Rangers Need To Change Power-Play Units for 2024-25 & What Worked and Failed During Rebuild
Plus, The Hockey Writers lists each team's break out candidate for the upcoming season.
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Rangers Need to Change Power-Play Units for 2024-25
August 6, 2024 by Brendan Azoff
While five-on-five play has underperformed over the past few seasons, the New York Rangers have been wildly successful on the power play. Since the 2020-21 season, the Rangers rank fourth in the NHL on the power play at 24.3%. A large part of their two Eastern Conference Final runs in the past three seasons has been a credit to their special teams’ play.
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New York Rangers’ Rebuild: What Did & Didn’t Work?
August 6, 2024 by Lucas Standel
While the New York Rangers have been one of the top teams in the NHL for the past few seasons, it was not long ago when they were the complete opposite. During the 2017-18 season, they hit a wall with their core players and it looked like their championship window was closing and it was decided that changes needed to be made. In February 2018, management would send out what is now known as “The Letter” to the fans letting them know that changes were going to be made and many players on the team at the time would be gone.
NHL Rumors: Rangers, Ducks, Panthers, DeAngelo on the KHL
August 5, 2024 by Jim Parsons
The biggest moves of the 2024 offseason have passed and the 2024-25 season is close to two months away, meaning it is the perfect time to start predicting how each NHL team will perform. Every season comes with countless shocking results and breakout stars. This season is expected to be no different as the caliber of skill in the league is at an all-time high. While it is obvious Connor McDavid and Cale Makar will continue their stardom, who are the lesser-known players poised to break out?
