Michal Rozsival News

The Rangers scoured the free agent and trade markets yesterday in an attempt to find a center to complement Gaborik, the right winger who signed a five-year, $37.5 million contract with the club on Wednesday, but came up empty.

He sees no reason that should be the case in the future. "I feel great," Gaborik said from Slovakia on Thursday during a conference call to introduce the newest Ranger .

The changes continue in the N.H.L., and Dave Stubbs in The Montreal Gazette , who has seen the Canadiens change radically - and the negative reaction of fans commenting on the paper's Habs Inside/Out blog to Mike Komisarek's defection to the Maple Leafs - writes, "Loyalty to a hockey club is a nearly extinct species in this world of free agency, ...

Marian Gaborik #10 of the Minnesota Wild skates in warmups before a game against the Edmonton Oilers on March 22, 2009 at the Xcel Energy Center in St.

Scott Gomez was traded by the Rangers to Montreal on Tuesday. With one sudden salary-dump, the once cap-strapped Rangers became players in the NHL 's free-agent market when the gates swing open Wednesday.

IN SENDING a third-round selection in next year's Entry Draft to Los Angeles for fourth-line center candidate Brian Boyle , Rangers general manager Glen Sather traded his team out of the possibility of getting Boston's dynamic Phil Kessel on a Group II free agent offer sheet.

MONTREAL Maybe this is the summer Glen Sather finally wises up. He chatted with a small group of reporters between rounds of the NHL draft yesterday, a rare public appearance for the city's most elusive general manager, and said what everyone who follows the Rangers has known since the lockout ended.

NHL general managers arriving here for this Entry Draft weekend have been met with gridlock created by a surfeit of big-money contracts on the trade market and an absence of teams willing to pay the price to take them.

Will the Rangers somehow find a way to bring Dany Heatley to New York? Well, according to the Ottawa Sun, they are already trying... by Mike Rappaport 56 reads Opinion June 23, 2009 Will the Rangers somehow find a way to bring Dany Heatley to New York? Well, according to the Ottawa Sun , they are already trying.

I can almost feel it in my bones, the feeling that GM Glen Sather is going to pull something big in this year's off-season... by Greg Caggiano 15 reads Preview/Prediction I can almost feel it in my bones, the feeling that GM Glen Sather is going to pull something big in this year's off-season. Will it be a major signing? Or a major trade? We have ...

Michal Rozsival is the only Czech left in a New York Rangers' locker room that was once filled to the brim with his compatriots, and there is little doubt that Rozsival will be leaving the Rangers via trade this summer... by Allison Senecal 57 reads Sports Michal Rozsival is the only Czech left in a New York Rangers' locker room that was once ...

On the bright side, at least the Rangers are spending their summers these days dealing with playoff disappointments, rather than their pre-lockout ritual of coping with another disastrous regular season.

Maybe the most disturbing thing for the Rangers is how hard they fought, how much effort they spent, in Game 7 ... and that they got one single shot on goal in the third period of a 2-1 loss.

The cowbell has taken on a life of its own in American culture, from Hilda Chester ringing it to cheer on the Brooklyn Dodgers to Christopher Walken's quot;More Cowbellquot; skit on Saturday Night Live.

It is generally assumed that at the end of the season, the Sedin twins will have a relatively simple choice in front of them with respect to their future.

Gut- check time: 2 p.m. Sunday. The Capitals, playing with ferocity and desperation, forced a Game 6 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series by overwhelming the mistake-prone Rangers, 4-0, Friday night at Verizon Center.

Ryan Callahan had the lone goal in Game 2. The Rangers host Game 3 on Monday. If it happens on ice and it involves hitting and scoring, The Times Slap Shot blog is on it.

Paul Mara staked the Rangers to the lead with 6:05 left in the first period, scoring just the second goal against 20-year-old rookie Simeon Varlamov, who has stopped 75 of 78 shots since taking over for Jose Theodore after New York's 4-3 win in Game 1. Chris Drury added his first goal of the series for the Rangers.

To understand how much Wade Redden struggled in his first season with the New York Rangers, it took one trip to Google.

Apr 20, 2009 9:56 pm US/Eastern Blue Shirts Keep Ovechkin Goal-Less, But Have Series Lead Cut To 2-1 With 4-0 Loss At Deflated Garden The Rangers' Michal Rozsival leaves the ice after being struck with a stick during Game 3 against the Washington Capitals on April 20, 2009.