Glen Sather News

LET'S face it. The Rangers are in trouble. Not only are they plagued by roster deficiencies that have been exacerbated by a couple of injuries with which the organization seems unequipped to cope, but nearly every team in the East that finished behind them last season seems improved, perhaps dramatically so.

Theo Fleury has a message for the New York Rangers organization and Rangers fans: Ia m sorry.

This was the final game of 1999-2000, the first of Theo Fleury's three seasons as a Ranger, and there he was, not on the ice, but a healthy scratch.

Barely a quarter of the way through the season, the Rangers have become a difficult team to figure out.

Arthur Staple says Rangers GM Glen Sather must take some of the burden off his top two or three players.

The more things change, the more they stay the same for the Rangers. Two seasons removed from the daily grind of checking Jaromir Jagr's pulse, they now will go as Marian Gaborik goes.

Defense and discipline were lacking last night for the Rangers in their 5-3 loss to the Thrashers at the Garden.

With centers Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky sidelined, the shorthanded Rangers will start only three centers.

The New York Rangers have never been known for instilling fear in the competition, but there was a time when they actually stuck up for one another.

Perhaps the former Rangers captain, Cup-winner, Norris Trophy winner, Calder Trophy winner and Conn Smythe Trophy winner thinks everybody gets those.

Rangers winger Sean Avery fights off a check from the Capitals' Brian Pothier during the 2009 playoffs.

Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule , left, checks New York Rangers defenseman Matt Gilroy into the boards during the first period.

Tom Renney would have liked to chat with a number of his former players after either the Rangers' practice on Wednesday or yesterday's morning skate, but the one-time Blueshirts' coach, who was dismissed last winter following a four-season run in which he played a primary role in restoring pride in and credibility to the program, didn't think it ...

The Rangers are among the handful of NHL teams watching Peter Forsberg very closely when the 36-year-old free-agent center tests his chronically injured right foot in the Karjala Cup tournament that opens today in Sweden and will conclude over the weekend in Finland, The Post has learned.

Straight-talking Rangers coach John Tortorella could add a spark to his team's one-sided rivalry against the Islanders .

UNIONDALE, N.Y. a ' His current team faced the Islanders on Monday night but Oilers associate coach Tom Renney had no trouble thinking ahead to Thursdaya TMs game against his former squad.

Quite a few Edmontonians, if you are Peter Pocklington. Some of the city's most upstanding citizens confirm Glen Sather contacted a number of Edmontonians to raise cash for legal fees for the former Edmonton Oilers owner.

Luc Robitaille believed in himself at a time when no one else really gave him much of a shot.

Marian Gaborik was held out of practice on Tuesday as the New York Rangers forward deals with an undisclosed injury he suffered after colliding with a player in the Monday's 5-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes, ESPN.com reports.

It's the toughest position to play in the NHL. So why are the Islanders and Rangers playing games with their defense? The Isles started down this road in April, when they were in the hunt for Matt Gilroy but lost out in the open bidding process to the Rangers.