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Lias Andersson miss not a massive hit to Rangers' prospect pool

The Rangers’ prospect pool is regarded as one of — if not the — best in the NHL. That is a necessary grain of salt to go with the fact...

Rangers bust and his unacceptable stunt won't be missed

The mistake the Rangers made with Lias Andersson was not so much the way they deployed the Swedish center but in drafting him seventh overall in 2017. That, less than...

Rangers' former top pick officially wants out

Lias Andersson wants out. The Rangers confirmed to The Post on Saturday that Andersson formally requested a trade and is no longer with the club. Andersson, whom the Rangers took...

Young center is stuck in Rangers no man's land

So the Rangers’ young men — and Henrik Lundqvist and Marc Staal, too — head west for four games beginning with Sunday’s match in Las Vegas before taking the three-city...

Henrik Lundqvist climbs another rung on all-time wins list

The acceleration up the record books might have slowed down a little bit as the Rangers have gone through this rebuild, but goalie Henrik Lundqvist continues to climb nonetheless. The...

Lias Andersson's replacement could help fix glaring Rangers problem

The Rangers broke even at five-on-five during their fruitless visit to Florida last week that produced regulation defeats in Tampa and Sunrise. But while scoring six goals at full strength...

The questions surrounding Lias Andersson's Rangers future

Credit is owed the Rangers for treating Lias Andersson as they would any other young prospect required to earn minutes and not as an entitled seventh-overall selection of the 2017...

Why Rangers had no choice but to demote Lias Andersson

Almost every NHL coach perpetuates the idea that he wants to roll four lines. But regardless of Rangers 21-year-old center Lias Andersson being sent to AHL Hartford on Sunday, it’s...

Lias Andersson gets pep talk as Rangers role diminishes

SUNRISE, Fla. — It hasn’t been an easy go of it for Lias Andersson, as the Rangers 21-year-old center has struggled to maintain steady ice time through the first 18...

Rangers' Lias Andersson dilemma nears breaking point

Under six minutes remained in the third period of a tie game at the Garden on Sunday afternoon and there was Lias Andersson on the ice, entrusted with the assignment...

Why the Rangers' inconsistency might be around for a while

The sample size is big enough now to think that this is just about whom the Rangers are — they’re not as bad as their worst, and they’re not as...

Why Rangers' Brady Skjei was benched for 1st time this season

RALEIGH, N.C. — The meritocracy finally got to Brady Skjei. The Rangers’ 25-year-old defenseman was a healthy scratch for the first time this season as his team took a 4-2...

Henrik Lundqvist adjusting to new Rangers goalie schedule

It wasn’t an exact number, but it was close. Rangers coach David Quinn made it pretty clear how he wants to break up his goaltending duties for the season, saying...

Rangers' Mika Zibanejad remains out with neck injury

Mika Zibanejad will miss his second straight game Saturday afternoon in Nashville, as the Blueshirts’ center has yet to skate since absorbing a punishing blow to the upper chest from...

Rangers can exhale after Chris Kreider injury scare

It’s a bit of a relief for the Rangers that they don’t think the lower-body ailment affecting Chris Kreider is anything long term. The winger did not practice with the...

Kaapo Kakko: I got 'lucky' on first Rangers goal

And so it was at 18:48 of the first period at the Garden on Saturday afternoon that Kaapo Kakko scored his first NHL goal … and smiled widely from the...

Rangers youngster looking to earn more opportunities

Maybe Lias Andersson isn’t getting as big a role as he might have hoped, but the 20-year-old center the Rangers took with the No. 7-overall pick in 2017 is still...

Top-heavy Rangers in need of line shakeup

So while David Quinn has time to decide whether two games represents enough of a sample size to replace Ryan Strome with either Brett Howden or Lias Andersson as second-line...

Why Rangers already are giving Henrik Lundqvist a day off

Henrik Lundqvist had a busy night on Thursday, facing 47 shots from the Jets in the opening 6-4 victory that represented the 450th of his NHL career. But that is...

Rangers player has most embarrassing start to season

Lias Andersson made the Rangers' opening night roster, but he's gonna need to spend a little time on his footwork. The second-year forward and 2017 first-round draft pick was introduced...