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Rangers could eye Maple Leafs coach if he's dumped after playoffs

If the 42-year-old should part ways with the organization, he would presumably become a person of interest in the Rangers’ coaching search.

Rangers trade for All-Star forward in blockbuster

The New York Rangers have acquired four-time NHL All-Star Vladimir Tarasenko from the St. Louis Blues.

The unheralded Rangers who might make them rethink their trade deadline needs

If this were Game 1 of a 13-match evaluation period leading into the March 3 trade deadline, the Rangers made a case for themselves.

Rangers just complicated their salary cap before trade deadline

The Rangers are back from the eight-day All-Star break and back to carrying the maximum 23 players on their roster.

Rangers' Sammy Blais saw AHL reassignment as 'big'

Sammy Blais agreed with the notion that it was good for him and his game to accept the two-week conditioning assignment to AHL Hartford.

Rangers winger's NHL debut a much-needed physical boost

Will Cuylle will make his NHL debut with the Rangers Wednesday night against the Maple Leafs in front of his friends and family in his home city of Toronto.

Rangers winger's NHL future in jeopardy 14 months after suspect hit

Fourteen months after the incident created by P.K. Subban's recklessness, and more than halfway through the following season, Blais’ game is not only in ruins but his NHL future is...

Rangers winger makes most of chance from veteran's benching

Julien Gauthier drew back into the lineup after serving as a healthy scratch in the previous three straight games.

Rangers winger taking lineup scratch in stride: 'Happens to everyone'

Sammy Blais was a healthy scratch Thursday night for the first time since he came to the Rangers.

Rangers veteran starting to find game after ACL injury

It has been both a battle for the Rangers’ Sammy Blais to get back to the kind of game he was playing before he tore his ACL just over a...

Inside look at issues facing Rangers early in the season

Regarding the Rangers, whose 6-3-2 record essentially mirrors last season’s 6-2-3 at this juncture:

The Rangers' issues show up in one lineup pillar being forced out of his best spot

There is a lack of definition of both the Blueshirts’ third and fourth lines and an absence of depth down the middle throughout the organization.

Rangers winger's delayed return was out of extra caution

Monday night, when Sammy Blais took his first shift since suffering an ACL tear last Nov. 14, the winger told himself to land a hit to get going.

'Excited' Rangers forward set for long-awaited injury return

Three hundred thirty-seven days and one false start later, the Rangers forward will return to the ice on Monday for his first official game since sustaining a season-ending knee injury...

Rangers young defenseman finally gets his shot again

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Defenseman Libor Hajek skated in his first NHL game in five months Friday night in the Rangers’ 4-1 loss to the Jets at Canada Life Centre. Hajek...

Rangers have replacement for injured Vitali Kravtsov

Dryden Hunt will replace the ailing Vitali Kravtsov in the Rangers' lineup for Thursday’s match in Minnesota.

Season-opening snapshot doesn't always capture the Rangers' full picture

It would be convenient if Game 1 told the story of the season to come, but for the Rangers, that often hasn't been the case.

Young winger's status in doubt for Rangers' season opener

Sammy Blais did not participate in practice on Monday and is doubtful to play in the season opener against the Lightning on Tuesday night.

Winger's injury complicates Rangers' final roster decisions

Sammy Blais’ recent injury could weigh in on the club’s final decisions.

Rangers end preseason with Kaapo Kakko question answered

Kaapo Kakko’s emergence on the top line with Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad is one of the stories heading into the opener.