All someone really wanted from this exhibition match was to be healthy. It seems that, after a scare, the Rangers met that goal. Because although Marc Staal, the Blueshirt with 104 games of experience in the Stanley Cup playoffs, left Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to the Islanders in Toronto after the …
Read More »Artemi Panarin’s season deserves fifth place in the Rangers Hart Trophy
Did you know that the 1993-94 Rangers of the Presidents Trophy did not have a player in the top five in voting for the Hart Trophy? Adam Graves, eighth, and Mike Richter, tenth, were the only two Blueshirts to receive a vote for the MVP award captured by Sergei Fedorov …
Read More »Leon Draisaitl of Oilers, Nathan MacKinnon of Avalanche and Artemi Panarin of the Rangers are finalists for the NHL MVP
Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl, Colorado avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon and New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin are finalists for the Hart Trophy, which is awarded annually to the NHL player “considered most valuable to his team”. The winner, to be revealed during the final round of the conference starting …
Read More »Rangers’ Artemi Panarin says NHL players should not report to camp without a labor agreement
New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin said that if the NHL and NHLPA cannot agree on a solution for the league’s financial system, then players shouldn’t show up at training camps this summer. “For nearly two decades, players have protected owners ‘incomes with escrow, even throughout this pandemic crisis, even …
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