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If he chooses to come to New York, Poltapov will be 24-years-old for the 2027/28 NHL season with already 7 years (5 full seasons) in the KHL

A solid amount of draft capital and using the space they had in salary cap, the Rangers were able to pull off quality moves this offseason

He’s already a top-10 defensemen, but could he break into the top-5?

Nonetheless, Hamilton (Bridgeport) is coming off of one of their best seasons in this decade and made the playoffs prior to their relocation.

From playing for the Rangers in 2025/26 to now having a desk at MSG in 2026/27.

The Hartford Wolf Pack has unveiled a 30th anniversary logo showcasing their time in Connecticut since 1996.

This move for New York comes after Jonathan Quick announced his retirement, as the Rangers move on from Quick and get their new backup fairly quickly.

For the second time in a decade, the state of Connecticut and the city of Bridgeport are faced with what to do with their waterfront arena.

Kuefler was originally selected by the Islanders at 174th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft.

The Sabres broke a decades-long playoffless streak, finishing the 2025/26 regular season with an Atlantic Division leading 50-23-9 record, making it to the playoffs after an 18-year hiatus and making it to the second round. To continue being a playoff contender and establishing themselves as a Stanley Cup Contender, the Sabres will be faced with one of the most critical offseasons in recent memory. Buffalo already has a solid core in Rasmus Dahlin, Owen Power and Bowen Byram

The New York Islanders announced Wednesday official changes to their minor league affiliates.

With free agency just a little more than a month out starting on July 1st, the New York Rangers will be one of the top teams to watch.

Sunday saw the Islanders miss-out on making the playoffs and clinch a playoff berth. The New York Islanders were eliminated from making a playoff run for the Stanley Cup as their AHL counterpart Bridgeport Islanders clinched a playoff berth in what was the team’s final regular season home game in Connecticut ever. With that, the Bridgeport Islanders will play at least one more home game in Connecticut before packing up and going to Canada. Sunday marked the final home game at

On Easter Sunday the Islanders cracked the head coaching egg, firing Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer. The firing came as a shock with just four games remaining in the season and New York being a playoff contender, just one point out of a secured playoff berth. Despite being in close contention, the club will most likely fall fully out of a playoff spot before Thursday’s home game against the Maple Leafs. Roy had a tenure that was full of ups-and-downs and the true reason

Rangers hockey granted the Canadiens their 44th win on Tuesday as New York drops to 31-36-9. With six-games left of the 2025/26 season, all hope for the Rangers has been long gone for the last-place team in the Metropolitan. The Rangers’ 71 points has them 9 points-out from their closest division competitor in the New Jersey Devils. Despite the lack-of home offense, the Rangers rank 23rd-out-of-32 in goals-for, with 214, but a defense allowing 235 goals has ranked New York i

A dominant power play unit is something that the New York Islanders have lacked for nearly a decade. Over the past eight seasons, beginning with the 2018/19 team, has seen only the Ducks and Flyers post a worse man-advantage success rate than New York’s 17.2% mark. If the Islanders were to get a grade, it would be an F or at least a very borderline D-. As the season draws closer to the finish line and a narrow playoff race heats up, the Islanders rank 28th out of 32 teams in

Since being drafted as a center out of Sweden, the towering 6-foot-7 Adam Edstrom has manned the wing since joining the Rangers organization. Saturday night had that all change when New York was in Minnesota, with the Rangers switching up their lines and putting Edstrom in the middle for the first time in the NHL. The 25-year-old centered the fourth line for New York in what was a Rangers 4-2 win over the Wild. Rangers coach Mike Sullivan believed that it was Edstrom’s first

The New York Rangers are crashing harder than the 2008 stock market. Some thought that after trading away Artemi Panarin that the team would start seeing an upside. Instead New York sits very comfortably in last place in the Metro, eight points away from their closest team. Ranger fans you can kiss playoff hockey goodbye as their current 22-29-6 record is making sure of it. February 5th, showcased a 2-0 shutout loss for their 29th loss of the season, which was their ninth shu

Jeremy Smith made it to the NHL briefly for what was a 10 game stint with the Colorado Avalanche during the 2016/17 season. In those 10 games and some 546 minutes of ice time, Smith posted a triple 8 save percentage. Since then he has chased that high of being back at the NHL level. Smith was the Bridgeport Islanders (then Sound Tigers) starting goal tender in 2018, racking up a very respectable 2.92 GAA and a .902 save percentage. Since 2018/19 the Michigan native has been i

Due to the Eastern Conference being so tightly contested the Buffalo Sabres were never truly out of any playoff picture. At the end of November, Buffalo sat 16th with 24 points and as the only sub .500% team in the East. Now, at the end of December the Sabres are on a nine-game winning streak and sit 9th with 44 points. With a 14-year playoff drought, it is hard to give Buffalo any benefit of the doubt – although this Sabres team (at least as of late) has shown to be differen