It's been a few years since I was last mentioned by Phil Mushnick in
@nypostsports
column ...
So, it was cool to see "hockey savant Jim Cerny" in his latest about the Sports Phone book today! 🤣
Awesome to catch up with Cam Talbot.
He credited Benoit Allaire for fact that 3 former
#NYR
goalies are here at
#NHLAllStar
weekend, same season
@HLundqvist
was inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame.
OFFICIAL: New gig as Senior Day Editor
@NHLdotcom
starts today! Really excited to be a part of this great team and for this terrific opportunity. All hockey, all the time. Works for me!
Deja Vu for
#NYR
? We'll see ...
A decade ago, consider:
2012 - reached ECF
2013 - Knocked out 2nd Round Torts fired
2014 - reach Cup Final with AV
Not apples to apples, but similar:
2022 - make run to ECF
2023 - out in 1st Round, GG fired
2024 - ???
#NYR
fans, you need to read this goodbye from one of the best guys I came across in my time working for the organization, Ryan McDonagh.
Take a box of Kleenex with you.
Carl Hagelin, a favorite of mine from our
#NYR
days, is announcing his retirement from the NHL. He said his eye injury is too severe to continue playing.
Such a good, smart player. And a super guy.
Wish Hagelin all the best moving forward.
Working 10 years for
#NYR
I had a front row seat to
@HLundqvist
brilliance. Every practice/game, preseason, regular season, playoffs, Game 7's, Cup Final, trip to Europe. All of it.
His work ethic, intensity, grace under the unwavering glare of being face of team stand out to me
🚨🚨 BREAKING!! 🚨🚨
Happy to announce 2 new gigs:
Executive Editor
#NYR
@4EverBlueshirts
Managing Editor
#NHL
&
#PWHL
@Sportsnaut
Writing, podcasting, editing, managing. All things puck.
Come along for the ride!
When I was a little kid, Rod Gilbert was a superstar forward with the
#NYR
. When I worked for the team, Rod was a kind, supportive, terrific friend within the organization.
I am deeply saddened by his passing today.
RIP Rod Gilbert
I was very fortunate to have a front row seat for the best years of Henrik Lundqvist's career when I worked for the
#NYR
-- every game, every practice, home and road, trip to Europe, team events, all of it.
I appreciated it and him then, and do even more now.
Ran into this familiar face and
#NYR
legend at first
#PWHL
game in Bridgeport tonight.
Great catching up with Gravey, still all class now 33 years after we first met!
Gotta love
#NYR
Kreids, speaking with
@NYP_Brooksie
about not making All-Star Game
“I never once thought about it. I mean, unless they have a skills competition for guys screening the goalie, I’m not sure what I’d contribute to that.”
This is sad news for all
#NYR
fans.
John Amirante simply LOVED performing the Anthem
@TheGarden
, especially before playoff games, waving that white towel and encouraging the Faithful to roar louder.
RIP good sir.
It is with great sadness our Rangers family shares the loss of legendary anthem singer John Amirante, who passed away this morning at 83.
Our thoughts are with his wife Ann, his children and the entire Amirante family.
We will forever remember and miss John
@TheGarden
.
Loving how
#NYR
fans and
#NJDevils
fans are going back and forth with each other on social -- who is having better offseason? Hughes vs. Kakko, P.K. vs. Trouba, Gusev vs. Panarin!!
Great for Metro NYC area that the rivalry is back!
Day after Cup news: Rick Nash officially moves into
#CBJ
front office as special assistant to GM Jarmo Kekalainen (great person to learn from)
Wishing the best to a good guy
Well done by
#NYR
for one of the more popular players ever to wear their sweater, certainly in my days covering the team or even my lifetime.
Another player gone, makes you give pause and think of those fun years 2011-2015
Zucc,
From your first goal (an OT game winner) you captured the hearts of RangersTown and always made us smile.
Your spirit.
Your passion.
Your extra effort.
A Blueshirt through and through.
Once a Ranger, always a Ranger. We thank you.
ZUUUUUUUUUCC
That is quite the good trade Jeff Gorton and the
#NYR
just made
Quite the offseason so far too: Trouba, Fox, No. 2 pick later this week, and then who knows what come July 1
Lavi makes it official ... Igor gets start today, so likely Quick against Blue Jackets tomorrow
#NYR
can tied franchise record for longest winning streak when they face Flyers this afternoon
The Mark Messier Guarantee Game for more than half of the contest was really the Mike Richter Is Saving Our Ass Game.
Richter was unreal keeping
#NYR
in that game for 2 periods. Then, yeah, Messier.
Was some night to be in the old Meadowlands press box.
Talking to some execs here in Dallas, consensus is that Lou and
#Isles
killed it yesterday with Wahlstrom and Dobson
"It fell in his lap and Lou doesn't f--- up something like that"
2012 Winter Classic.
@HLundqvist30
with Jacob Biron when we filmed a special Biron's Journal for
#NYR
website.
One of my many great memories with Henrik and
@martybiron43
Would you agree with me that this is the most beloved
#NYR
team since 2011-12? Not that the Faithful didn't love the 2014 Cup Final team or the 2015 Presidents Trophy winners, but in sheer terms of "likeability" and appreciating the group, it's been a decade really ...
I'm not saying every Cup winner has not thoroughly enjoyed celebrating their championship BUT...
The
#Capitals
pure public joy and celebration really takes me back to the raucous extended celly by the
#NYR
in 1994
My favorite Zucc story from when I was with
#NYR
was when he rejoined team after KHL stint. We arrived at hotel in Ottawa and he was there waiting for us. The guys were so psyched to see him, so genuinely happy. Hugs, smiles, so real. The players loved him just like the fans.
For those who've asked me:
These
#NYR
have similarities to 2012-15 teams BUT this one
1) Has a true No. 1 star center in Mika
2) Is so much more explosive
3) Has game/series changing power play
4) Has an absolute stud No. 1 defenseman in Fox
2012-15 these elements were missing
Four years ago, J.T. Miller was sent to the minors and missed the
#NYR
2 outdoor games.
Today, he scored the OT winner in 3-2
#WinterClassic
victory.
"It was a blast, obviously everything I hoped it would be"
My postgame
@sn_nhl
feature 👉
The
#NYR
will present the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award prior to tonight's game.
Recently we discussed some of the top candidates for the prestigious award ⤵️
Definitely the laughs -- "Stepan behind the mic" and the "Step and McDonagh Show" -- great memories for me.
Simply, one of the good ones from my
#NYR
days.
Cheers Step 🍻
Unfortunately it did not often go the way fans hoped when Rick was aqcuired by the
#NYR
, but his tenure in NY is remembered by me by the classy manner in which he carried himself no matter the circumstances. A gentlemen.
1060 games played…
437 goals…
368 assists…
805 points…
And most importantly, as fine a gentleman as we have known…
Thank you Rick, for six great years with
#NYR
and a tremendous
@NHL
Career.
the recently-retired Dan Girardi drops the puck for ceremonial opening face off tonight between
#NYR
and
#TBLightning
at MSG.
G will always be one of my favorites, both on and -- even more so -- off the ice.
Worth the wait? Jacob Trouba new
#NYR
captain. What say you Blueshirts Faithful?! RT
@NYRangers
: It's something that means something - especially here.
#NoQuitInNY
Lindgren buries the game winner, but what phenomenal board work by Goodrow and Kreider, smart read by Fox and then slick feeds from Fox and Mika to beat the clock.
#NYR
"This is the team that’s finally built to win.”
Sean Avery believes in these
#NYR
& has some advice for nervous fans ahead of Game 6 vs
#CauseChaos
Check it out here 👇
A favorite photo of me &
@hlundqvist35
back in summer of 2012 after golf outing sharing some laughs before we taped an interview (he's the one in the suit BTW lol).
I was so fortunate to have a front row seat throughout his
#NYR
career. I wish him nothing but best in retirement
And good on the
#NYR
trying to get the jump on signing UFA Barclay Goodrow. Gritty two-time Cup winner is type guy they are missing on 3rd line, especially if they don't overpay