It’s not just that Dan Girardi scored the Rangers‘ winner against Arizona on Sunday. It’s that he’s playing like the warhorse of earlier seasons that’s so nifty. Dangerous Dan seems to sense his rejuvenation as well as his teammates who realize that he’s pivotal to the club’s success. “I just love the way he competes […]
It could be argued that the Rangers’ most indispensable player is Henrik Lundqvist and the player they could least afford to lose after Lundqvist is Ryan McDonagh. McDonagh appears to have broken a bone in his hand from blocking a shot against the Columbus Blue Jackets Monday night. The Rangers – playoff position in tow […]
One of the questions entering the Rangers-Capitals series was the Rangers ability to contain Alexander Ovechkin. The Rangers top defensive pair of Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi had managed to contain Sidney Crosby in round one and it lead to a rather easy five-game victory. Ovechkin was a different challenge and one that the […]
@StanFischler One of my personal all-time favorite books — among the 100 or so that I’ve written since 1967 — happens to be titled HOCKEY’S 100; otherwise known as the best hundred players ever. That was written before anyone else in our scribbling business got around to such a listing and, with that in […]