The awesome hockey tourney you need to watch right now
Sitting in the press box in Sunrise, Fla., on New Year’s Eve, I looked up in the middle of the first period and what’s on the television? Where normally I...
View ArticleWhy all of Carey Price’s trophies feel hollow
Boy, this was a strange picture to see on Wednesday night from Las Vegas, wasn’t it? Carey Price, the Canadiens’ outstanding goalie, with four pieces of hardware in front of...
View ArticleCurb the Sabres optimism: Better doesn’t mean good
Buffalo is a fine and noble town. Honest, hard-working people. Anchor Bar, Duff’s, probably some other interesting stuff that I haven’t really seen. (Actually, the architecture for such a small,...
View ArticleRangers threat succumbing to lost goalie and shaky coach
Sergei Bobrovsky won a Vezina Trophy three seasons ago with a 48-game regular season, truncated by a lockout. With constant health issues and a very scant postseason resume, he hasn’t...
View Article24 reasons the NHL is awesome right now
Take a small step backward, and you know what I see? I see a NHL that is very, very healthy. It’s fewer than 10 games into the season, but it sure looks like the hype about picks Nos. 1 and 2 in the...
View ArticleWhy NHL’s hot seats are warmer than ever — especially for this coach
The conversation started innocently enough, with Rangers assistant coach Scott Arniel talking about his team’s good record to start the season despite some subpar play. “We wanted to do that and get...
View ArticleJimmy Vesey showing why Sabres right to be ‘pissed off’
BUFFALO — This marks the first stop on the Jimmy Vesey Rejection Tour, with the Sabres one of two rights-holders whose contract offers the Harvard grad eschewed to become a free agent before signing...
View ArticleRangers put forth another lackluster effort in loss to Sabres
BUFFALO — It is not accurate to say that the sky is falling on the Rangers, but it sure is true the Blueshirts have fallen back to earth, and with a thud. This one in which Jack Eichel scored at 12:45...
View ArticleWhy the future of USA hockey is so bright
American hockey is in good hands. Despite our young Yankees’ disappointing 2-0 loss to Finland in the quarterfinals of the World Championships on Thursday in Germany, signs of promise abound. Mostly,...
View ArticleNHL GMs are wasting leverage gifted to them with bad deals
The bridge contract has become the Bridge over the River Kwai. Blown to bits this week by general managers in Buffalo and Winnipeg who might as well have whistled while they worked at eviscerating the...
View ArticleThe David Quinn bond that has him feeling ‘different’ for Sabres
BUFFALO — As is every coach, the Rangers’ David Quinn is far more concerned with his team than with the opposition. But in the second game of his NHL career behind the bench, Quinn would pay more than...
View ArticleRangers coach has ‘a big problem’ with hit to rookie’s head
BUFFALO — David Quinn “had a big problem” with Patrik Berglund’s blow to the head of Filip Chytil two minutes into the second period that sent the Rangers rookie to the locker room for mandatory...
View ArticleThe alternate Rangers-Islanders reality Sather just missed creating
If this had happened a year ago, if Glen Sather had opted for a more leisurely life at the end of last season, then Lou Lamoriello likely would be running the Rangers today, Barry Trotz could well have...
View ArticleThe David Quinn bond that has him feeling ‘different’ for Sabres
BUFFALO — As is every coach, the Rangers’ David Quinn is far more concerned with his team than with the opposition. But in the second game of his NHL career behind the bench, Quinn would pay more than...
View ArticleRangers coach has ‘a big problem’ with hit to rookie’s head
BUFFALO — David Quinn “had a big problem” with Patrik Berglund’s blow to the head of Filip Chytil two minutes into the second period that sent the Rangers rookie to the locker room for mandatory...
View ArticleThe alternate Rangers-Islanders reality Sather just missed creating
If this had happened a year ago, if Glen Sather had opted for a more leisurely life at the end of last season, then Lou Lamoriello likely would be running the Rangers today, Barry Trotz could well have...
View ArticleSabres fans rejoice in firing of GM Jason Botterill
The Sabres announced Tuesday morning that general manager Jason Botterill was fired after three years with the organization – and Buffalo fans are rejoicing. Owner Terry Pegula subsequently promoted...
View ArticleNHL draft quirk may keep top picks off league’s worst teams
Sorry, no tears are being shed here over the plight of the Red Wings, whose historically bad season got them no more than the fourth-overall pick of the draft as a consequence of the way the pingpong...
View ArticleRangers mailbag: What it would take to get Sabres’ Jack Eichel
You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In...
View ArticleRangers approach tipping point with another concerning loss
Thirteen days into the season, it feels as if the Rangers are already approaching the crossroads of 2020-21. For it is not simply the matter of four straight losses and a 1-4-1 record following...
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