benoit pouliot

Rangers may have found their Benoit Pouliot replacement

RALEIGH, N.C. — Call him J.T. Pouliot. Or maybe Benoit Miller. For it was coach Alain Vigneault who likened J.T. Miller to Benoit Pouliot in explaining why he moved the...

Current NHL teams need to prep for expansion cap woes

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The next two NHL teams, wherever they are and whenever they come — for argument’s sake, say Las Vegas and Quebec in 2017-18 — will start...

Rangers have a wing answer in the AHL -- whom they're wasting

If J.T. Miller is ever going to earn a spot playing for coach Alain Vigneault, it’s not going to be at center, where the depth chart features Derek Stepan, Derick...

Martin St. Louis: Rangers are hungry for Cup

The Rangers’ spring run to the Stanley Cup finals hasn’t led to complacency. In fact, based on first impressions at training camp, it’s quite the opposite. Coach Alain Vigneault has...

Rangers sign Dan Boyle as free agency opens in a frenzy

Glen Sather moved quickly to land his top target. The Rangers general manager nabbed veteran defenseman Dan Boyle on a two-year, $9 million deal at the open of free agency...

Cash-strapped Rangers set to lose Stralman, Pouliot, Boyle

Break up the NHL Eastern Conference champions? You betcha, for the combination of free agency and life in a restrictive hard-cap world will ensure the Rangers’ 2014-15 team photo will...

GM takes shots at Rangers' free agents

PHILADELPHIA — Glen Sather has been around long enough to know exactly what he was doing when he sauntered over the assembled media at Saturday’s NHL draft at Wells Fargo...

Rangers will have to pay up to keep Pouliot

PHILADELPHIA — The Rangers won’t get busy at the Entry Draft until somewhere around 11 a.m. Saturday, when it will become their turn with the 29th selection of the second...

Math won't work for Rangers to add big-name center

The $6.67 million of cap space the Rangers have gained through the amnesty buyout of Brad Richards will be invested in keeping as much of the Stanley Cup finalists intact as...

Plenty of questions as Rangers enter offseason

LOS ANGELES — This was the most successful Rangers team in the past 20 years, and odds are it’s going to look a lot different come training camp in September....

It wasn't easy, but Rangers have new lease on life

And there is one. It didn’t come easy, of course, because the good things in sports — like life — rarely do. You probably didn’t breathe much across the match’s...

Rangers survive and are alive for Game 5

In the smallest bit of snow on the ice, the Rangers’ season had found hope. The clock at the Garden on Wednesday night showed 1:11 remaining in regulation in Game...

Rangers kick back at beach

After losing Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, the Rangers spent their off day riding bicycles and soaking up rays at the beach in Santa Monica.

Rangers drop Game 1 in overtime after blowing two-goal lead

LOS ANGELES — Dan Girardi was sitting in his stall, waiting for the hordes to enter to ask all the difficult questions. And Girardi, having been the culprit that cost...

Ranger who returned after wife died sends team to Stanley Cup

Dominic Moore, for better or worse, has been best known as the veteran Rangers center who tragically lost his 32-year-old wife, Katie, to liver cancer in January 2013. Now Moore...

Lack of discipline proves costly for Rangers

MONTREAL — Brad Richards had played in 111 playoff games before, but never had he played in one quite like this one. “Nope. I don’t even know if I’ve seen...

Brassard gets 'really good sign' for Game 3 availability

The optimism concerning the status of Rangers center Derick Brassard only increased after he fully participated in Wednesday’s practice at the Garden. After missing Game 2 of the Eastern Conference...

Questionable hit by Habs sidelines Brassard

MONTREAL — All the focus might have been on the Canadiens losing starting goalie Carey Price, but the Rangers suffered their own injury woe, as center Derick Brassard missed the...

Pouliot hopes he has found a home with Blueshirts

MONTREAL — Less than three minutes remained in the second period in Game 3 in Philadelphia, and the Rangers, with a 2-0 lead on the Flyers, appeared on the verge of...

Rangers ready for Bruins or Canadiens

PITTSBURGH — So it’s the Bruins or the Canadiens, and either way, the Rangers know they will have their hands full. With their 2-1 Game 7 win over the Penguins...