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Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rangers' Possible Line Combinations To Start The 2025-26 Season
Dennis Schneidler-Imagn Images With the Free Agent Frenzy over, the New York Rangers are most likely done making major moves, at least for now. Here's what their forward line combinations may look like to start the 2025-26 season: First Line: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck, Alexis Lafrenière This is a line that saw a ton of success during the 2023-24 season, but was broken up during the 2024-25 campaign after experiencing some offensive struggles. Advertisement However, the Rangers should continue to roll out this trio, as Artemi Panarin seems to get the best out of both Vincent Trocheck and Alexis Lafrenière, while Panarin had his best statistical season playing alongside these two forwards, propelling himself into the Hart Trophy conversation. Trocheck's steady two-way game balances out the line, and in order for Lafrenière to continue improving, it's best to play him alongside two teammates he's most comfortable with on the ice. At their best, this line has shown they could be one of the most explosive from an offensive standpoint in the entire NHL, so it would be exciting to see them all together again. Second Line: Will Cuylle, J.T. Miller, Mika Zibanejad The big question going into the season is whether Mika Zibanejad will play at center or the wing. Advertisement Once the Rangers acquired Miller from the Vancouver Canucks, Zibanejad was moved to the wing in order to play alongside J.T. Miller and they were able to build a strong chemistry with each other. Despite being listed as a winger, Zibanejad also took faceoffs, interchanging with Miller, which created an effective dynamic. Will Cuylle's presence on this line also provided a strong presence both on the defensive and offensive ends. These three players share the same qualities of being versatile, two-way players as this trio can serve as both the team's shutdown and most productive offensive line in any given game. Advertisement Third Line: Gabe Perreault, Juuso Parssinen, Jonny Brodzinski Gabe Perreault will fight to make the Rangers' opening-night roster and he'll likely slot on the third line if he does make the team. Juuso Parssinen provides an element of speed that could fare well alongside Perreault, who's known for his offensive intangibles. Rangers' Defensive Core Has Sneakily Become Underrated And Dangerous Rangers' Defensive Core Has Sneakily Become Underrated And Dangerous The New York Rangers' defensive core has suddenly become one to be reckoned with. Meanwhile, Jonny Brodzinski's grit and grind style of play makes him the perfect bottom-six forward as he can fit in anywhere and with anyone. Advertisement Fourth Line: Adam Edström, Sam Carrick, Matt Rempe Before Adam Edström suffered a season-ending injury, he played practically every game alongside his partner in crime, Sam Carrick. The two forwards publicly expressed their enjoyment playing with each other, and it seemed to be a perfect fit, so Edström and Carrick playing together is a no-brainer. When Matt Rempe was in the lineup, he mostly played on a line with Edström and Carrick. The size of both Rempe and Edström made them intimidating to go up against, and Rempe built a strong rapport with Carrick throughout the year. This trio is exciting to watch due to their physicality and aggressive identity, the most ideal traits to have on a fourth line.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Corey Seager's two-run home run (12)
Rangers Transfer 12th Overall Pick To Penguins, Deciding To Keep 2026 First-Round Pick The New York Rangers will give up the 12 overall pick in this year's draft as part of the J.T. Miller trade and they've decided to keep their 2026 first-round pick. 3:42 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
National Post
03-07-2025
- Business
- National Post
These are the bets the Canucks are making for the 2025-26 NHL season
So they're just going to run most of it back, eh? Article content That is where the Vancouver Canucks stand after two days now of this summer's free-agency window. Article content Article content After all the chaos of this past season — and sure, players can deny it publicly all they want, but there's no doubt this season was a mess internally — it's give-them-another-chance time. Article content And at a certain level, what else was management really going to be able to do? Article content Article content Changing your roster wholesale in the NHL is not an easy thing to do. The era of the mega-blockbuster trade — think of the nine-player trade that brought Doug Gilmour to Toronto, or the six-player deal that brought Geoff Courtnall and Cliff Ronning to the Canucks — those are well and truly deep in the past. Article content You can still get a big name in a deal — Mikko Rantanen was traded twice this past season, and the Canucks did move J.T. Miller — but those moves are complicated beasts. Article content Thank the salary cap for that. Article content Despite big, bold talk about finding a second-line centre in a trade, about needing to re-shape the group here … that didn't happen. Article content Instead, president Jim Rutherford and general manager Patrik Allvin have made a series of bets, ones that will all have to land in order for this latest edition the Vancouver Canucks to find themselves back in the playoffs this coming season. Article content • First of all, that Elias Pettersson, freed of his split with J.T. Miller, will regain the swagger and scoring last seen in January 2024. The Canucks need him to be the No. 1 centre he is being paid to be. Article content Article content • That Brock Boeser will continue to be the dependable, although not flashy, scorer he has always been. (This is the most reasonable bet out of all of these.) Article content Article content • Do you remember that Thatcher Demko was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy in 2024? He was outstanding that regular season — and then he damaged the popliteus muscle in his left knee. It's been a tough road since. It took until December for him to be ready to play, and then almost two months before he really found his groove … and then he got hurt again. Article content It was truly a season to forget. But Demko and the Canucks obviously believe that he can find the elite form he showed two seasons ago and hinted at plenty in previous seasons. Still there's the injury worry. He's had a significant injury three seasons in a row. Having Kevin Lankinen in the fold suggests that the Canucks are hopeful he will lessen the load on Demko, and that such a lessened load will reduce the chance Demko gets hurt again. Article content • Adam Foote has a short CV as a head coach, but the Canucks believe his 2.5 seasons as Rick Tocchet 's assistant gives him a chance to deliver at the top level. This is a big bet, but it's not an unprecedented one. Martin St. Louis had minimal experience as a head coach — only in minor hockey — before he was named head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, and the Habs have steadily improved on his watch.
National Post
02-07-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Canucks: Brock Boeser's here to stay — and ready to lead
If there is no chaos this coming season, can the Vancouver Canucks be what they thought they would be a year ago? Article content Kinda? Maybe? It's hard to see at the moment how this team can re-discover the form they showed in 2023-24 while they are still without any effective replacement for J.T. Miller, especially now that they're also going to have to replace what Pius Suter brought to the table, after the literal Swiss army knife signed a two-year deal with St. Louis on Wednesday. Article content Article content Article content But Brock Boeser does believe his team can be what it is supposed to be. Especially now that he has peace of mind about his own future. Article content 'Maybe I can get a house there now,' Boeser quipped to reporters Wednesday morning while discussing his new contract, which pays him $7.25 million US per season for the next seven years. Article content Last season was, admittedly, a mess. There were issues in the dressing room, which spilled into the public sphere, creating far more 'noise,' as the players have called it, than they were comfortable with. Article content As it became clear that Miller would be traded, the team's play suffered. And then the speculation around Boeser's own future, whether he would be traded at deadline, which he ultimately wasn't, dragged on Boeser. Article content But the decision to roll most of last year's lineup back, even after a disappointing 90-point season, a group that has generally struggled to make the playoffs, 2024's strong campaign notwithstanding, is a big bet from Canucks management. And to do it with what amounts to a rookie NHL head coach in Adam Foote — who at least does know this roster well — is another big bet. Article content Article content Boeser believes though. He has always believed in himself. Article content 'My heart was still in Vancouver,' he said. 'At the end of the day, I understand what they're trying to do with the Canucks, and, you know, I want to be a part of it.' Article content He thought he was going to go somewhere else, until Canucks GM Patrik Allvin called Boeser's agent Ben Hankinson about an hour before the free agency market was set to open on July 1. Allvin was offering up the deal Boeser had been looking for. 'I had other guys in my ears, like (Garland) and (Demko) and all those guys kind of pushing my buttons to come back, too. So it obviously plays a big part to have such good friends and have belief with the guys in the room,' he added. Article content 'I have so much faith in our team and the pieces that we have,' Boeser explained about the delight he felt about being brought back, even after the frustrating course that management had chosen to take in their negotiations with him. 'And Adam Foote, too. I think he's going to be a great head coach, so I think everything just lined up well.'
New York Times
27-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
New York Rangers NHL Draft guide: Picks, best fits and analysis
The New York Rangers have eight picks in the 2025 NHL Draft: Nos. 43, 70, 89, 111, 139, 166, 171, 203. They also previously held No. 12 in the lottery, but sent that pick to Pittsburgh to complete the J.T. Miller trade. New York could have opted to keep the No. 12 pick, as it was top-13 protected, but decided to instead retain its 2026 first-round pick, which would have been unprotected and gone to Pittsburgh had the Rangers kept this year's selection. Advertisement With no first in this weekend's draft, the Rangers have a second-round pick, two third-round picks, a fourth, a fifth, two sixths and a seventh-round pick. They have a middle-of-the-pack prospect pool and added center Carey Terrance from the Ducks earlier this month in the Chris Kreider trade. The team could still use more centers in its system, but probably won't land a franchise-altering piece without a first-round pick. The Rangers have done a good job building up depth on defense and on the wing in their organization, but they haven't meaningfully addressed the center position since the 2017 draft. Their current NHL centers are good, but they aren't young, especially with Filip Chytil being dealt. In recent mock drafts, Corey Pronman has projected the following picks: 12. Jackson Smith, D 43. Ryker Lee, RW 70. Matous Jan Kucharcik, C 89. Mads Kongsbak Klyvo, LW 111. Maceo Phillips, D 139. Patrik Kerkola, G 166. Andrew O'Neill, C 171. Ashton Schultz, C 203. Carson Harmer, C (Photo of New York Rangers GM Chris Drury: Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
