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Just a few weeks before the NHL trade deadline the New York Rangers told their fans that changes were coming. It continued over the past few days with the trading of Michael Grabner to New Jersey, Rick Nash and Nick Holden to Boston, and J.T. Miller and Ryan McDonagh to Tampa Bay. In return for those seven players (including Stepan and Raanta) the Rangers have picked up 16 assets in return. Continue to Article

February 27, 2018 4:51:pm EST

The Ottawa Senators appear to be holding onto Karlsson until at least the summer, but the Tampa Bay Lightning are still going bold for a Stanley Cup. Details are still being sorted out, yet the headline move is that the Lightning landed McDonagh. Especially if J.T. Miller is also bound for Tampa Bay, as many including TSN’s Darren Dreger report. Continue to Article

February 27, 2018 1:14:am EST

Minutes later, though, word came that the New York Rangers in the nick of time sent defenseman and captain Ryan McDonagh and forward J.T. Miller to the Tampa Bay Lightning for forward Vladislav Namestnikov (Miller’s cheaper equal) and a slew of prospects (Libor Hajek and Brett Howden) and draft picks (Tampa Bay’s first-round pick in 2018 and a conditional second-rounder in 2019). McDonagh, under contract for this season and next with a team-friendly cap number, wasn’t the best player on the market—that was Ottawa’s two-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson, who will likely find himself dealt in the summer—but he was the best player traded. Playing behind Victor Hedman he will bolster the Bolts’ already fearsome defensive left side. Continue to Article

February 26, 2018 6:22:pm EST

Earlier this month, New York Rangers management issued a letter to their fans about the new direction the team would be going in. Instead of pushing for a playoff spot, they decided that it was time to “be focused on adding young, competitive players that combine speed, skill and character. At the time, many, including myself, thought it was very progressive of the Rangers to outline their future plans to their fans. Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 11:41:am EST

Philadelphia Flyers right wing Wayne Simmonds will miss two to three weeks with an upper-body injury, the team announced Tuesday. Simmonds was injured during Sunday's game against the New York Rangers. Although he finished the game with an assist in 14:05 of ice time, reports hint he may have been hurt during a first-period fight with New York's Tony DeAngelo. Continue to Article

February 20, 2018 4:10:pm EST