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Yahoo
3 days ago
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Rangers Thoughts From Here, There And Everywhere
1. I don't know about you but I believe that it's downright insulting that Peter Laviolette spent two years here – got paid a ton – and didn't have the time to even deliver a good-bye thank you to the citizens of Rangerville who hosted him so well. 2. I mean something like a sweet good-bye, or so long, it's been good to know ya would not have been very hard. But Pistol Pete rode out of town as if he merely had a one-night stand at The Garden, and that was that. 3. I don't know about you, but right this minute, the most exciting thing about 2025-26 is the prospect of Kenny Albert and Dave Maloney taking their pungent radio act to tv via MSG Networks. (Guaranteed, within two weeks, there'll be a Maloney rip mentioned in The Post Sports section.) 4. Whether the Rangers are a contender or stink to high heaven, Albert-Maloney will arrest your attention. (They also may "arrest" Mika if he doesn't backcheck.) 5. I'm betting big (Monopoly) money that a Sam Rosen banner will be hoisted during the 100th anniversary fiesta. And Mark Messier will help Sammy do the pulling. 6. Joe Micheletti won't get a banner but he sure deserves something tangible for all his seasons of solid work. (Any ideas. friends? Something big like a bar mitzvah banquet.) 7. The one Ranger who has the goods and who MUST have a big year is none other than Adam Fox. (It's about time that Foxy displayed the Norris Trophy skill that got him the big bucks.) 8. Hockey people I miss: Doc Emrick Sean Avery, Ron Duguay, Michael Cosby, Jimmy Root, Steve Albert, Al Albert, Marv Albert, Bob Goodman, Noam Kogen, Lou Lamoriello, Mike Milbury, Jessica Berman, Larry Hirsch, Mark Herrmann, Steve Cangialosi and Brian Burke. What Ever Happened To The Rangers Offseason? It Disappeared There used to be such a thing as the Rangers "Offseason," but not any more and I'll tell you how I know. 9. David Quinn, former Rangers head coach, now returns as an assistant coach. You have to wonder how anyone who played under Quinn before will react to him now. (After all, wasn't it the players who originally were responsible for Quinn getting the boot?) 10. The Hockey News' "Money And Power" issue has a section called "Players and Former Players." No Rangers are listed among the top 15. Connor McDavid is #1, Auston Matthews, #2 while Matthew Tkachuk and Jacob Slavain bring up the rear at #14, #15.
New York Times
22-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
After ‘iconic' Rangers tenure, Chris Kreider opens up about New York departure: One-on-one
STAMFORD, Conn. — Chris Kreider arrived a few minutes early for his Monday workout at Prentiss Hockey Performance, where he's spent summers training for more than a decade. An array of jerseys from the gym's current and former clients line the walls, and Kreider's is featured prominently right across from the entrance. Advertisement With time to burn, the 34-year-old winger plopped into a chair at the front desk, turned toward the computer and pretended to do administrative work. As an earlier workout group of NHLers shuffled past, Kreider said hello to Adam Fox and Brett Berard, his now-former New York Rangers teammates. Much to Kreider's delight, Berard was wearing a shirt from Boston College, where his brother, Brady Berard, currently plays and where Kreider starred for three years. They chatted for a moment about the Golden Eagles' upcoming season. Relaxing behind the desk, Kreider was home. Comfortable. In a familiar place before a massive change. Last month, the Rangers sent Kreider — their longest-tenured player — to Anaheim for a third-round pick and prospect Carey Terrance, ending one of the most storied careers in franchise history. New York drafted Kreider with the No. 19 pick in 2009, and he became one of the faces of the team after his splashy debut in the 2012 playoffs. He was the constant from the 2014 team that made the Stanley Cup Final through the rebuilding teams of the 2010s to the return to contention in the 2020s. He's third in franchise history in goals, tied for first in power play goals and first in playoff goals. Now, for the first time, he won't be tipping in pucks for the Rangers. He's part of another NHL organization, one nearly 3,000 miles away from the only region he's ever called home. Kreider grew up in the Boston area, played for Boston College and then went to the Rangers. He's never lived outside of the Northeast. So how, in this time of transition, is he feeling about everything? 'Good,' he told The Athletic, before laughing. 'Bit of a loaded question.' He's at least had a bit of time to settle into an answer. Plenty of his former teammates have been dealt in-season. That, Kreider knows, can be a bit of a shock. Since his exit happened over the summer, he's been able to process the move at his own pace. Advertisement 'For me it's been kind of gradual, which I think is nice,' he said. 'I don't know; I have nothing to compare it to. 'There are brush points where it's kind of like 'this is happening, for sure.' (After Anaheim) shipped out my new equipment, jumping on the ice with Ducks stuff on, and people coming up to me and being like 'you look weird.'' The Rangers informed Kreider early in the offseason that they intended to move him, then worked with his camp to find a destination that suited him. Kreider had listed the Ducks on his partial no-trade list but agreed to sign off on the deal after taking a day to talk through the situation with his family. Anaheim's roster features several of Kreider's old Rangers teammates and friends, including former captain Jacob Trouba, Frank Vatrano and Ryan Strome, who joked that he urged Kreider to 'hurry up and sign the papers' while making the decision. 'He's a very proud Ranger and one of the most accomplished Rangers in history,' said Strome, who played with Kreider in New York from 2018-22. 'As much as I feel like he needed a bit of a fresh start and a new challenge, I also think it was probably not the easiest thing to go. … When you're dealing with a player of that pedigree and I think (with) the way some of the other exits of the Rangers' veterans in the previous years have gone, they wanted to let Chris handle it the way he wanted to handle it. I think he kind of steered the ship a little bit.' The Ducks' recent hiring of coach Joel Quenneville also intrigued Kreider, and he liked their young core, especially up the middle. He referred to 20-year-old center Leo Carlsson as a 'unicorn' Monday and called Mason McTavish a 'bull.' Kreider added that new teammates Radko Gudas, Troy Terry and Cutter Gauthier all welcomed him after the deal was finalized on June 12, and that Strome has been 'super helpful throughout the whole process.' Kreider is coming off a trying season in which the Rangers missed the playoffs. He had scored at least 36 goals in each of the prior three seasons but managed only 22 in 2024-25, his lowest mark in a full season since 2017-18, and had only eight assists in 68 games. In November, team president and general manager Chris Drury sent a memo to other general managers saying he was open to trading roster players and mentioned Kreider and Trouba by name. That came two games into a 4-15-0 skid and foreshadowed both veteran players' departures. Advertisement Along with the trade rumors, Kreider battled multiple injuries over the year. He dealt with back spasms in the first part of the season, then an illness that resulted in vertigo coming out of Christmas break. When he started to feel healthy again, he hurt his left hand in a February game against Buffalo. He sat for six games, then tried to play through the injury with lots of tape on his hand, hoping to help the Rangers into a playoff spot. That wasn't particularly effective. 'One little push in the game and it was just back to square one,' he said. After the season, Kreider had surgery that put metal in his hand to hold it together, leaving him with a three-inch scar. 'Now I've got a Wolverine hand,' he said, mimicking the superhero unleashing one of his retractable claws. The doctor gave Kreider a six-to-eight week recovery timeline, but Kreider recalled receiving medical clearance to return in four. 'I've been doing a ton of stuff in here (in the gym), just doing what I can to be in good shape,' he said. As he talked through the surgery, Kreider detoured to reflect on several other hand and wrist issues he dealt with in his Rangers tenure: a scaphoid injury that ended his 2014 regular season and sidelined him until the second round of the playoffs; an ECU tendon tear he played through in 2017; a wrist injury in the 2022 playoffs. Some were more prohibitive than others, and his hand injury in 2025 was one that likely affected his performance. 'I think he's got a ton of game left,' Strome added. 'I think Kreids is a very humble guy. Last year he wouldn't tell many people but he was probably playing through some tough injuries. You topple on that with some team disappointment and some personal disappointment and I think things kind of just snowball there in a bad direction.' Strome also believes joining the Ducks could help rejuvenate Kreider, even if the initial sight of him wearing their jersey might be jarring. Advertisement 'That'll definitely take some getting used to,' Strome said. 'The last two decades, you think of iconic New York Rangers and you have Henrik Lundqvist, then Chris Kreider is — if not second — third or fourth on that list.' Since the trade to Anaheim, Kreider said plenty of people in the community have approached him and expressed their gratitude, which seemed fitting. 'That's how I feel, too,' he said. As for whether a change of scenery will help bring out extra motivation, Kreider said with a laugh, 'This is my first time experiencing it. Hopefully.' Kreider has yet to visit Anaheim since the deal, but he's figured out a place to live close to other players. He's planning to take a trip there soon. 'I've gotta get the lay of the land,' he said. But just because he's no longer a Ranger does not mean he's bidding a permanent farewell to the Northeast. Asked if Connecticut and the New York area will remain home for his offseasons, Kreider answered before the question was over. 'Yes.' He has roots here — and a whole lot of history, too. (Photo by Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Sport
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Rangers land prized defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov in NHL free agency
After a largely quiet offseason to this point, the New York Rangers made a big splash when the NHL free-agent market opened Tuesday, signing defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to a reported seven-year, $49 million contract ($7 million average annual value). Though a significant investment, Gavrikov's contract is a relative bargain on the open market. Gavrikov was clearly the best defenseman available after Aaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers) and Ivan Provorov (Columbus Blue Jackets) re-signed with their teams before July 1. Advertisement By comparison, Provorov, who's also a left-shot, top-four defenseman, will get $8.5 million annually on his new deal with Columbus. That Gavrikov took $1.5 million less per year shows his desire to play for the Rangers The rugged 29-year-old is a perfect fit for the Rangers, who were desperate to add a steady, reliable, physical left-shot d-man to play in their top four. It's expected that Gavrikov, who averaged a career-high 23:05 TOI with the Los Angeles Kings last season, will team up with Adam Fox on the Rangers top pair. Fox's longtime partner, Ryan Lindgren, was traded to the Colorado Avalanche last season and is an unrestricted free agent. Now, the Rangers must decide what to do with K'Andre Miller. The 25-year-old is a restricted free agent with arbitration rights, and the Rangers have been looking to trade him all offseason, but have yet to do so. They are reluctant to sign Miller to a long-term, big-money deal due to his inconsistent play, and now have very little salary cap space to keep him. There are several reports Tuesday that the Rangers are closing in on a trade that would send Miller to the Carolina Hurricanes. Advertisement The Rangers entered Tuesday with approximately $13 million in cap space, before signing Gavrikov, and still needing to re-sign RFA forward Will Cuylle, who's due a sizeable raise after scoring 20 goals and finishing tied for third in the NHL with 301 hits last season, and Miller or his possible replacement. MORE TO COME Related Headlines
New York Times
01-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
NHL contract grades: Vladislav Gavrikov's deal is fine, but does it make sense for Rangers?
Vladislav Gavrikov signed a seven-year contract with a $7 million average annual value with the New York Rangers. Mark Lazerus: Gavrikov is a better player than Ivan Provorov. And considering Provorov just got seven years at $8.5 million a season to stay in Columbus, this is undeniably a good deal for the Rangers. Given the scarcity of quality defenders on the market, Gavrikov — who's not a No. 1 but is a dynamite No. 2 or 3 who can assume an all-important shutdown role, either alongside or behind Adam Fox — surely could have broken the bank elsewhere, but he wanted to go to New York, and New York wanted him. This is hardly a surprise. Advertisement But why did New York want him so bad? What exactly are the Rangers doing here? Coming off a dismal season which saw them go from the Presidents' Trophy to missing the playoffs, what is Chris Drury's plan? After shedding Jacob Trouba and Chris Kreider, it's at least a little perplexing to sign a 29-year-old defenseman to a max-term deal and then likely sell low on K'Andre Miller, a promising 25-year-old restricted free agent in whom you've invested so much time and development. Artemi Panarin is 33, Mika Zibanejad is 32, J.T. Miller is 32 and Vincent Trocheck is 31. The Rangers seem to think they can win next season, that 2024-25 was a blip, not a trend. That feels awfully optimistic, though having one of the world's best goaltenders in Igor Shesterkin certainly makes it at least plausible. Rebuilds are ugly and painful and far from a guarantee (ask Buffalo, ask Detroit, ask Chicago), and the Rangers pulled the chute on theirs when Panarin fell into their lap. But retools aren't any easier, and often leave teams stuck in the mushy middle, too good to build through the draft, too bad to actually contend. This is a good player. This is a good contract. But is it a good signing? Only if Shesterkin returns to his all-world levels, Panarin threatens 50 goals again, Zibanejad turns back the clock, Will Cuylle doesn't get offer-sheeted and a number of other things break the Rangers' way. It's hard to know what, if anything, it'll take to put New York back on top under new coach Mike Sullivan, but half-measures and hedging typically don't get the job done. Contract grade: A Fit grade: B- Shayna Goldman: Heading into free agency, Gavrikov looked like a prime overpayment target. He bet on himself in 2023 with a two-year contract in Los Angeles, which gave him a chance to show what he could do outside of Columbus. Over the last two years, he proved that he is an excellent shutdown defenseman. And that's something teams are always looking for — maybe even moreso now after the Panthers won back-to-back championships, thanks in part to their suffocating defense. Advertisement Pair all of that with the rising cap and thin defense market, especially after Aaron Ekblad and Provorov extended early, and Gavrikov's next deal had the potential to be a very regrettable contract. The idea of an $8 million to $9 million cap hit for a defenseman turning 30 seemed like a major risk — even if he is a late-bloomer who doesn't follow traditional aging curves. Gavrikov doesn't have the same wear-and-tear as some veterans at this point in his career, in similar roles. And that helps project a more favorable trajectory from here. But there is always some leeway in both directions with these projections. Some of his comps — David Savard, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Marc Methot — point to a drastic decline in the near future, while Matt Niskanen, Ryan McDonagh and Johnny Boychuck show a more promising path. The latter is what the Rangers are clearly betting on, but there is always going to be risk with these long-term contracts. This deal is slightly above Gavrikov's projected market value over the next seven years, and above what Evolving-Hockey's model pointed to for a seven-year deal outside of L.A. ($5.99 million AAV). It is, however, below AFP Analytics' $7.6 million projection. The number isn't perfect. It never was going to be. The middle class is going to benefit the most from the rising cap, and this contract adds to that trend. The later years could become a problem, but that will probably line up with most of the Rangers' core declining, anyway. Realistically, this team has to contend in Shesterkin's prime. But the on-ice fit is strong. As much as coaching change should help, roster adjustments are also necessary to turn things around in New York. Gavrikov is going to be tasked with being a No. 2 or No. 3 in New York, and bring some much-needed defensive stability — whether he plays matchup minutes with Adam Fox or forms a shutdown pairing with Will Borgen on the second. The Rangers just have to hope that his game doesn't suffer when moving from a structured team such as the Kings to more chaotic surroundings in New York. Management is betting that his play can be the calming presence this team is missing. Contract grade: A Fit grade: B
News.com.au
20-06-2025
- Health
- News.com.au
What your doctors are writing about you behind your back
Have you ever wondered what your doctor is really thinking about you when you're sitting in their office? The truth is, the world of medicine has long been home to its own secret language – shorthand acronyms and slang that doctors use to communicate about patients to other healthcare staff, often behind their backs. However, this is somewhat of a dying art, as today's medical slang now largely exists in whispered conversations or informal notes. These colloquialisms rarely make their way into a patient's official records, because they're often considered unethical and potentially offensive. Also, using them could result in legal trouble for doctors or hospitals if patients discovered them and decided to pursue legal action. Adam Fox, a collector of medical slang, once shared an example from one of his annual reports to the BBC. A practitioner had written 'TTFO', meaning 'told to f**k off', on a patient's chart. When asked about the entry in court, the practitioner had to pretend the initials stood for 'to take fluids orally'. Another reason for the decline in this sort of slang is that they may be confused with genuine medical terms, potentially leading to misunderstandings. Leading GP, Dr. Zac, tells that he remembers an incident where this happened. 'A patient ended up suing – and winning – after she overheard a clinician referring to 'the cow in the room',' he says. 'She assumed she was being insulted. But the reality was that the clinician had been venting about a COW: a 'Computer on Wheels' that was malfunctioning again (as they often do). 'The context was lost, and what followed was a legal headache no one needed, but it served as a wake-up call. Ever since then, there's been a push to remove any language that could be easily misconstrued, especially when emotions are already heightened in a hospital setting.' According to ex-TedxSydney founder, Remo Giuffre, who explored this phenomenon in his book series Remorandum, some of the codes include: ART: Ain't Right There (patient has an unusual demeanour or behaviour) BWCO: Baby Won't Come Out (needs Caesarian) CFL: Chronic Frustrated Lawyer (frustrated patient who threatens legal action frequently) CSTO/DSTO: Cat/Dog Smarter Than Owner (used by vets) CTD: Circling the Drain (a critically ill patient who is deteriorating) DBI: Dirt Bag Index (this multiplies the number of tattoos by the number of missing teeth to give an estimate of the number of days since the patient last bathed) DUB: Damn Ugly Baby EGO: Excessive Gas Output (patients with frequent flatulence complaints) FF: Frequent Flyer (patient who frequently visits the ER for non-emergency issues) FLK w/ GLM: Funny-Looking Kid with a Good Looking Mum FUBAR: F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition (extremely complex or difficult situation) FURB: Funny, Unusual, Rectal Blockage (people who use unusual objects in their anus) GOK: God Only Knows (patient with symptoms that are baffling or defy a clear diagnosis) GOMER: Get Out of My Emergency Room GPO: Good for Parts Only (patients whose injuries may mean they are unlikely to survive) GRAFOB: Grim Reaper At Foot Of Bed LOBNH: Lights On But Nobody Home (patients who are alert but mentally absent) LOFA: Lack of F**king Ability (patients who struggle with simple tasks or who seem helpless) LOLINAD: Little Old Lady In No Apparent Distress NQR: Not Quite Right (patient who doesn't have a clear diagnosis but isn't healthy either) PITA: Pain In The A** TEETH: Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy (chronic cases that resist standard treatment) TMB: Too Many Birthdays (elderly patients, often with multiple chronic issues due to age) TOBP: Tired of Being Pregnant (especially patient demanding Caesarian) TSTL: Too Stupid To Live (patients engaging in extremely risky or unhealthy behaviour) UBI: Unexplained Beer Injury (injuries of unknown origin associated with alcohol consumption) VIP Syndrome: A high-status patient who expects special treatment that disrupts standard care WADA: Weak And Dizzy All-over (patients with vague, non-specific symptoms) Dr Zac says that while most of these terms are on the way out, some acronyms still hold a strong clinical place and are routinely used in day-to-day care. These are the ones that serve a real purpose in communication and patient safety, not 'cheap laughs', he says. Here are a few that remain in standard use: FAST – Face, Arms, Speech, Time (stroke recognition tool) ABCDE – Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (standard trauma and emergency assessment structure) SOAP – Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan (common structure for medical notes) PEARL – Pupils Equal And Reactive to Light (used in neurological exams) AVPU – Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive (used to measure level of consciousness) 'So while the cheeky acronyms of old might still make the rounds on Reddit or late-night handover jokes, in practice, they've mostly been replaced with clearer, standardised terminology,' Dr Zac says. 'And maybe that's a good thing.'
