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New York Rangers 2025-26 tickets: Schedule, prices, dates
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. The rebuild begins now. Following a rough 2024-2025 season where the New York Rangers went a respectable but ultimately disappointing 39-36-7, the franchise cleaned house over the offseason. First, they axed Head Coach Peter Laviolette; shortly after, the club traded star winger Chris Kreider to the Anaheim Ducks where he'll play with former captain Jacob Trouba. In Laviolette's place steps in new coach Mike Sullivan who comes to the Rangers from the Pittsburgh Penguins where he led the team to a 34-36-12 record. As an added bit of intrigue, the 57-year-old was originally drafted by the Blueshirts in 1987 but held out and stayed for another season at Boston University. On the player side, the team shelled out and signed star defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to a seven-year, $49 million contract. He and fellow new signees Derrick Pouliot, Trey Fix-Wolansky and Justin Dowling join the team's remaining nucleus — Vincent Trocheck, Igor Shestyorkin, Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad — on the ice. The regular season gets underway with a game against Sullivan's former Pittsburgh Penguins at NYC's Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Other notable MSG home games to keep an eye out for include matchups against Alexander Ovechkin's Washington Capitals (Oct. 12), Connor McDavid's defending NHL Western Conference champs Edmonton Oilers (Oct. 14), former Ranger K'Andre Miller's always-competitive Carolina Hurricanes (Nov. 4), an interstate showdown with Bo Horvat's New York Islanders (Nov. 8) and Mikko Rantanen's fearsome Dallas Stars (Dec. 2). Plus, you won't want to miss the return of Kreider and Trouba when their Ducks hit the Garden on Monday, Dec. 15. In 2026, they'll take on the New Jersey Devils twice at home; those games go down Wednesday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 31. Outside of the Garden, Sullivan's squad will face off against the 2025 Stanley Cup-winning Florida Panthers in the NHL Winter Classic at Miami's loanDepot Park on Friday, Jan. 2. They'll also meet with Aleksander Barkov's world champs at MSG on Sunday, March 29. 'A front-loaded schedule, which features 23 road games of the first 41, will lead into a second half that includes a seven-game home stand at the end of March into early April,' The Post reported in an analysis of the schedule. '…the path back to Stanley Cup relevancy is set for the Rangers, with plenty of familiar faces to serve as frightful reminders and guide the way.' If you want to be there, tickets are available on Vivid Seats for all recently announced home games at Madison Square Garden in 2025 and '26. Not familiar with Vivid Seats? They're a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. Vivid Seats offers a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event. New York Rangers 2025-26 home game schedule A complete calendar including all upcoming NY Rangers preseason and regular season home game dates at MSG, start times, opponents and links to tickets can be found below. September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 Want to see the Rangers on the road? A complete 2025-26 calendar including all New York Rangers away games can be found here. Madison Square Garden seating chart Never been out to see Trocheck and the team flick the puck in person? To make life easy, check out a map of Madison Square Garden here for a better picture of all the views from the stands. Getty Images Getty Images How to watch/stream Rangers games There is no shortage of ways to watch Rangers games live from the comfort of your own home this season. You can find Sullivan's stacked squad on the MSG Network via cable providers like Xfinity, Spectrum, and Optimum. For those who prefer to stream, DIRECTV is your best bet, with regional sports channels included in base packages. About the New York Rangers 2024-25 season In 2023-24, the Rangers went an impressive 55-23-4 and won the President's Cup before squandering their season in rough and tumble six-game Eastern Conference Championship series against the eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida Pathers. Last year wasn't quite the same. Although they kicked off the year 12-4-1, the Blueshirts hit a lull and went 4-15-0 plummeting them to eighth place in the Metropolitan Division. Subsequent rebounds couldn't quite pull them out of the cellar and the club missed the playoffs for the first time since 2020-21. For more about the team, you can read all of the New York Post's coverage of the New York Rangers here. Huge 2025 concert tours Before the Rangers officially kick off the season, many of the biggest names in music will be playing at arenas and stadiums all over New York. Here are just five we're most excited about headed your way these next few months. • System of a Down • Paul McCartney • Zach Bryan • Eric Clapton • Chris Stapleton Need even more music in your life? Check out this list of all the concerts coming to Madison Square Garden these next few months to find the show for you. This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
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26-06-2025
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Dallas Stars' Next Coach: Why Peter Laviolette Shouldn't Be the Answer This offseason the Dallas Stars will not only be in the market to add to their roster, but will also be looking to fill their vacant head position. Dallas parted ways with longtime coach Pete DeBoer after the Stars were knocked out in the Western Conference Final for the third straight year. There will be a number of names in the running to be the top authority behind the bench, but one name the Stars should move on from is that of veteran head coach Peter Laviolette. 2:57 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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19-06-2025
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Inside the Rangers' 2024-25 descent, from playoffs to sell-offs: ‘No one here is happy'
Despite his dejection, Adam Fox had reason for hope. Still sweaty from a season-ending Eastern Conference final loss in June of 2024, the star New York Rangers defenseman stood in front of his locker in the visiting dressing room in Sunrise, Fla., and forecast a bright future. 'The foundation is there,' Fox said. 'It sucks to think this year is over, but what we built is strong.' Advertisement It indeed seemed like the team was on the ascent to perennial-contender status, which was the target when owner James Dolan hired Chris Drury as team president and general manager in May of 2021 following a multi-year rebuild. The Rangers had made the playoffs in each of Drury's first three seasons, also reaching the conference final in 2022. The 2023-24 season was especially charmed for New York, later described by then-coach Peter Laviolette as one in which 'everything went right.' Before falling to the eventual-champion Florida Panthers in a six-game conference final, New York set a franchise record for regular-season wins and points and captured the Presidents' Trophy with the league's best record. Despite the momentum and Fox's optimism, though, the next year went about as poorly as anyone in the NHL could have expected. Instead of another campaign filled with Stanley Cup hopes, the Rangers finished 11th in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs. The foundation Fox believed in was tested and failed to hold, leading to a dressing room of unhappy players, some of whom felt mistreated by the organization. Away from the ice, the season was capped by the April revelation that Artemi Panarin, the team's leading scorer in all six of his seasons with the Rangers, had paid a financial settlement in August 2024 to a team employee who alleged he sexually assaulted her. Madison Square Garden Entertainment, the team's parent company, also paid the woman a separate financial settlement. Now 11 of the 22 Rangers players who appeared in the 2024 playoff run are gone — most recently Chris Kreider, who was traded to the Anaheim Ducks last week. So is Laviolette, now the third coach Drury has fired in four years on the job. More departures are likely to follow as Drury continues to remake the core he inherited from former GM Jeff Gorton and tries to build a championship-caliber team. Advertisement In replacing Laviolette with two-time Stanley Cup champion Mike Sullivan, one of the game's most highly regarded coaches, Drury has found someone fans and team brass alike hope can lead them to a brighter place. But as Drury and Sullivan move forward from a debacle of a season, they also must look back at how the situation got so bleak. 'In my mind, something broke during the season and went the other way,' star goalie Igor Shesterkin said on locker-cleanout day in April. 'We couldn't handle it.' If something with the Rangers did break, the earliest cracks emerged well before the first game. In the grand scheme of things, the first one was small: Bottom-six forward Barclay Goodrow, an alternate captain, was placed on waivers. Drury made the decision less than three weeks after the end of the Panthers series, during which Goodrow scored three goals, including an overtime winner. That the Rangers would try to move off Goodrow's $3.642 million average annual salary wasn't a shock, even after his productive playoffs. Signed to a six-year contract in one of Drury's first moves as GM in 2021, Goodrow's slipping regular-season production no longer matched his contract value, and New York was facing a salary-cap crunch. The manner in which Drury carried out a seemingly minor transaction, though, proved to have a lasting impact on the dressing room. Goodrow had a 15-team no-trade list in his contract, but the Rangers never asked him to consider waiving it for a deal. Instead, Goodrow received a call from Drury just 15 minutes before the June 18 waiver wire was publicized to tell him he would be on the list, which would give every team — with the league-worst San Jose Sharks having top priority — a chance to claim him. Had Goodrow cleared waivers, the team could have sent him to the AHL and buried some of his contract, or it could have explored buying him out. Advertisement The Sharks, led by general manager Mike Grier, a Rangers hockey operations adviser in 2021-22 and former Boston University teammate of Drury's, claimed Goodrow the next day. Goodrow had San Jose on his no-trade list, but that didn't protect him against waivers. 'I didn't like how things were handled,' he later told The Athletic. Drury wasn't finished with his attempts to remake the roster and free up cap space, even if it meant taking a cutthroat approach with the team captain. Defenseman Jacob Trouba had a full no-move clause that became a 15-team no-trade list on July 1, the day NHL free agency opened. The Rangers tried shopping him, asking for his trade list a few days early with hopes of figuring out a deal. The New York Post reported on June 29 that Drury was working on shipping Trouba to the Detroit Red Wings. According to a source close to Trouba, the defenseman saw the story as an attempt by the team to push him out. He did not submit his no-trade list before he had to, limiting the Rangers' ability to search for potential suitors. He was also frustrated when the Post reported his wife's medical residency in New York, which had another year left, was factoring into his approach. 'I was put in a position this summer to make a decision between my career and my family,' Trouba said later. 'I chose my family. I would choose my family 100 times over again. … I don't like that it was made public, necessarily, or how everything unfolded so publicly.' Along with the Goodrow waiver tactic, Drury's ill-fated attempt to move Trouba, whom he had named captain two years prior, started the 2024-25 season on bad footing. Even former Rangers wondered how the summer's drama would affect the group. Former New York defenseman Brendan Smith, whose brother Reilly started the year with the Rangers, told The Athletic in January that after the Trouba situation, 'You could almost foresee how things were going to the side to begin with. It started that way in the summer.' Advertisement Added Smith, who spent this season with the Stars, 'People are walking on eggshells, right from the top down. It's never a good way to be in any business. That's where that swagger comes, that confidence.' Several Rangers players met at Panarin's house a couple of weeks before training camp to bid Goodrow farewell before he left for San Jose. At that gathering, players openly expressed resentment about how Drury handled both the Goodrow and Trouba situations, according to a person present. Added another former Ranger, who requested anonymity so he could speak freely about his old team: 'There's some trust lost, clearly. And it's hard to know where that trust was lost, but it's in the room now. And you have guys wondering, 'Who's next?'' Facing reporters after the Rangers' first practice in training camp, Trouba ominously acknowledged the stakes of the season ahead. 'In all likelihood, this will probably be the last crack for this core,' he said. 'I don't think that's a secret by any means.' Still, the Rangers started 12-4-1 — in line with expectations for a team that came close to a Stanley Cup Final appearance the season before. Shesterkin played lights-out in net and the team's high-end talent produced goals, especially on the power play, covering up some concerning underlying trends. Then a western road trip ended with a pair of duds. The team surrendered 49 shots and lost 3-2 on Nov. 21 in Calgary, then got blown out by the defending Western Conference champion Oilers two nights later. The first back-to-back defeats of the season and the manner in which they happened prompted Drury to send a memo to his fellow GMs saying he was open to trading roster players. The message mentioned Trouba and Kreider, the team's longest-tenured player, by name. News of the memo spread like wildfire, with media outlets picking up on it within hours. Others around the league took note, too. Advertisement 'You just don't do that,' one Western Conference assistant GM texted The Athletic the next day. 'You're basically dropping a bomb in your room in the middle of the season.' The day after news of the memo broke, Drury spent part of a practice day dealing with the fallout. He met with members of his team's leadership group, including Trouba and Kreider, at the practice rink in Tarrytown, N.Y., an hour north of Manhattan, before the Rangers flew to Raleigh, N.C., for a road game against the Hurricanes. As reported by The Athletic at the time, a league source characterized the meetings between Drury and his players as 'honest, productive conversations.' Upon reading that wording later, though, one of the Rangers who met with Drury texted a friend to correct the record. 'Productive?' the message began. 'No one here is happy.' Whether unhappiness led to poor play or poor play compounded the locker room's unhappiness, the Rangers began to slide in the aftermath of Drury's missive to other general managers, which came two games into a 4-15-0 skid that lasted through the end of the calendar year. The Rangers had the worst record in the league during that span, based on points percentage, and they would not put together a single three-game winning streak for the rest of the season. The roster felt the ramifications. The Rangers had three days off between games following a Dec. 2 drubbing at the hands of the Devils, and Drury acted to close the Trouba saga, sending him to the Ducks for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a fourth-round pick. To Trouba, the trade marked the end of the contentious battle that began five months earlier with Drury's attempt to force him out. From the Rangers' perspective, the deal freed up cap space and also removed a player whose game had diminished. The Rangers also announced an eight-year extension for Shesterkin worth a goalie-record $11.5 million annually on the day of the trade, a commitment to a player Drury viewed as part of the team's future. Advertisement On his introductory media call with the Ducks, Trouba said Drury forced him to choose between accepting a trade to a team on his no-trade list and going on waivers — the same way the GM got out of Goodrow's contract nearly six months earlier. Trouba said the task of leading his teammates had grown tougher in the aftermath of the rumor-filled summer and called Drury's approach a threat. 'Yesterday morning it was, 'Accept this trade or we're scratching you.' I said, 'OK,'' Trouba said on the day of the deal. 'Then it was, 'Accept this trade or you're going on waivers.'' Asked about his use of waivers — either in action in Goodrow's case or as a threat in Trouba's — Drury acknowledged 'there are things at our disposal in the (collective bargaining agreement)' and said he was trying to do the same thing as every other GM: improve his team. 'I'm not trying to mess with players,' he said. 'I have a ton of respect for Barclay and certainly for Jacob. I'm just trying to do the best I can to move the team forward and make changes that I think are necessary.' That likely wasn't much comfort to Trouba. In his Ducks introductory call, he quipped, 'It's a rite of passage to get fired from MSG.' He may have been referring to himself and Goodrow, but according to people who know Trouba, he was also referencing a spate of dismissals in recent years, including of popular trainer Jim Ramsay in May 2023, which also brought unease to the locker room. At that point, Trouba was the latest, but he would be far from the last. On Dec. 15, with the Rangers having lost nine of 12 since the 12-4-1 start, Laviolette made Kaapo Kakko a healthy scratch in St. Louis. Drafted No. 2 in 2019, Kakko never developed into the star that teams crave with a high lottery pick, and Laviolette had scratched him once in the 2024 playoffs, just as Gerard Gallant did in the 2022 postseason. Kakko aired his frustration after the most recent benching, saying to reporters he had 'not been the worst' of the Rangers' players. Advertisement 'I know you've got to do something as the coach when you're losing games, but it's easy to pick the young guy and put him out,' he said. A day later, the 23-year-old was an ex-Ranger, traded to the Kraken for defenseman Will Borgen and third- and sixth-round picks. It was a sell-low move on a player who was once supposed to help usher in a new era of Rangers hockey. Kakko proceeded to score a respectable 30 points in 49 games with the Kraken. Kakko's departure didn't mean the end of controversial scratches. In the last game before the Rangers' four-day holiday break, a Dec. 23 matinee in Newark, they sat Kreider. The veteran, who had 11 goals and only one assist in 30 games at the time, had already missed three games at the beginning of the Rangers' slide with back spasms, so the team could have feasibly said he was missing the game because of an injury. Instead, the Rangers made clear prior to puck drop that he was a healthy scratch. And yet again, the bulk of the Rangers responded to the message — this one from their coach rather than their GM — with poor play. The game in New Jersey was perhaps the team's worst of the season; they got shelled 5-0, managed only 12 shots and took a pair of too-many-men penalties. Whether it was the impending break, the awful month, the drama or some combination, the Rangers played like a team that wanted to be anywhere but at the rink. By the end of a calendar year that featured a Presidents' Trophy, their 12-4-1 start had snowballed into a 16-19-1 record. The Rangers thrived in early 2025, at least in comparison to what happened before the calendar flipped. A 2-1 win over the Bruins on Jan. 2 kicked off an 8-3-3 month, reviving the team's playoff hopes. But some players knew their futures on the team were uncertain. At the Rangers' annual charity Casino Night in January — a typically lighthearted night where fans and players mingle over drinks and games — Kreider made a crack about it being his last time at the event around a group of team staffers and players, according to a source present. Advertisement Drury also made his first major addition of the season, one representing his hope to make the team more hard-nosed. He had long coveted J.T. Miller, a veteran who started his career in New York before getting dealt during the previous rebuild. The center had experienced a tumultuous start to 2024-25 in Vancouver, clashing with fellow star Elias Pettersson to the point that the Canucks believed there was no path forward with both on their roster, president Jim Rutherford told the Globe and Mail. That opened the door for the Rangers to acquire him, and they finalized a trade Jan. 31. The Rangers said goodbye to another long-term player in the move, as Drury included Filip Chytil, who debuted with the team in 2017, in the package to Vancouver. Later, instead of trying to add at the trade deadline, as New York had done the three previous seasons, Drury sold off pending free agents Ryan Lindgren, Reilly Smith and Jimmy Vesey. Smith was new in 2024-25, but Lindgren and Vesey both played at least five full seasons with New York. As the season wore on, players on the edges of the roster began to share their discontent. Zac Jones, a homegrown defenseman in the midst of a stretch of healthy scratches, told the New York Post in January that he was 'rotting away' by not playing and shared similar sentiments with other outlets. Later in the month, Vesey said to the Post he was 'kind of dying by being here' as a regular healthy scratch. At the end of the season, veteran defenseman Calvin de Haan — who arrived at the deadline but sat as a healthy scratch for the final 20 games — said it was 'f—ed' how the Rangers were treating him. De Haan later clarified that he did not expect his words, said April 13 while walking onto the ice at an optional practice in Fort Lauderdale, to be made public and added he was simply concerned about how his lack of playing time would affect his pending unrestricted free agency. Still, the comments reflected an apparent gap in communication, adding to the feeling of unease that permeated the room. When asked after the season whether communication between the organization and players needed to improve, Drury said, 'I'm always critical of myself and trying to figure out ways to be better.' He added that communication was a priority and that he believed Laviolette kept players informed on where they stood. In another ugly moment for the franchise, Panarin and MSG's settlements with the former employee came to light in a report by The Athletic on April 17, the day of the regular-season finale. Panarin played that night — the video board showcased him during pregame warmups — but declined to comment on non-hockey matters after the game. An MSG spokesperson said: 'The matter has been resolved.' Two days after the season, Drury fired Laviolette: the exclamation point on an unexpectedly awful season. On April 21, less than a year removed from the Game 6 loss to the Panthers, Fox once again stood in front of his locker discussing what came next. This time he was at the Rangers' practice rink on locker cleanout day. Instead of expressing faith in a strong foundation, he and his teammates were trying to make sense of all that had transpired over a lost season. Advertisement 'Everyone has to really look in the mirror,' Fox said. 'This year was unrecognizable from the team that made the conference finals two of the past three years.' 'There was a lot of noise around our team this year,' Mika Zibanejad added. 'I'm not saying that is the cause of (how the season went), but it wasn't the calmness I felt we had the year before.' That same day, the team was treated to a pep talk from a guest speaker about the road ahead. Addressing players before their exit meetings with Rangers management, Dolan emphasized his desire as owner to get back to a point of contention and talked about 'the privilege it is to be a Ranger,' according to a player present, speaking anonymously to discuss a closed-door meeting. 'Basically just kind of saying, 'It starts now over (the) summer.'' Perhaps Sullivan can help restore some of the calm Zibanejad craved from the year prior. Drury had been interested in hiring the former Penguins coach for years, and he made his move when Sullivan and Pittsburgh agreed to part ways April 28. Four days later, the Rangers hired the two-time Stanley Cup champion, wooing him with a five-year contract worth $6.5 million per season. With a coach in place, Drury's attention is now solely on retooling the roster. After the season, he made it clear to Kreider that the Rangers, in need of salary-cap flexibility, were planning to move on. The Rangers gave Kreider and his representatives time to research teams he might be interested in going to, then worked out a deal with Anaheim. 'It was done in a really respectful fashion by the New York Rangers,' Kreider said. A constant from the 2014 Stanley Cup Final team through the rebuilding years to the recent seasons of contention, Kreider had the Ducks on the no-trade list he submitted last summer but was intrigued by the team's young core and hiring of coach Joel Quenneville. After taking a day to talk through the situation with his family, he waived his no-trade clause, ending his 13-year Rangers career. Advertisement 'Other people that I've spoken to who have had a change of scenery at some point in their career all speak very positively about it,' he said. Drury has already shown how far he'll go to make change happen when he deems it necessary, so his moves won't stop with Kreider's departure. The roster does not seem to have many untouchable members, and the Rangers once again have limited cap space. Younger players, like 25-year-old defenseman K'Andre Miller, a restricted free agent, could also be headed out the door soon. The dysfunctional, disappointing season is finally behind them, but its ramifications are likely not over. — Arthur Staple and Katie Strang contributed reporting for this story. (Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic, with photos by Steven Ryan, Tim Nwachukwu, Sarah Stier and Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
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07-06-2025
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Rangers rumors: New York ‘testing market' on top-4 defenseman
The post Rangers rumors: New York 'testing market' on top-4 defenseman appeared first on ClutchPoints. The New York Rangers are in the midst of a long, long offseason after going from winning the President's Trophy to missing the playoffs in a span of just a year. That cost Peter Laviolette his job, and Mike Sullivan taking over behind the bench might not be the only change coming in the Big Apple. Advertisement The Rangers are reportedly exploring the trade market for defenseman K'Andre Miller, who will be a restricted free agent on July 1, as Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported on Wednesday's edition of the 32 Thoughts podcast. 'It's not a guarantee, but they are testing the market on Miller. They want to know what it is,' the hockey insider said. 'So, we'll see where it goes, but his name is definitely out there.' Miller has been a key piece of New York's blue line since being selected in the first round, No. 22 overall, in the 2018 NHL Draft. The 25-year-old played two seasons with the University of Wisconsin Badgers before breaking into the league full time in 2020-21. The Saint Paul, Minnesota native's best season came in 2022-23, when he managed 43 points over 79 games and established himself as an up-and-coming star on the blue line. Advertisement He's had a couple of down years since, managing 30 points in 80 games last year and following it up with 27 points in 74 games in 2024-25. But Miller's role has continued to grow after the departures of former captain Jacob Trouba, as well as Ryan Lindgren. Miller is in the final year of a two-year, $7.44 million contract, and will be due for a significant raise. The question is, will general manager Chris Drury give him one? Rangers are short on cap space The Rangers do not have a ton of salary cap space to work with this summer; the squad owns between approximately $8 and $11 million. It won't be easy to get Miller locked up, especially considering New York has a few other RFAs on the roster, including Arthur Kaliyev, Matt Rempe, Will Cuylle, Adam Edstrom, Matthew Robertson and Zac Jones. Advertisement A couple young players will also need new contracts after the 2025-26 campaign, most notably Braden Schneider, Brennan Othmann and Brett Berard. It isn't currently clear what kind of return the Rangers would be looking for in exchange for Miller, but draft capital is definitely somewhere New York could improve. In this window of contention — the Blueshirts have been to two Eastern Conference Finals in four years — they would be wise to start stocking the cupboards for the future. The big priority next offseason will be Artemi Panarin, who continues to be the best player on the roster but will be playing out the final season of his massive seven-year, $81.50 million contract in 2025-26. There will certainly be a couple of changes coming this summer, and Drury probably also wants to see if he can bring a free agent or two to New York this July. It'll be interesting to see if Miller is still a part of the team's plans for the long haul, or whether the front office moves on from the hulking blue liner this summer.
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17-05-2025
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Gerard Gallant Reportedly Still Looking To Prove Rangers' Past Failures Were Not Entirely His Fault
Over two years after the New York Rangers fired him, Gerard Gallant is still searching for another head coaching job. Gallant just spent two years with the Rangers from 2021-23. In his first season with the expectations not overly high, Gallant led the Rangers to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time since 2015. Peter Laviolette Reportedly Eager To Prove Rangers' Collapse Was Not His Fault Peter Laviolette reportedly still has the itch to coach. However, in his second season, the Blueshirts had an underwhelming year and despite all of the talent on the roster, they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New Jersey Devils. After losing to the Devils, Gallant said something about this Rangers core that still rings true today. 'Talent doesn't mean a thing,' Gallant said. "It's great to have talent, but when you gotta play together and work together…' Gallant was used as the scapegoat. Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury decided to relieve him of his duties after that playoff loss against the Devils. The 61-year-old coach is reportedly still under the impression that he is not entirely to blame for the Rangers' past failures. 'I don't know if he's (Gallant) been in any of these particular interviews this year, I just don't know,' Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman said. 'I have heard he's eager to prove that when he got let go by the Rangers, It wasn't only about him, and he wants an opportunity to show people that. We'll see if he gets an opportunity with teams to talk about that.' The Rangers fired Gallant's successor, Peter Laviolette after just two seasons as well and recently replaced him with Mike Sullivan. Sullivan will attempt to break the two-year trend that Gallant and Laviolette have set. Meanwhile, Gallant is just looking for another opportunity to prove himself, but it seems that his Rangers days still haunt him to this day.
