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Rangers coach knows why Eric Staal's been invisible
Eric Staal has recorded three points (one goal, two assists) in 11 games as a Ranger, having gone seven straight since his lone goal in blue on March 6 against...
Rangers fend off Ducks to retake lead over rival Islanders
ANAHEIM, Calif. — This was not ideal, far from it. But the details that so often have been overlooked were back in place, and at least for one night, the...
Why Eric Staal and Rick Nash are breaking up already
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Partially by virtue of the Rangers’ schedule, the Rick Nash-Eric Staal experiment has temporarily ceased. Coach Alain Vigneault is planning on “going back to the well,” as...
Rick Nash details struggles in first game back with Rangers
DETROIT — Rick Nash wasn’t exactly enamored or entirely displeased with his return to the Rangers lineup after a 20-game absence because of a severe bone bruise in his left...
Rick Nash-Eric Staal combo has been brewing for a long time
DETROIT — It���s a childhood friendship reunited, and the Rangers look to be the beneficiary. Eric Staal had this in the back of his mind when he forfeited his no-move...
Inside Eric Staal's luxurious, odd transition to Rangers
BUFFALO — Eric Staal’s family came up for the brouhaha, went back to North Carolina, and now he is looking for a place in Manhattan for his wife and three...
Eric Staal's transition: What Rangers fans should expect
Not to worry about Eric Staal, who is in the embryonic stages of becoming a Ranger after 12 seasons in Carolina — during which he became the Hurricanes’ big dog...
Why this Rangers-Islanders clash is more critical than ever
The first two, they were fun. This one, it means something. In fact, it means a lot. The significance of Sunday’s late-afternoon matinee between the Rangers and Islanders at the...
How to waste -- and solidify -- a Cup contender at deadline
It’s that time of year when winners and losers must — must — be defined. The NHL’s trade deadline came and went on Monday, with less of the usual fanfare...
Flu bug takes out another Rangers starter
PITTSBURGH — One guy in, another out, and so it goes as the flu runs around another NHL locker room. The Rangers got forward Jesper Fast back for Thursday night’s...
Henrik Lundqvist: 'No question' Sweden can win World Cup
PITTSBURGH — Henrik Lundqvist doesn’t go to Team Sweden; Team Sweden comes to Henrik Lundqvist. Or at least that was one way of looking it. The announcement of the first...
Eric Staal brings potential -- and evident challenges to Rangers
It took a lot of hard work and a lot of tinkering for Rangers coach Alain Vigneault to figure out just what worked with the group of players at his...
Marc Staal reveling in his first chance to play with big brother Eric
The Staal brothers have been playing hockey for a long time and somehow, Monday was the first time Marc Staal was on the same team as his older brother Eric....
Stepan punctuates happy start to Eric Staal’s Rangers tenure
This was less about what transpired on the ice rather than what might down the road. Because the Rangers have now readied themselves for the last go-around with this core...
Eric Staal: Brother wasn't only reason I wanted Rangers trade
Days like this can be a reminder that this is not a game played by robots. “A ton of emotion, obviously,” is how Eric Staal began his press briefing before...
John Tortorella: I had 'unfinished business' with Rangers
John Tortorella was back at Madison Square Garden with yet another team Monday, this time as the Blue Jackets came to town. And while the former Rangers head coach has...
Rangers show again that grabbing Cup is all that matters
The Rangers have done this many times before. The most recent time it worked, one of the players coming over in an all-in trade didn’t wear a helmet. But that...
Rangers land Eric Staal in deadline splash
Maybe this is Jeff Gorton’s first official year as general manager of the Rangers, but the same perennial win-now mindset remains. Although Gorton hardly went and sold the farm for...
Eric Staal the missing piece to another Rangers Cup run
Seasons change, the Rangers’ 2015-16 sure has, and you need not wonder why general manager Jeff Gorton’s obligation approaching the Feb. 29 deadline is different than it was a month ago....