Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. Yes, I’ve written about today’s topic about a billion times before in this space – but as it was when I first started doing so some ten-years ago – it’s still my life mission as a Ranger fan to see Frank Boucher receive ..read more

Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. “OH JOE! I’M BEING EXTENDED FOR TEN MORE YEARS JOE. PARDON ME JOE, I’M RETIRING JOE! AND THAT’S A POWER-PLAY GOAL FOR CHRIS KREIDER, NO RELATION TO CHRIS DRURY, JOE! OH BABY!” As you can tell from my (stupid) opening joke – the ..read more

As I was rattling around my Blueshirts’ brain (which was described as “loud noises” by CNN) when trying to come up with something unique during a slow Rangers’ news week (but most certainly not a slow news week in this country) – then the idea hit me with all of the force of Matt Rempe behind it. With the extremely popular CapFriendly.com now shuttered after their sale to the Washington Capitals – then not only can you expect a bunch of off-shoot cap-related sites to pop-up – but perhaps a niche site that’s also salary cap-related, a site that covers the wives and girlfriends (WAGS) of players ..read more

The 2024-25 campaign should be an exciting season for our “Marvelous Mo-Towners” – as while it might’ve admittedly taken some time for our Executive Vice President & General Manager Steve Yzerman to get there – but finally – we are now experiencing the final touches on his almighty “YZERPLAN,” following the events of this summer’s free agent frenzy! Let’s Go Red Shirts! Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on SpokedWheelRedShirts.com. How about those Red Wings?!?! And this too Part I: I’LL SEE YA AT CASEARS FOR THE HOME OPENER! And this too Part II: WE WANT T ..read more

In perhaps his last summer as general manager of the New York Rangers and Chris Drury accomplished absolutely nothing on the first day of the NHL’s free agency period – and where for more salt in the wound – the two players that he acquired, Sam Carrick (FA) and Reilly Smith (trade with Pittsburgh), would have actually suited the team better at the 2024 Trade Deadline – and rather than as they were on July 1st, 2024. Furthermore? You can expect such commentary to appear in Larry Brooks’ next column some 24-72 hours from now. Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here o ..read more

While whatever happens this summer is important for the 2024-25 Rangers; regardless, it’s still my belief that the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline will ultimately determine the Blueshirts’ chances come next year’s Stanley Cup Final. In other words, the Rangers, as currently constructed, should be good enough to reach the playoffs next season – but it’s the deadline, the final touches, that will be most telling. Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. Any news? Like most of you – then I wish that I could call out of work this Monday, July 1st – w ..read more

As you may have already imagined and surmised – I swelled up with tears of joy during the early hours of Wednesday, June 26th when it was announced that Senile Sather, government name Glen Sather, nickname “Slats,” had announced his retirement from hockey. For Glen, congratulations on a job that was just “done.” And if you’re one of these people who are going to complain about yours truly referring to Sather as a “cancer” – then don’t bother. Everyone on this planet knows many people who have had or who have beat cancer, myself included – and if you can’t take some exaggeration for literary pu ..read more

For some fans, mainly millennials residing in the analytical realm, they were full of joy and glee when it was announced on June 19th (and ironically of all dates), that the Rangers have “emancipated” themselves from Barclay Goodrow – or to be specific – his contract. Like many others in the league, including players with Stanley Cup resumes such as the now former #21 of the Blueshirts – the salary cap determines all fates. And for Goodrow, one of the most successful Rangers of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs – he’s now found himself twice in this position during his career – and he’s now a two ..read more

Once you get to the end of tonight’s manifesto, then hopefully, and like me, you will have hit the “acceptance stage” in your 2023-24 New York Rangers’ grieving process. That said, I must continue to vent and purge in order to get there – and what a better way to do so by comparing this most recent failure to the 94-years that preceded it? Say it with me – “UGH!” Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. Yes – and as a fellow diehard Blueshirt devotee – then I agree with all of you – this 2024 Stanley Cup Final is hard to watch. As I prese ..read more

On Tuesday, June 4th, and the 2023-24 New York Rangers reconvened at their training facility in Tarrytown, NY for the last time – and where a lot of what was said all felt hollow, depressing, and yep, you guessed it – “SAME OLD RANGERS” too. “This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end of our elaborate plans The end of everything that stands The end No safety or surprise The end I’ll never look into your eyes again.” – Jim Morrison, The Doors, “The End.” Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. I still can ..read more