Stu Bickel News

The relationship between Sean Avery and the New York Rangers is best described as a bad soap opera.

Before we get into this article, I just want to begin by saying this: What happened to Michael Sauer is a tragedy, and we wish him the quickest recovery possible.

The good news is that the Rangers were led by a core of young, talented players and most are locked up at least through the Summer of 2013.

If you're a Rangers fan, the last thing you want to see the first month of next season is Chris Kreider flinging himself in front of shots from the blue line.

The Previews: Matt E. did the preview for this game , please check it out here if you haven't. For an opposition's point of view, Joe Fortunato has a clear message in his preview at Blueshirt Banter - "Do or die." The Pre-Game Video: Here's the awesome pre-game video the Devils have been using before playoff games at the Rock.

Heading into the first elimination game of the Eastern Conference finals, the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will ice near-identical lineups to the ones from last game.

Rangers' Eminger Expected To Play : Steve Eminger is expected to play in Friday's Game 6 against the Devils, Steve Zipay of the New York Newsday reports.

The New York Rangers saw an infusion of energy and fresh legs when Brandon Dubinsky suited up to play Game 5 at Madison Square Garden against the New Jersey Devils .

The Previews: For an opposition's point of view, please check out this post by Joe Fortunato at Blueshirt Banter.

It appears that John Tortorella will be switching things up once again tonight, as Brandon Dubinsky returns to the lineup for the first time since Game 7 of the first round.

The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 4-1 in a spiteful encounter to tie the NHL Eastern Conference final series at 2-2 as escalating tension between the cross-river rivals boiled over.

First off, I'd like it to be known that this isn't another article about John Tortorella 's attitude towards the press.

Michael Del Zotto joins N.Y. Ranger teammates Carl Hagelin and Stu Bickel in penalty box late in third period as he finishes difficult several days after grandmother's death Saturday and Blueshirts' 4-1 loss to Devils in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference finals series Monday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Michael Del Zotto was pinned to ... (more)

The Previews: Matt E has his preview of tonight's game here , while Joe Fortunato has a preview of his own over at Blueshirt Banter The Song For Tonight: Seeing as Zach Parise had nothing to say after game 3's loss, I'm going to continue the trend.

The New York Rangers enter tonight's Game 4 against the New Jersey Devils with a slight edge in momentum thanks to goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

Josefson hasn't played since April 3, and he's replacing Petr Sykora, who has no points in the first three games of the series.

John Tortorella doesn't say much to the media. But when he does, the Rangers' fiery head coach makes it count.

Rangers coach John Tortorella became the accommodating, quotable man he used to be in post-game settings, while Devils boss Peter DeBoer was the one getting a little snippy.

Rangers defenceman Anton Stralman upends Devils forward Stephen Gionta in front of Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist during Game 3 of the NHL Eastern Conference final at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., May 19, 2012.

NY Rangers' Marian Gaborik fails to clear zone on big possession, hurts Blueshirts in Game 2 loss to NJ Devils NY Rangers' Marian Gaborik scores in third overtime of Game 3 to give Blueshirts 2-1 win over Washington Capitals Marian Gaborik has become the Rangers' scapegoat for their 3-2 loss in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, but he wasn't ... (more)