Prague Sweep

The Rangers completed a 2 game sweep of Tampa Bay yesterday winning 2-1 for the second day in a row. Once again the Rangers dominated in shots, outshooting Tampa 39-19, but once again struggled to score. Wade Redden, who was signed to help the power play, scored a big power play goal to tie the game at one with 16:13 left in the second period. Scott Gomez scored the game winning goal with 12:12 left in the second.
For the second day in a row the Rangers scored only 2 goals on 39 shots as Olie the goalie had an amazing game. For the second day in a row Hendrik Lundqvist had an pretty good game. His stellar performances have been overshadowed by the Rangers great offensive dominance, but he desrves credit for holding the Lightning to only 1 goal in both games.

Season Opener

The Rangers topped the Lightning 2-1 in their season opener earlier today. Marcus Naslund came through scoring the first goal and Brandon Dubinsky followed up later with a game winning power-play goal. The Rangers outshot the Lightning 41 to 21 and were in total control the whole game. Smith played a great game for Tampa giving up only 2 goals on 41 shots. So we got the win today, hopefully they'll finish their chances more often and give themselves a little breathing room. We'll see what happens tommorow when the Rangers and Lightning are back it once again in Prague.

Jessiman re-signed

The Rangers re-signed the 12th overall pick in the 2003 draft. Terms were not disclosed. The Rangers have been pretty dissappointed with Jessiman's progress throughout the years. In 166 career games with Hartford Jessiman has recorded only 32 goals and 42 assits totalling 74 points.
If Jessiman wants to play in the NHL, he is going to have to up his game, and have a hell of a training camp. Hopefully he can improve throughout training camp and throughout the coming season, and prove that he was worth 12th overaall pick. He was also chosen in front Dustin Brown, Zach Parise, Cory Perry, and Patrik Eaves, who have already proven themselves as good NHL players.

Opening Day in Prague

When they announced the games that the Rangers would play in Prague to open up the 2008-09 season, many people in Prague hurried to buy tickets. The tickets were sold out only hours after they went on sale.Most of the people who bought tickets to the games in Prague bought the tickets, because Jagr and Straka would be playing back where they were born.But now since both jagr and straka have left the Rangers many fans want refunds for their tickets.Even though Jagr and Straka left, it will still be a great opening 2 games in Prague as Michael Rozsival,Petr Prucha,and Tampa's Philip Kuba will return to their homeland.

Greg Moore

On Monday the Rangers signed restricted free agent Greg moore.Terms were not disclosed. Moore had 26 goals and 40 assists in 70 games last season with Hartford,and even earned a spot on the AHL All-Star team.Moore played in only 6 games for the rangers last season debuting on November 21 against Tampa Bay.

Moore was originally drafted by Calgary in the fifth round of the 2003 draft,and was acquired by the Rangers on a draft day trade in 2004.Moore is also a candidate to compete on the 4th line this year.

2008-09 schedule

The Rangers open up the seson in Prague with back to back games against Tampa on October 4th and 5th.Then they go up against the young and talented Chicago Blackhawks on October 10th,and then against division rivals Philadelphia Flyers on October 11.Here's the rest of the Rangers 2008-09 schedule.



http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=SubseasonSchedule

KHL could be future problem for Rangers.

The KHL wants to keep their stars,and want to get back NHL Russian stars.They've already snatched Radulov from the Predators.They made huge offers to super star Evgeni Malkin.They have their eyes on Nikolai Zherdev, who becomes a restricted free agent after the 2008-09 season,which could end up hurting the Rangers.In the 2007 draft the Rangers drafted 17th overall in the first round.They were thrilled to get Alexei Cherepanov at 17,as they thought that he would have gone earlier.Rangers are starting to learn why he fell back so much.Before last season he made it clear that he wanted to play for the Rangers,but his actions show otherwise. Russia has been setting their eyes on him too. It would be a real shame if the Rangers lost him the russian league KHL.