Category: Larry Brooks
There Will Be A Game 7 For The New York Rangers
Larry Brooksfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, Sidney Crosby did not play, the Penguins had their third-string goaltender back in net, Rickard Rakell and Brian Dumoulin remained sidelined and then Brian Boyle left the game for good early in the first period. But do you know what? There will be no...
Read moreThe New York Rangers Suffer An Embarrassing Loss
New York Rangersfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Rangers, The Rangers dishonored themselves and their season with a total eclipse of the heart in Monday’s 7-2 debacle of a Game 4 defeat to the Penguins that leaves the club one loss away from ignominious extinction. There is no excuse, none whatsoever, for...
Read moreThe New York Rangers Need A Win
Sidney Crosbyfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, Ferris Bueller said that life comes at you fast in the playoffs and even faster when Sidney Crosby is on the other side playing some of the most compelling hockey of his fabled career. Yogi Berra said that it gets late early in the playoffs and especially...
Read moreProtect The Goalies
Larry Brooksfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, It plays across your screens from September through February, week after week, as the NFL goes overboard protecting its quarterbacks from being in harm’s way. It might offend the sensibilities of some old-timers who grew up with Lawrence Taylor, or maybe...
Read moreTime For The New Jersey Devils To Step Up
Larry Brooksfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, A couple of years ago, I’d have said that this is a team in dire need of John Tortorella’s Shock Doctrine, but I just don’t know at this point whether he can relate constructively to the newest generation of elite talents. It would be worth the Devils’ wh...
Read moreThe Dynamic Guy Lafleur
Jack Hughesfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, If you think that Connor McDavid, Artemi Panarin, Trevor Zegras, Jack Hughes and the like are electrifying, then you should have seen Guy Lafleur, because there has never quite been anything like it and there’s never been anyone quite like Le Démon Blond....
Read moreAlexis Lafreniere Was Rested Last Night
Rangersfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, The Rangers found a productive third-line connection between Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko on Wednesday in a 4-0 victory over the depleted and dreadful Flyers, but Alexis Lafreniere was not with them, serving as a healthy scratch for the first time in his...
Read moreSnapshots: Kravtsov, Wallmark, Celebrini
Vitali KravtsovThe New York Rangers are primed for a legitimate Stanley Cup run, but it appears as though their malcontent prospect will not be joining them. Larry Brooks of the New York Post reports that instead of joining the Rangers for the playoff run, Vitali Kravtsov will begin his offseason training regimen...
Read moreMorning Line- Larry Brooks
Pittsburgh PenguinsWait a second. The Dept of Player "Safety" is doing nothing about Malkin's crosscheck to Borowiecki's mouth? Different day, same NHL genuflection to the Penguins and to one of the dirtiest players in the league. — Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) April 11, 2022 Missed the incident? Watch below....
Read moreInteresting Hockey Notes
Pat LaFontainefrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, - ...Matthews, the putative Hart Trophy leader, is on his way to perhaps the best season by a U.S. native in league history, his targets likely including Pat LaFontaine’s 148-point (53-95) 1992-93 season and Brian Leetch’s 102-point (20-82) Norris Trophy...
Read moreIt’s A Crisis
Colin Campbellfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, The approach to NHL officiating will not change until the gatekeepers do, and neither will trust in the system. If the same people who have been overseeing the operation for years and years, if the Colin Campbell’s and Stephen Walkom’s of the hockey world...
Read moreInteresting Hockey Topics
Nikita Kucherovfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, - The NHL lost all claim to concern over cap integrity the moment the league allowed players on career-ending long-term injured reserve to be traded. So enough with the sudden hand-wringing about exploiting the LTIR system the way Chicago (Patrick Kan...
Read moreThe New York Rangers Improved, But…
Larry Brooksfrom Larry Brooks of the New York Post, ...the top six may have only five forwards who legitimately fit into that category, a fact of life exacerbated by the news that Kaapo Kakko will be out for at least the rest of March before the Finn might be able to return from the wrist injury that has s...
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