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Banged-up Gaborik needs shoulder surgery

PAT LEONARD — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:41:26 GMT

The Rangers want to add a goal scorer. They didn't plan on losing one for the start of next season.

Raissman: Torts never at loss to rip observers

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:27:00 GMT

Sure, it was just a coincidence tightly wound John Tortorella would grant extended interviews to two local sports-talk radio stations the very day the Devils opened the Stanley Cup Finals.

Sather sticking with Rangers' youth movement

PAT LEONARD — Thu, 31 May 2012 06:40:06 GMT

Glen Sather, the Rangers' 68-year-old president and GM is aware his team has needs. John Tortorella said Monday at breakup day in Greenburgh that the Rangers "have to work extremely hard to score goals."

Bondy: Rangers not missed in the Cup

Filip Bondy — Wed, 30 May 2012 02:18:31 GMT

The bad news is that the Rangers are gone, and with them considerable local interest in hockey. The good news is that the Rangers are gone, and now the playoffs should get considerably more telegenic.

Rangers seek net results for next season

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:51:28 GMT

The Rangers’ offseason goal: More goals. John Tortorella said he was encouraged by his team’s growth from 2011, but the Blueshirts’ coach said just like last summer, his team needs another weapon.

Tortorella says Sauer still a question mark

PAT LEONARD — Tue, 29 May 2012 06:50:30 GMT

Michael Sauer’s concussion on Dec. 5 not only sidelined him for the rest of the season, it is threatening the Ranger defenseman’s career.

Bondy: Blueshirts' King is only human

Tue, 29 May 2012 06:49:56 GMT

Henrik Lundqvist said it all in four words after Game 4, a tough loss to the Devils. “I’m just a goalie,” he said. He was not the Rangers’ shaky forwards, who struggled to score goals through 20 games of the playoffs.

Five things the Rangers need to do

PAT LEONARD — Sun, 27 May 2012 04:02:38 GMT

The only way the Rangers can rid themselves of the pit in their stomachs is to claim the grand prize next season — if there is a season, with the collective bargaining agreement expiring in September.

Bondy: Rangers at a loss again

Filip Bondy — Sun, 27 May 2012 01:31:23 GMT

When John Tortorella arrived to coach the Rangers a few years ago, he issued an order that nobody was to step on the team’s logo at its training site or at the Garden. The directive was supposed to instill a sense of pride and purpose in a franchise that had become something of a laughing stock around the league, and that has now earned exactly one Stanley Cup in 72 years.

All over! Blueshirts dumped by Devils in OT

PAT LEONARD — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:25:21 GMT

Adam Henrique buried the game-winning goal as the Rangers stood on the ice, stunned by the 3-2 loss that eliminated them from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Relieved Brodeur closes door on ’94

KRISTIE ACKERT — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:50:52 GMT

For Martin Brodeur, 1994 is over. After having to relive that epic Eastern Conference finals loss of that year to the Rangers for nearly two weeks, the Devils' goaltender put an end to the talk about his ancient history.

Adam gives grief to Rangers in OT

PETER BOTTE — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:39:03 GMT

It was a goal that none of the Rangers wanted to discuss. And really, it was one that most of them on the ice couldn’t even describe.

Bondy: Lack of scoring punch KOs these Rangers

Filip Bondy — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:35:00 GMT

The Rangers didn’t have the scorers, they didn’t have the stars. They didn’t even have the puck control displayed by the Devils. They had plenty of grit and grind in them, just not enough quality in the Eastern Conference finals.

In end, Torts and DeBoer go quietly

PAT LEONARD , KRISTIE ACKERT, PETER BOTTE — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:28:59 GMT

The postgame handshake was quick and painless. After trading barbs through the media this season, and going nose-to-nose screaming at each other from their benches in game 4, John Tortorella and Peter DeBoer had a very mundane post-series handshake Friday night.

Leonard: Rangers show true blue when in the red

PAT LEONARD — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:46:03 GMT

Not every team pushed to the brink of elimination responds with a desperate, spirited defense of its season, and not every team that has everything on the line succeeds.

‘94 Rewind: Messier's trick saves Rangers

JOHN GIANNONE — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:42:31 GMT

Mark Messier knows that talk is cheap. But in one scintillating, almost mind-boggling 20-minute performance against the Devils, Messier turned his daring pearls of wisdom into priceless works of art.

Rangers: We'll clean up our own 'Mess'

PAT LEONARD — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:24:53 GMT

On the 18th anniversary of the Captain’s famous guarantee, the Rangers made it clear that if they are going to overcome a 3-2 deficit in the Eastern Conference finals, they plan to do it their own way beginning in Game 6 Friday night against the Devils in Newark.

Finals flashback: Mess guarantees Game 6 win

JOHN GIANNONE — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:52:36 GMT

In the grand tradition of Joe Namath, Mark Messier guaranteed a Ranger triumph in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Meadowlands Arena. "We're going to go in and win Game 6," Messier said.

Devils down Rangers 5-3 in Game 5 at the Garden

PAT LEONARD — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:13:28 GMT

Devils’ Ryan Carter scored with 4:24 remaining and Zach Parise added an empty-netter to hand the Rangers a disheartening 5-3 loss at the Garden.

Ruslan provides Blueshirt spark in Game 5 loss

PAT LEONARD, PETER BOTTE, KRISTIE ACKERT — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:34:15 GMT

Maybe Ruslan Fedotenko thought Wednesday night’s battle was Game 7, in which the two-time Stanley Cup winner has a 6-0 career record.

Ranger mates can't save Henrik in Game 5

PETER BOTTE — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:31:24 GMT

Henrik Lundqvist has deserved every plaudit, magazine cover and award nomination he has garnered all season long.

Lupica: Rangers are in for Devil of a time

Mike Lupica — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:24:52 GMT

Game 5 went wrong, just like that. The night ended the way it began. Now the Rangers go to The Rock on Friday night, trying to get back to the Garden.

Rangers forwards baffled by Devils

PAT LEONARD — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:30:26 GMT

John Tortorella has seen his team respond in the clutch too often to openly fret or seek new motivational tactics, even if just two forwards had scored on New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur through four games

Leonard: For Rangers, losing Game 5 may mean losing Cup shot

PAT LEONARD — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:03:54 GMT

John Tortorella joked Tuesday that he’ll have to “pray” to get his top-six forwards going offensively, but the truth is the Devils have already brought the Rangers to their knees in these Eastern Conference finals.

Rangers' Rupp admits getting rough for no reason

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:24:59 GMT

Mike Rupp backed Martin Brodeur’s contention that the Devils’ goalie didn’t say anything to get punched in the chest late in the Devils’ Game 4 victory Monday night at The Rock.