New York Rangers Rumors & News

TSN.ca "The New York Rangers will name Alain Vigneault the team's next head coach. According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, Vigneault inked a five-year, $10-million deal with the Blue Shirts. On Saturday, TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie reported that Vigneault had an agreement in place with..." June 17

New York Post "While the Rangers could formally announce the hiring of Alain Vigneault today as the 34th head coach in franchise history, his introductory press conference won’t be held before Thursday. Glen Sather, currently at his home in La Quinta, Calif., is scheduled to fly from there to Boston for..." June 17

NHL.com "The New York Rangers have hired Alain Vigneault to be the team's new coach, according to published reports Saturday. The New York Daily News and Sportsnet are reporting that Vigneault, the former coach of the Vancouver Canucks, agreed to be Rangers coach Saturday afternoon. Vigneault..." June 15

New York Post "Nineteen years to the day after hoisting the Stanley Cup at the Garden in the flush of the Rangers’ one and only championship in the last 73 years, Mark Messier confirmed his candidacy to become the Blueshirts’ next head coach. “I told Glen [Sather] I would have interest, so we’ve had..." June 14

New York Post "Rangers’ news was of an operation performed yesterday on Michael Del Zotto, not of a decision regarding the hiring of a head coach. For as the Blueshirts went through their fourth day of organizational meetings in La Quinta, Calif., the 23-year-old defenseman underwent his second sports hernia..." June 14

New York Daily News "Phoenix Coyotes coach Dave Tippett was not expected to be available to the Rangers this offseason, but commissioner Gary Bettman’s annual pre-Stanley Cup Finals address Wednesday night at the United Center may have changed that. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly admitted prior to Game 1 between..." June 13

New York Post "The leader in the clubhouse would be Alain Vigneault. That, of course, excludes the other leader in the clubhouse named Mark Messier. This is the state of the Rangers’ search for a coach that paused yesterday following Vigneault’s visit on Tuesday with general manager Glen Sather and front..." June 13

North Jersey "The Rangers have begun the process of choosing a new coach to replace the fired John Tortorella. Now, the question becomes: When does the process end and how many candidates are interviewed? Former Canucks coach Alain Vigneaut met with Rangers general manager Glen Sather and other team..." June 12

North Jersey "As the Bruins pursue their second Stanley Cup in three years, starting with Wednesday’s Game 1 at Chicago, now seems like a decent time to point out that the Rangers need to make sure Jeff Gorton will be their next GM whenever Glen Sather relinquishes those duties. While the Bruins and..." June 11

New York Post "The formal portion of the Rangers’ coaching search will begin today when Alain Vigneault meets with general manager Glen Sather and front office counselors on Day Two of the club’s organizational meetings in La Quinta, Calif. The 52-year-old former Canucks coach is believed to be at the top of..." June 11

Yahoo! Sports "The New York Rangers are fueling the coaching carousel right now. They have arguably the most desirable job opening of the three NHL vacancies – along with the Dallas Stars and the Vancouver Canucks – and are in the process of interviewing the top candidates available. Their decision could be the..." June 11

Vancouver Province "Canucks fans should have been pulling for the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks all along. Coaching candidate Dallas Eakins was back in Vancouver this week for his second interview as the Canucks search to replace Alain Vigneault. But he left without an offer, and he wasn’t likely going to..." June 10

SportingNews.com "While the NHL, NHL Players Association, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation all say a deal to bring players to the 2013 Sochi Olympics will get done, there are still roadblocks, according to Sportsnet's John Shannon. Two of the big ones: the league's desire..." June 10

New York Post "The Penguins’ loss could be the Rangers’ gain. For if Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero — perhaps under orders from team chairman Mario Lemieux — dismisses coach Dan Bylsma in the wake of his club’s sweep by the Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals that was cemented in Boston last night..." June 08

New York Post "The coaches have come and gone in the career of Mike Mottau, but there is one, most likely his final one, who sticks out. That would be Dallas Eakins, who was behind the bench this season for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies while Mottau played, and who is now embroiled in the Rangers’ search for..." June 06

New York Daily News "John Tortorella was fired because he lost the support of the Rangers players, the team’s offense sputtered, and as GM Glen Sather said on May 29, “our goal is to win the Stanley Cup, and we didn’t achieve that goal.” So if Sather’s coaching search matches his standards, the most logical fit is..." June 06

NHL.com "All players entering the NHL beginning next season could be required to wear a visor. The NHL's Competition Committee met Tuesday here. Among its recommendations was a proposal that would make visors mandatory for all players entering the League, starting in 2013-14. Under the proposal,..." June 05

TSN.ca "The NHL's Competition Committee has recommended the mandatory wearing of visors be grandfathered in at its meeting in Toronto on Tuesday. The use of shallower nets to be used next season as well as a hybrid icing rule to be tested in preseason were among other recommended rule changes proposed..." June 04

North Jersey "Of course the Rangers have to do whatever is necessary to re-sign franchise goalie Henrik Lundqvist, the single greatest reason for the franchise's turnaround from the playoff-free years of 1998-2004, even if that means a max eight-year, $80 million deal. Right? There's no denying..." June 04

New York Post "It was this time last year when the Rangers seemed on the precipice of a great run. They had just made it to within two wins of the Stanley Cup finals, and there was a distinct identity that hadn’t existed in a long time. Those Black-and-Blueshirts, led by franchise goalie Henrik Lundqvist and..." June 03

The Globe and Mail "Dallas Eakins’s tour around the NHL added yet another stop over the weekend. The Toronto Marlies head coach has become a coveted name as various teams look for coaching replacements this spring, with the Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks all expected to speak..." June 03

Newsday "It is an eclectic menu of coaching choices for the Rangers: respected bench bosses in Vancouver and Buffalo who were axed last season, two iconic NHL stars, a conditioning guru with an impressive minor-league record and a current coach who might be wooed out of the desert. The Rangers, who..." June 02

New York Post "Michael Peca has had some time to reflect on his playing career, and looking back the former Sabres captain sees something very clear about the modern game, something John Tortorella struggled with before getting fired as the coach of the Rangers on Wednesday. “Coaching in today’s game is as..." June 01

NHL.com "Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier reportedly are each interested in coaching the New York Rangers. Multiple media reports, including from the New York Post and Sportsnet, say the hockey icons have expressed interest in the job, which opened up when John Tortorella was fired Wednesday. The..." June 01

CBSSports.com "Two of the New York Rangers' top players may not be ready for the start of the 2013-14 regular season. The team announced Friday afternoon that forwards Ryan Callahan and Carl Hagelin both underwent surgery on Friday to repair torn labrums in their left shoulders. The team didn't announce an..." May 31

New York Daily News "John Tortorella hadn’t stepped forward to tell his side of the story as of Thursday night, to share his opinion on how several Rangers, including some top players, forced his firing one year after he led them to the Eastern Conference finals. But even though the hockey world awaits perhaps one..." May 31

New York Post "If the Rangers contemplate replacing John Tortorella behind the bench with an individual lacking head-coaching experience, Doug Weight could become a candidate. A potential roadblock to even an interview is that Weight is under contract to the Islanders, where he has served the last two seasons..." May 31

ESPN New York "After a dreadful postseason that has stirred talk that the New York Rangers will cut him loose, Brad Richards, the NHL's second-highest-paid player at $12 million this season, says he is still hoping to return to Broadway in the fall. "I signed here to be a Ranger a lot longer than a year and a..." May 30

New York Daily News "Glen Sather wants to win a Stanley Cup now, so it’s a good bet he’ll pursue someone who’s been there before to replace John Tortorella. Ex-Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff, 53 and ex-Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault, 52, are considered the top two available candidates to become the 35th..." May 30

New York Post "Glen Sather said yesterday the decision to fire John Tortorella was his. The reality is the players made the decision for the club president and general manager. The Rangers players had had enough of the coach and they said so during their exit meetings on Monday. Sources have confirmed Sather..." May 30

Bergen Record "John Tortorella's stormy reign as the Rangers' head coach came to a sudden end today as the team fired him with one year remaining on his contract. The Rangers reached the postseason four times in five tries once Tortorella replaced Tom Renney on Feb. 23, 2009, including reaching the Eastern..." May 29

ESPN.com "Less than 48 hours after the Rangers made their exit from the playoffs -- bounced after a 3-1 loss in Game 5 to the Bruins on Saturday -- the Rangers were saddled with the familiar emotions that come with the end of a disappointing season. Frustration, regret, and bewilderment, all directed at..." May 29

New York Post "The feeling coming from Brad Richards was utter frustration, and the idea that he purveyed during yesterday’s breakup day for the Rangers is he needs a brand new start. So now the question is if that start is in New York, or if Richards is off playing somewhere else next season should the..." May 28

New York Post "Rick Nash was supposed to be the final piece to the Rangers’ Stanley Cup puzzle, the dominant force on the offensive end to match Henrik Lundqvist’s brilliance in net. Instead, he was just another Rangers forward who failed to produce in the postseason — when coach John Tortorella has said..." May 28

New York Post "The words of Rangers coach John Tortorella were hardly veiled, as on his team’s breakup day yesterday he made a strong push to keep unrestricted free agent Ryane Clowe wearing the Blueshirt. “I can’t talk about the contracts, I just think I’d be stepping out of bounds, but as far as Ryane..." May 28

Columbus Dispatch "The Blue Jackets and New York Rangers have finally completed the Rick Nash trade. Yes, the final piece was determined last night when the Rangers bowed out of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a loss to Boston in the second round. The trade, consummated on July 24, was Artem Anisimov, Brandon..." May 28

The Globe and Mail "Brad Richards would like to continue his career with the New York Rangers. That decision was his two summers ago, but now it is out of his hands. The former star centre joined his Rangers teammates on Monday in cleaning out their lockers following a disappointing five-game loss to the Boston..." May 28

New York Post "John Tortorella’s obligation is to coach the team he has, not the team he used to have or the team he wishes he had. The 2011-12 Rangers ceased to exist more than a year ago. It is a waste of time, energy and of the future to pine for them or attempt to recreate them. Yesterday’s..." May 27

New York Post "Of all the ideas to come out of the Rangers postmortem locker room on Saturday in Boston, maybe the most confounding was the admission the team was not ready to start their second-round series against the Bruins. By the time Game 5 had ended, the Blueshirts’ season was kaput, it was all too..." May 27

New York Post "The issues that lie in front of Rangers general manager Glen Sather this summer are plentiful, and it all starts with the fact he has to shell out a lot of money at a time when the salary cap is coming down. By watching the spending limit drop from $70.2 million to $64.3 million next season,..." May 27

New York Post "The Rangers saved their best of the series for the last of the series, and that wasn’t enough, either. One year to the day after their 2012 elimination by the Devils in the conference finals, the Rangers were eliminated by the Bruins in the conference semifinals. Unhappy anniversary to..." May 26

Pro Hockey Talk "John Tortorella took the blame for the poor work of many New York Rangers stars, but few would’ve passed much blame to Henrik Lundqvist, who kept his team in more than a few games in 2013. Still, the result remains familiar for the superstar Swede: his team lost in the postseason. While the..." May 26

New York Post "How much could have been expected of Roman Hamrlik, the 39-year-old veteran defenseman who made the most galling mistake in the Rangers’ season-ending, 3-1 loss to the Bruins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals last night at TD Garden. With 13 minutes gone by in the second period,..." May 26

New York Post "Sitting on a chair on a black dais in an echoic black room with black cardboard walls, John Tortorella raised his right hand and motioned towards his chest. The season had just ended with Tortorella’s Rangers losing 3-1 to the Bruins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in TD Garden,..." May 26