Hulking Adam Edstrom, Matt Rempe having big Rangers effect
If were talking about wingspan, no team in hockey history has had a line with the combined wingspan of Edstrom, who stands 6-foot-7, and Rempe, who tops out at 6-8 and a half.
Devils’ season from hell is a hard one to explain
Maybe ownership and management perceive this as a Gap Year for the Devils, when the players go off on their own pursuits after having put so much work the previous year into not only making the playoffs but winning the first round Battle of the Hudson.
NHL’s trade deadline an anxiety-inducing period for players
There is no ambiguity in the Rangers or Drurys perspective; they are going to buy. To what extent, however, is unknown.
What Filip Chytil’s return could mean for the Rangers’ trade deadline plans
As the trade deadline rumor mill begins to turn, the Rangers had a positive update on what will ultimately dictate how the club approaches March 8. Filip Chytil is on his way back to New York, The Post confirmed with a league source, after the Czech center spent the past three weeks in his home country recovering from a suspected concussion.
NHL’s parity has led to year with plenty of mediocrity and no clear front-runner
The talent keeps getting better. Teams keep getting worse.
The two absences that dictate the Islanders’ needs and bankroll at the trade deadline
The Islanders usually are a hard team to predict at the trade deadline because of general manager Lou Lamoriellos secrecy. Right now, they are a hard team to predict at the deadline because it is unclear what their biggest needs will be. That will depend on exactly how long Ryan Pulock and Semyon Varlamov remain out with lower-body injuries.
Why it’s become so much harder for the Rangers to pull off a January trade
There are mounting cries for GM Chris Drury to do something and to do something now in the midst of these early-winter doldrums through which the New York Rangers have won just eight of their last 16 games (8-7-1) while allowing at least six goals in a game four times and four goals in a game eight times.