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New York Post
a day ago
- Business
- New York Post
One Sabres downfall should be a cautionary tale for the Rangers
Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOW Second in a three-part series. The 2024-25 Rangers were etched onto a very, very short list of NHL teams who have gone from winning the Presidents' Trophy one season to missing the playoffs the next. They were just the fourth group of skaters to do so since the league started handing out the trophy in 1986, as well as the second in franchise history. Joining the 2006-07/2007-08 Buffalo Sabres, this current Rangers team will be under a microscope when the 2025-26 campaign begins in four and a half months. Advertisement Where will the Blueshirts go from here? Well, how did the other three teams do?
New York Post
2 days ago
- General
- New York Post
The lesson Rangers can take from their historic 1992-93 post-Presidents' Trophy flop
Access the Rangers beat like never before Get Mollie Walker's text messages with the latest Rangers buzz and get your questions answered — exclusive to Sports+ subscribers. SIGN UP NOW First in a three-part series. The 2024-25 Rangers were etched onto a very, very short list of NHL teams that have gone from winning the Presidents' Trophy one season to missing the playoffs the next. Advertisement They were just the fourth group of skaters to do so since the league started handing out the trophy in 1986, as well as the second in franchise history. Joining the 1991-92/1992-93 Rangers, this current Rangers team will be under a microscope when the 2025-26 campaign begins in four and a half months. Where will the Blueshirts go from here? Well, how did the other three teams do? The Post dives into the history and aftermath of the previous three teams to experience such a drastic drop-off from one season to the next.
New York Post
2 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Six free agents who would fit on the Rangers' offseason radar
Access the Rangers beat like never before Get Mollie Walker's text messages with the latest Rangers buzz and get your questions answered — exclusive to Sports+ subscribers. SIGN UP NOW The Rangers looked a heck of a lot different from Game 1 to Game 82 last season, and the expectation is they will undergo even more changes before Game 1 of next season. Whether it's subtracting by way of a trade or adding by way of free agency, the 2025-26 Blueshirts are looking for a fresh start that will put some serious distance between the club and the travesty that befell the organization last season, when they became just the fourth team in NHL history to nosedive from Presidents' Trophy winners to missing the playoffs. Advertisement The 2025 free-agency class has nothing on the one that's coming in 2026, but that doesn't mean it's an avenue the Rangers won't explore. Here are six unrestricted free agents the Rangers realistically could consider: C Mikael Granlund
New York Post
27-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
It's been 31 years since New York's greatest hockey game ever
Access the Rangers beat like never before Get Mollie Walker's text messages with the latest Rangers buzz and get your questions answered — exclusive to Sports+ subscribers. SIGN UP NOW Happy 31st anniversary to the greatest hockey game ever played in New York and one of the greatest high-stakes matches in Stanley Cup playoff history. It was 31 years ago on May 27 — this Tuesday now, a Friday then — that Stephane Matteau and Howie Rose strolled into history together after No. 32's double-overtime goal sent the Rangers to the Stanley Cup final with a 2-1 Game 7 victory over the Devils at the Garden. Advertisement Forty-eight hours after Mark Messier called his shot — one, two, three of them, actually — at the Meadowlands in Game 6, the Battle of the Hudson reached uncommon heights with the best two teams in the league pushing each other for 84:24 until it ended. Of course, Game 7 against Vancouver that followed two weeks later represents the greatest victory in franchise history, but that was not played at quite the same level.
New York Post
24-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
NHL playoffs put spotlight on glaring inequality that favors just six teams
Access the Rangers beat like never before Get Mollie Walker's text messages with the latest Rangers buzz and get your questions answered — exclusive to Sports+ subscribers. SIGN UP NOW Maybe the Panthers and Stars front offices are smarter than just about everyone else, just the way the Lightning and Golden Knights hierarchies once were. Maybe these franchises would even succeed in a level playing field. But that is impossible to evaluate under the NHL system in place in which these teams, plus the ones from Seattle and Nashville, start each season with a head start of maybe 5 percent or 10 percent on the salary cap by operating in states that do not levy personal income taxes. And these six teams out of five states — Florida, Texas, Nevada, Washington and Tennessee — have accounted for 13 of the playoffs 24 semifinalist slots this decade. So that works out to 18.5 percent of the field making it to the final four over 54 percent of the time, starting with the 2020 bubble tournament. Serendipitously, the league has the power to do something about this codified imbalance during the ongoing collective bargaining talks with the union that may in fact reach fruition within a month. They could address this glaring inequity beginning next season if the CBA is ratified by July 1.
