AV’s Decision-Making Is Now An Indictment Of Jeff Gorton
Four games into the season. That's all it took. Four games, and Rangers nation has been thrown into full revolt. Part of it is, admittedly, an overreaction to a slow start. One win in the team's first four games is sure to get any fan base with high expectations...
5 Movies I Would Rather Watch 100 Times than Marc Staal Play Defense
[text_output]For some strange reason I find myself consuming two types of media recently. The first is a ton of truly awful movies. Films you wouldn’t wish on your worst...
Did Fighting Have a Measurable Impact on Ranger Games Last Year?
Fighting has always been a polarizing issue in society, and has increasingly become controversial in hockey as well, the one major American sport where a fight is not accompanied by a significant suspension. In life outside of sports, there are crowds that view...
Blueshirts Breakaway EP 99 – The Rangers are Back and so is Being Angry at Them
[text_output]Ryan has James Clark (Opposite Kaplan) fill in for the first 10 minutes of the podcast, then Greg wakes up in a masterful rage and the boys let loose on...
Changing of the Guard
For as long as I have been a Rangers fan, Dan Girardi and Derek Stepan were Blueshirts. All my memories as a fan have always included these two guys in the picture; it’s all I’ve ever really known. But this familiarity was broken when significant changes were...
Stop Using Player Plus/Minus Ratings Already!
I woke up on Friday and went about my typical weekday morning routine. I get dressed, take my dog out, and a few minutes into the walk, once I’m awake enough to actually think, I pull out my phone and scan Twitter and Facebook to pass the time as my dog tries to...
Ryan Mead 24 Hour Stream – Puerto Rico Fundraiser
Game 1 – Avalanche v. Rangers Recap
The Rangers dropped their season opener to the visiting Colorado Avalanche 4-2 Thursday night. Let's take a quick look at what exactly happened in this game, both the good and the bad: --It was one of the main points I highlighted in this week's newsletter, but the...
AV Lied To Us
Before training camp started, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault stood before the media and proclaimed that for the first time in nearly a decade, Marc Staal would be playing for his spot on the roster. No more would there be guarantees about playing time or even a spot in...
Dominic Moore And The Wonderful Distraction Of The Rangers
Dominic Moore is my all time favorite New York Ranger. He isn't a hall of fame candidate, he was never a top six center on any of the many teams he played for; hell he broke 40 points just once. Yet in my heart above all else, Dominic Moore is my guy. To me he is the...