FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The melancholy filtered through the phone line. Brodie Dupont, the player with the longest standing with the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale, had got his wish this week when he was qualified by the parent New York Rangers. But…
SORYAL SIGNS IN CAROLINA
Justin Soryal, who has been the Hartford Wolf Pack / Connecticut Whale enforcer for the past three seasons will join another ex-Wolf Pack player, Bobby Sanguinetti when he joins the Carolina Hurricanes AHL club in Charlotte. Here’s the official release…
BRODIE DUPONT TRADED
Brodie Dupont, who’s spent the last four years in Hartford and finally broke through getting his first experience in the NHL this past year playing one game with the New York Rangers, was traded by the only team he’s ever played for as a pro to the…
SATHER, TORTORELLA AND RICHARDS CONFERENCE CALL
The New York Rangers have just completed their conference call introducing Brad Richards to the media. Also on the call was Head Coach John Tortorella and President and General Manager Glen Sather. As you would imagine, Richards is excited to be coming…
RICHARDS A RANGER
It’s official – Nine Years nearly $60million dollars and a $6.5/year hit to the cap. Let’s see if the Rangers a) can now sign all their Restricted Free Agents b) find chemistry with Marion Gaborik and c) find a scoring top line left winger so that the…
FEDS SIGNED BY THE RANGERS
RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD RUSLAN FEDOTENKO New York, July 1, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Ruslan Fedotenko on a new contract. Fedotenko, 32,…
NHL SPENDING LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS, BUT WILL THE RANGERS?
BY: Bruce Berlet While awaiting free-agent center Brad Richards’ decision on which of a half-dozen suitors he was going to choose Friday, the New York Rangers signed two left wings with different styles. First, unrestricted free-agent wing Mike Rupp…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Within weeks of trading captain Mike Richards and fellow high scorer Jeff Carter on the same day, the Philadelphia Flyers won the Jaromir Jagr sweepstakes Friday after the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings bowed out. Jagr signed…
PLAYING CATCH-UP WITH RUPP
RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FREE AGENT FORWARD MIKE RUPP New York, July 1, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Mike Rupp. Rupp, 31, is a…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet GREENBURGH, N.Y. – There was a passing of the veteran center guard in New York Rangers camp on Thursday. A day after buying out the final year of Trumbull native/captain Chris Drury’s five-year, $35.35-million contract, the Rangers…