik Lundqvist and Brian Boyle were the only two players on the ice for the morning's skate. What that means is that both are likely out of the lineup for the Rangers in Pittsburgh tonight. Steve Valiquette and Aaron Voros will be the replacements. In my opinion, Valiquette should have started last night in Tampa and Lundqvist in both games of the home and home. However, that will not be the case as Tortorella made yet another ignorant decision that cost this team. Valiquette in net against a club like Pittsburgh in Mellon Arena worries me for obvious reasons. As for Boyle, I am assuming that he is out due to an

Postgame: Rangers Struck by Bolts in Tampa, 5-1
Where to begin? Well, I guess I will start with the goal allowed by the Rangers seven minutes into the first period of the tilt when Steven Stamkos found the back of the net behind Henrik Lundqvist to start the goal-scoring fest for the Bolts. The Blueshirts failed to clear the zone on the play, which were was essentially the story of the night for this club. Failure to get things done correctly, even little plays like moving the puc

Pregame: Tortorella Leads Rangers into Familiar Tampa Bay
Tonight will mark the first time Rangers head coach John Tortorella will be entering St. Pete's Time Forum on the opposing bench since being fired by the Lightning two years ago. Tortorella spent six and a half years in the Lightning organization including bringing the franchise their first Stanley Cup Championship in 2004. While Torts has done his best to keep his focus on the Rangers and avoid constant questions about his return, he finally gave in yesterday and spoke about his years in Tampa:"I loved my time here," said Tortorella, who was 239-222-36-38 overall with the Lightning. "The community treated my family and [me] well. We still live here in the off-season. I loved co