Articles from October 2011

A Losing Day for Both The Rangers and The Whale

The Rangers opened their season yesterday, losing to the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in OT. The best part of the game for the Rangers was Ryan Callahan’s 11 shots and his first period goal. Today, New York also got beyond regulation, but wound up losing again–this time to the Anaheim Ducks, 2-1, in a shootout. [...]

A D-Man and Other Transactions

First, there was spate of players on waivers, the reassignment of Tim Erixon to Connecticut, then Erixon’s recall, and today, there is the claim of Jeff Woywitka off the waiver wire. This has certainly been a whirlwind week for Rangers’ transactions. With Avery reassigned to the Connecticut Whale, the Rangers cleared more than $1.9 million [...]

Waivers and a Defenseman

At noon today, two things happened that affected the Rangers. First, it was announced that Dale Weise, who was reassigned to the AHL on Saturday, but had to pass through waivers to get there, was claimed by the Vancouver Canucks. To be honest, I was somewhat surprised that he was reassigned to Connecticut last weekend. [...]

The Connecticut Whale and the Roster Cuts

This morning the Rangers announced what is (almost) their last roster cut. Although there were a couple of surprises, and probably none of those that were cut are happy on their way home, there was a chance that had the bulk of them not been sent to Connecticut, the Whale might have gone winless this [...]