NYR/EDM 10/14 Review: Centennial Rangers Make NHL History; First Team To Get Shut-Out In First Three Home Games, Blueshirts Say No To All of Their HOF Alumni; Kreider Making An Ass Out of Bozo Drury Too, The Biggest Difference Between Miller & Zibanejad; Very Telling Post-Game Interviews, The New Third Line/Old Fourth Line – Edstrom, Carrick & Rempe Stand Tall Among All, Another Pissed-Away CZAR IGOR Start; All Games Count, NDArtemi Unable To Assault Oilers, WE MISS CHRIS; CK20 Leads League in PPG’s, Lundqvist’s New Book, M$GN & More

Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. There’s no such thing as morale victories.

And if you didn’t think it before, then do you think it now?

The Blueshirts most certainly miss Chris Kreider – and as was once again evident during another 0-fer while on the power-play (0-3 tonight).

I don’t even know where to begin when recapping-and-reviewing this latest goose egg of a turd.

Yes – and for the third consecutive shutout loss on home ice too – and the Rangers played well.

But alas, and for the third consecutive time on home ice too – and the Big Buck Blueshirts were once again shutout – and by another second-string goalie no less!

Say what you want about Artur Silovs (PITT), Charlie Lindgren (WSH) and Stuart Skinner (EDM); but at the end of the day, then I think that we can all agree that this trio of backstops aren’t exactly the likes of Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy and Dominik Hasek.

While these three goalies to say NO-NO to the Rangers this year aren’t exactly as bad as Sieve Vagistat was during his brief tenure in New York; but with that said – and this triad isn’t even on the same level as netminders such as Tommy Salo, Rick DiPietro and Eric Fichaud!

All of this big money tied up in the likes of J.T. Miller, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad and Alexis Lafreniere – and OO-GATZ on home ice – and not much away from it either (Lafreniere scored an “A-Rod” goal against the worst team in the league, while Mika picked up a shorty against a Penguin team that’s pegged to finish last in the division).

I’ve said some version of this on the site about 78678679667988 zillion times before – and here’s your latest iteration:

“While it’s great when your fourth line and cheapest players are your best skaters; then it’s not so great for everyone else.”

And that’s what we had once again on Tuesday night.

(To be clear, then this is okay once in a while – but not on a game-in and game-out basis.)

And of course, and following the events from this miserable match – we also said once more, “Poor CZAR IGOR” – as Sully’s Squad pissed-away another near flawless performance from their ace goalie.

Just to jump ahead for a second, then I’d implore and urge you to check out these two clips:

“First of all, let’s not make this bigger than it is. It’s game five. A lot to like about our game. It’s a unique situation but let’s not blow this out of proportion here”

– J.T. Miller on the Rangers’ three-game goalless streak to open the season at home pic.twitter.com/g72HL2DcXc

— Rangers Videos (@SNYRangers) October 15, 2025

“I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, honestly. I honestly don’t know. We’ve got to keep going”

– Mika Zibanejad pic.twitter.com/315kEt8RD9

— Rangers Videos (@SNYRangers) October 15, 2025

Funny enough (and this is me saying it – so you know it’s true) and admittedly – it’s been Stinka Zibanedud that’s been much better than the new captain has been.

But of course, Miller is playing through an injury, and as #8 said, “it’s only game five.”

That said, and these two post-game quotes couldn’t have been anymore different.

Miller, who is most certainly embracing his new responsibility/role as captain, almost sounded defiant when demanding everyone not to “blow [these three shutout losses] out of proportion.”

Obviously, Miller was attempting to put heavy water on the flames before they could do any damage to his team.

Conversely, and here you have the notorious crybaby, a quitter if there ever was one, Zibanedud himself, saying, “I don’t know if I should laugh or cry” – and where he was actually laughing when saying this!

(You’d never hear Kreider say such junk.)

I know that NHL players, and especially guys like Miller and Mika, who both earn $8.5M a year, are not exactly in the same financial stratosphere as all of us.

That said, and if you’re a season ticket holder, or even if you’re just a poor fan that scrounged up enough money to afford the highest tickets in all of the NHL in order to attend these past three-games – then do you really want to see #93 laughing about his team’s inability to score goals at home – and where once again – as a result, the Rangers have now set the all-time ineptness record in this department?

As noted in this space about 7986786967986796766 billion times since it happened – and the Pizza Makin’ ZOOM ZOOM general manager traded away the wrong BFF to California this summer.

Put it this way:

Kreider, already with two goals in two games played this season (including a PPG – and where I should also mention that I’m writing these words prior to the Ducks’ game against the Penguins on Tuesday night too), is a huge loss for this Blueshirts’ 2025-26 group – and especially even more so whenever Sully’s Squad goes on the power-play.

You can argue against me all that you want, but it’s my belief, and to the deepest trenches of my cold Blueshirts’ black-and-blue heart too, that if CK20 had played with these guys during the past three home games – then we’re not talking about another negative NHL record attached to the now 100-year-old franchise.

And at the end of the day?

Instead of post-game “quotes” – or perhaps a better word is “excuses,” then I think that Slipknot, in their hit song “Duality,” has best summed-up these past three games at M$G:

In a way, then I guess that you can say that Tuesday night’s 2-0 loss to the Oilers was deja vu when compared to the Rangers’ loss from Sunday night (1-0).

After all, the Blueshirts dominated the puck, they controlled possession time, the fourth line was their best line, the defense was good and the goaltending was elite.

And yeah – they got shutout again too. (You may have heard!)

That said, and I also felt like this game was akin to one of those AI renderings of a person, you know, where the eyes aren’t evenly spaced, while also being portrayed with six-fingers on his or her hand.

What I mean by that, was that if you were to ask AI (especially whatever company is making all of those TuPac/WWE videos) to make a picture of this loss to the Oilers when comparing it to the loss against the Capitals – then you’d see a whole lot of discolored, disjointed and extra-fingered Rangers.

How so?

Easy, because unlike Sunday’s loss to the Capitals – and the Rangers weren’t really GOALIED against Edmonton.

Charlie Lindgren, and without a shadow of a doubt, played out of his mind, while having the game of his life too, on Sunday.

Stuart Skinner?

While he did make a few big saves – it wasn’t like he was challenged as much as Lindgren ever was.

When it comes to the scoring, then on Sunday, and the lone Caps’ score was a puck-luck/bang-bang play, when an Alex Ovechkin shot caught a piece of Anthony Beauvillier’s stick.

Tonight, and Trent Frederic was able to beat CZAR IGOR on a breakaway.

Another difference between these two most recent shutout losses?

The fact that Oilers’ bench boss, Kris Knoblauch, the former Hartford Wolf Pack coach and who stood behind the Rangers’ bench a few times throughout the pandemic as well, went in with the game-plan of having his bottom-six against Sully’s top-six.

Sullivan also obliged this strategy, as it was he, as the coach of the home team, that had the last change.

Knoblauch’s plan, while not backfiring on the scoreboard, wasn’t exactly successful either.

And you can thank Adam Edstrom, Sam Carrick and Matt Rempe for that – as they were once again Sully’s best trio – and where these three, no longer a fourth line anymore (they’re now, and collectively at that, the team’s third line – and TOI stats don’t lie either), constantly shutdown two of the greatest players in the world today, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.

#97 and #29, holders of multiple league MVP awards and two generational talents at that, now earning over $25M in salary combined (and we all know that figure should be much higher, but as noted previously in this space, and McDavid took a hometown discount ten-or-so days ago) were limited to only three shots on goal – and that’s combined – and NOT each!

While Adam Fox and Vladislav Gavrikov deserve their roses too; but at the same time, the BIG ED, CARRICK and REMPESTEIN line were primarily matched-up against these two – and where their presence was so strong that Knoblauch had to break up McDavid and Draisaitl during the waning stages of the second period in order to get his best players away from this trio of Sully skaters!

Not only did this now former fourth line (and even if it’s for only one game, as they nearly doubled the ice time that Raddysh/Laba/Sheary received) keep McDavid and Draisaitl off of the board – but they were the Blueshirts’ best offensive threats too.

Carrick had three shots on goal – and one robbery save committed against him. He also hit a crossbar on another shot attempt.

Edstrom had two shots on goal – and where Skinner was able to deny him on a breakaway too.

Rempe, who played a career-high 13:47, came this-close of scoring from one-foot out, but just missed a puck due to an Oil defender.

This long story short?

Collectively, and Edstrom, Carrick and Rempe earn less than $3M.

Collectively, and Zibanejad, Panarin, Lafreniere and Miller earn over $35M.

As a pair, and knowing that McDavid could’ve earned more, and McDavid & Draisaitl earn over $25M.

Yet it was the Rangers no-longer-a-fourth-line-anymore trio that were best three forwards on the ice.

Great for them – but not so good for the Blueshirts as a whole.

By now – and you already knew how this game went.

The Rangers dominated everything but the scoreboard – which is also a great way to sum up most of their past 99-years too!

Following a scoreless first period from either side, then come the 10:22 mark of the second period, and Trent Frederic, of all people, got behind U.V. and was then off for the races, en route to his breakaway goal scored.

1-0, bad guys – and your game-winner too.

Following this goal and the Rangers then received three consecutive power-plays, including a brief 12-second stretch of a two-man 5 x 3 power-play (more about this below).

No matter – as Skinner then made eight short-handed saves in total.

Once CZAR IGOR was pulled with 2:01 remaining, the Rangers then employed their terrible 6 x 5 empty net attack – and as mentioned last blog – and I can’t remember the last time the Blueshirts have scored in this fashion – although I do remember a K’Andre Miller equalizer followed by a Ryan Lindgren game-winner from a few seasons back.

Sullivan continued to skate his highest-paid players in crunch time – and the end result was the usual – an empty net goal allowed.

And of course, leave it to 2012 Ranger Killer, Adam Henrique, to score the 2-0, bad guys, game over, goal.

We’ll save everything else from this miserable match for tonight’s GAME REVIEW segment – but really – what else is there to say?!?!?!

That said, and this comes to mind:

SCORE A F’N GOAL!

In case you missed it, then here’s where I last left off:

NYR/WSH 10/12 Review: Ryan Lindgren’s Big Brother Robs and Shuts Out Blueshirts; Rangers Still Looking For First Home Goal This Season, No Slow Start Yet For Mika – But Where’s NDArtemi? Tough To Grade Sully’s Squad’s First Test; “Same Old Rangers” Creep In – But The Kids Look Good Too, Soucy Placed on IR; Robertson Embraces “Next Man Up,” M$GN & More

After splitting the weekend (road win in Pittsburgh, home loss against Washington), the Rangers had off on Columbus Day.

The Blueshirts then returned for an A.M. skate on Tuesday morning – and where everything remained the same – including no new information on injuries (Vincent Trocheck and Carson Soucy) and the line-up too.

Here’s what word-salad Sully had to say prior to Tuesday night’s tilt:

Here was Sully’s line-up for the fifth game of this 2025-26 season:

FIRST LINE:  Panarin/Zibanejad/Lafreniere

SECOND LINE: Cuylle/Miller/Sheary

THIRD LINE: Brodzinski/Laba/Raddysh

FOURTH LINE: Edstrom/Carrick/Rempe

FIRST PAIR: Gavrikov/Fox

SECOND PAIR: Robertson/Borgen

THIRD PAIR:  Vaakanainen/Schneider

STARTING GOALIE: CZAR IGOR

BACK UP GOALIE: Quick

HEALTHY SCRATCHES: Juuse Parssinen and Connor Mackey

WEEK-TO-WEEK BUT NOT ON IR: Vincent Trocheck

IR: Carson Soucy

BOX SCORE time.

The following graphics and information come from ESPN.com:

SCORING:

PENALTIES:

TEAM STATS:

GOALIES:

For f-word’s sake – and is Sieve Vagistat more terrible than ever.

Outside of promoting his own company that no other broadcast or entity in the league uses – then all he does now is crack jokes at the expense of Henrik Lundqvist – and that’s during the rare times when he’s not speaking over him!

Even worse?

Then the seven-foot fairy needed his shitty analytic company to tell him that CZAR IGOR is playing good hockey this season.

Furthermore, he also needed his made-up arts & charts, and maps & graphs, to tell him that McDavid and Draisaitl are good players.

His two eyes couldn’t have told him all of this?

And when Vagistat came to the conclusion that NDArtemi needed to start scoring goals?

Well I was just surprised that his crappy little company didn’t relay to him that “The Breadman” needs to stop (ALLEGEDLY) assaulting female M$GN employees with his bread stick too!

Seriously – replace that “V” with a “C” – and get us CALLY instead of VALLY!

Fun Fact: There are 32 NHL hometown broadcasts in the league. There are two national (U.S.) broadcasts too (ESPN and TNT). Of these 34 broadcasts, then only M$GN employs two goaltenders – and in the Rangers/M$GN case – a HOF franchise goalie – but sadly – the worst back-up goalie in Blueshirts’ history too.

Simply put: You need a skater, whether it be a forward or a defenseman, with Lundqvist, in order to present balance.

But yeah – and I’ve probably said some version of this 798679869679876798678789678679867986798679867986798679678 zillion times before too!

There were also two plugs of note on Tuesday’s broadcast.

The first one was for Adam Fox’s TackleALS project, which you can find at: TACKLEALS.com

Fox’s father-in-law, former NFLer Tim Green, is currently battling the condition.

Fox is presently pledging his own donations via every goal and assist scored this season – and if he donated for every time that the Rangers got shutout on home ice this season – then maybe Green would have been cured by now!

My god-awful joke aside, and one made from a complete state of frustration too; then check out the website and where you can find complete information on how to donate to a reputable, and worthwhile too, cause.

The other plug was for Lundqvist’s new children’s book, which you can find out about at KingHenrikstory.com

This short book, mainly illustrations, goes for $19 at Amazon.com – and where all proceeds goes to his charity/foundation.

If I get the time (I already have about 79867866798686 books to read sitting in a stack – plus I’m trying to write more of my own books too), then I’ll review this book for this site – and even if it’s just for shits-and-kicks.

The funniest thing about M$GN’s plug for Lundqvist’s book?

When John Giannone called the book “a good read.”

After all, isn’t every book, aimed at the ages of 3-6 (and as Lundqvist said himself on-air), a “good read?”

Want another “good read?”

Then check out the PLUGS segment below!

GAME REVIEW time – and where I’m going to blow through this one.

(But as always, then if you want the complete play-by-play, then check out my Tweeter feed over at: https://x.com/NYCTheMiC )

I guess that I should mention this story here, as I’ve previously talked about it on the site.

Unless something changes, and despite Boucher’s kin attending the 1926 centennial celebration (the first of eight themed nights) come Monday night (vs. Minnesota) – and there are no plans to retire Frank Boucher’s #7 jersey this year.

The same goes for the likes of Bill and Bun Cook, Ching Johnson, Lester Patrick, Bryan Hextall and you get the rest (and for all of it – then check out my first book, which is linked in the PLUGS segment).

Worse than that?

And the Rangers have also asked family members of the deceased alumni, including Hall of Fame Rangers that were responsible for 75% of the team’s Stanley Cup victories, to pay for their own travel and lodging.

It gets worse.

Not only are the Blueshirts, you know, a multi-zillion dollar organization, not flying in and putting up these people – but they are also charging them full-price for tickets.

In one case, then the Phil Watson family (1940 Cup winner, a former coach and the man who assisted on a clinching championship-winning goal) are being asked to pay nearly $300 a ticket for a game against the Islanders – while sitting in obstructed view seating (200s level).

What a classy organization.

Not only would the Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Bruins, Blackhawks and Canadiens never do this – but even teams like the Islanders, and for that matter, the Golden Knights too, would never do this either.

What a slap in the face.

I won’t give you all of my Boucher stuff for the 79867868967986786786th time (you can check out this though: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/retire-frank-bouchers-7/ ), but seriously – the man spends 29-years with the organization, wins three Cups with them – and the Rangers can’t hang a banner in his honor at M$G?

It’s stuff like this that makes me happy that these losers got shut out for the third time this season.

Expect the Rangers to show Boucher’s granddaughter, Frankie Baird, on the scoreboard on Monday, have her wave – and then pump their chests out as if they actually honored the best years of their sorry one-hundred years of existence.

And they are charging Baird and her family too!

All of this sickens me.

Furthermore, I don’t know if I can get off from work on Monday (but I’d no-show my j-o-b if the Rangers were going to hang a banner for Boucher); but at this point – then I’m probably better off not going – as it’s just too disappointing.

After all, the Blueshirts have asked Baird to come (but she has to pay for everything) – and all they will do is have her wave on the jumbotron – and while ignoring the greatest man that’s ever been associated with this piss-poor and sad franchise.

But don’t worry:

Brad Park, who didn’t even spend half of his career in-town, much less win a Cup never-mind three of them, will get the red carpet treatment.

Losers.

Speaking of losers, back to tonight’s GAME REVIEW!

FIRST PERIOD

Just twenty-seconds in – and the alleged assaulter couldn’t handle a pass from Mika. Had Panarin been able to fetch this puck – then who knows – he most likely would’ve beat an out-of-his net Skinner for the game’s first strike – which in turn – would’ve never led the Rangers into making negative history.

But as it goes for these losers:

“COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA!”

Very early, as in their first shift – and Sullivan had no problems riding the new third line/old fourth line. Rempe rewarded the second bench boss of his career by immediately hitting McDavid, thus ending an Oil attack.

On their second shift and Carrick crashed Skinner’s crease – and despite it looking like he was tripped – and no call.

That said, and this was just an example, of about a million of them, of this trio constantly creating offense – while putting on the pressure too.

At the 6:16 mark – Panarin blew it – again:

Panarin must have been waiting for an invitation to shoot the puck.

This is brutal.#NYR pic.twitter.com/KytQ9bUDiq

— Everything Team USA/NY (@EverythingUSANY) October 14, 2025

If only had Skinner been a female M$GN employee – then perhaps Panarin would’ve (ALLEGEDLY) assaulted him via a goal.

I’m also waiting for one just one Blueshirts’ beat reporter to bring up this story too – but it feels like the state media have been told to keep it under the rug – or else risk losing their access/credentials.

Prove me wrong.

But sadly?

I’m right – and expect more stories from Miss Don’t Give a Shit about how “PANARIN IS SO KEWL, HE STILL USES A NOKIA FLIP PHONE AND HE PLAYS SNAKE ON IT!”

As the Rangers hit 130:00 of no goals on M$G ice, then Skinner came up with his best save yet, on a one Mr. William Cuylle.

Down to 5:57 remaining – CZAR IGOR’s best save of the game – and a pure SWEEPING BESSIE stop at that:

IGOR GLOVE SAVE HAS HAPPENED #NYR pic.twitter.com/ugSien3LOQ

— Everything Team USA/NY (@EverythingUSANY) October 14, 2025

After Miller and McDavid exchanged chances in either end, CZAR IGOR made his eighth-and-final save on Nurse.

The Blueshirts then hit 140:00 of no-goal hockey at home.

Scoreless after twenty-minutes.

Here’s what I said at the time:

Scoreless after 20. 1P Thoughts:
— SOG 8-5, not #NYR
— 140 min on home ice without a goal
— Fourth line remains as effective as ever; Mika has looked good too.
— Panarin, a pending UFA, looks lost.
— Very fast period – Rangers have played the most games in the NHL, EDM…

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 14, 2025

SECOND PERIOD

After Vagistat gave us his expected blinking stats (I’m not making this up) during intermission, then this mess continued.

Braden Schneider almost became the first Blueshirt to score at M$G this season – but his shot at a wide-open net hit the post. (This would later be followed by a Carrick <DING> off of the crossbar.)

In the other end, and after this first meeting of puck-and-iron – and there was THE SWEDISH CONDOR (Maloney has shortened the nickname) breaking up a McDavid/Drai-Day rush.

As the Rangers continued to do everything right but score – then it just felt like the first goal scored at M$G this season will be the end result of a puck going off a defender’s skate, off a Rangers’ ass, off of Larry Brooks or some other sort of puck-luck play.

You especially felt this way when Skinner, clean as a white sheet, robbed Edstrom on a breakaway try.

This save, made at the halfway mark of the game/period, pushed the home goal drought to 150:00.

And twenty-two seconds later?

And Frederic scored on a breakaway of his own:

Trent Frederic breaks the ice at MSG 🚨 pic.twitter.com/XWGCLWnLTr

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) October 15, 2025

No one is going to like to hear it – and you have to score to win games too – but Skinner (30 saves) out-played CZAR IGOR (20 saves) tonight.

I don’t like saying that either – but it is what it is.

Skinner made all of the stops, including on Ranger breakaways.

CZAR IGOR made all of them too – except for this one.

After the Frederic goal, the Blueshirts then had two consecutive power-plays.

I thought that these four-minutes were the turning point of the game – and I even said it at the time too. (Tweets don’t lie!)

The Rangers failed to score on their first power-play (Stetcher for holding Brodzinski’s stick) and with 12-seconds left – the Blueshirts got another man-advantage (Draisaitl for high-sticking Schneider).

Rather than using his timeout (my suggestion) – and instead – Sullivan let the PP2 take some time here – and then quickly made a change.

Four-minutes of power-play time in a one-goal game, and where your team has been anemic in the scoring department – and you don’t take a timeout?

Very Peter Laviolette-esque if I say so myself!

After flubbing two-man advantages, then for good measure, and with only 40-seconds remaining in the frame – and Nurse out-raced Panarin – and then out-muscled him at the puck too.

We remained at 1-0, bad guys, through forty-minutes.

Here’s what I said at the time:

1-0, them, after 40. 2P Thoughts:
— SOG 17-11 #NYR, 0-2 PP and two dings (Schneider post/Carrick crossbar).
— No home goals in 160 min of play – 20 more min of this and that’s an NHL record.
— Not exactly deja vu from WSH – but a “six-finger AI rendering” of that game.
—…

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 15, 2025

THIRD PERIOD

Let’s bullet-point these final pathetic twenty-minutes.

(And before you say it – yes, the Rangers were defensive juggernauts – but you’re paid to score goals, which as a result, is the only way to win games.)

(Furthermore? Again, the Blueshirts charge the highest ticket prices in the league. Three games of scoreless hockey is unacceptable.)

— I was hoping to see Quick open the period in net – and only because I was hoping to see CZAR IGOR replace Panarin on the Mika line!

— No dice – duh!

— As I was also wondering why Raddysh, Parssinen and Sheary were here (and while Perreault and Berard remain in Hartford); then it was very telling, and one more time, and say it with me: that the fourth line that entered this game had now become the team’s third line.

— And it was all deserved.

— Just 1:25 in and Skinner made short work of both Fox and Panarin.

— The Miller and Carrick lines then had back-to-back long shifts in the Oil zone – but you already know the rest.

— Cuylle then had the last shot on a Rangers’ 3 x 2 odd-man rush – but Ekholm broke it up.

— As I fully believed that the Oilers would get the next power-play/penalty call; then I was shocked when the refs boxed Kulak for high-sticking Gavrikov with 11:41 to go.

— The end result of the Rangers’ third power-play? Again – you already know – 0-3 – and where more than 1/4th of Skinner’s saves were of the short-handed variety.

— As we got under ten-minutes remaining – and Albert made sure to tell us that the Carrick line were getting extra shifts – and getting more ice time than Laba’s line too.

— And to be clear once more: Albert was right – and so was Sullivan – as he was playing the hot line.

— After a Skinner save on Gavrikov with 6:30 remaining and despite everything – then I thought that the Blueshirts could break-up this no-hitter. After all, the Oilers aren’t exactly known for their defense, much less their goaltending.

— Same Old Rangers.

— And they even got a break too – and as was the case when a McDavid-to-Savoie shot hit the post – thus giving the Oilers their first <DING> – and to the Rangers’ two (Schneider and Carrick).

— As I couldn’t believe that Justin Fields was more offensively-efficient than every FAT CAT RANGER; then, and with 2:01 to go – and Skinner absolutely robbed Carrick.

— If I had expectations, then I would’ve thrown up here – and as a reminder – let’s share my season-long mantra once more on this site:

— After Skinner’s rob-job of Carrick, then, and with an o-zone faceoff looming – and Sullivan pulled Igor.

— No timeout to draw up a 6 x 5 attack though!

— And with 68-ticks to go – and two failed Rangers’ SOG too – and this is when Henrique sailed a puck into the Blueshirts’ empty net.

— 2-0, bad guys, your final – and the third time that the Rangers have been shut out at home to start this season too – a new NHL record!

— But wait… there’s more.

Do I need to tell you that I was right again?

For the uninitiated, then check out these two past blogs of mine:

As I was writing tonight’s manifesto (I’m now in proof-read time), then I wrote this to you earlier:

“Put it this way, Kreider, already with two goals in two games played this season (including a PPG – and where I should also mention that I’m writing these words prior to the Ducks’ game against the Penguins on Tuesday night too), is a huge loss for this Blueshirts’ 2025-26 group – and especially even more so whenever Sully’s Squad goes on the power-play.”

UPDATE:

After the Ducks’ 4-3 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night – and Kreider not only picked up his first assist of the season – but two more goals too – including his third PPG, his fourth of the season – and the game-winner to boot!

Just some live commentary of mine from this west coast foray as well:

Watching Ducks/Pens as I work on the latest https://t.co/pbL0K5NsMb tome – Kreider has a goal and an assist thus far. I will never let this go – he should have NEVER been traded. Not exactly Leetch, but the closest player to it of the modern era. #NYR

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 15, 2025

Why I wanted Coach Q. over Sully exhibit #76786777878:
— I’m watching Ducks/Pens – Ducks have a PP with 90 seconds left – Q takes a TO.
— #NYR had two power-plays back-to-back, then pulled Igor later on – not one timeout to draw up anything.

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 15, 2025

CHRIS FUCKING KREIDER, POWER-PLAY GOAL!!!!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!! #FLYTOGETHER

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 15, 2025

Kreider has four goals (3 PPGs) and an assist this season – how you doing Mika, Panarin, Miller and Lafreniere? #NYR

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 15, 2025

So happy for him https://t.co/w2R2vZaNq8

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 15, 2025

Most Ducks powerplay goals since 2024/25:

6 — Mason McTavish
4 — Troy Terry
4 — Leo Carlsson
3 — Chris Kreider (only played 3 games)
3 — Frank Vatrano

Such a smart move picking this guy up. pic.twitter.com/wCRUqlRFQr

— Big Head Hockey (@BigHeadHcky) October 15, 2025

With four goals scored (in only 3 games played) and Kreider only trails Pavel Dorofeyev (5 in 4 games played) on the NHL leaderboard. #NYR #FlyTogether #FuckYouDrury

— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 15, 2025

And as I’ve said after all three of these shutout losses at M$G:

Then you don’t think that the Rangers could’ve used CHRIS FREAKIN’ KREIDER this season?

And I hope that Jacob Trouba sends Panarin into next week when the Ducks roll into town too.

Better than that wishful scenario?

Kreider and Trouba giving Drury a purple nurple – and right before tossing the idiot off of the Empire State Building!

Does. Larry Brooks. Miss. Chris?

Will he even write about him – or is it like the Panarin story – forever under a rug?

Up Next For the Rangers:

Practice on Wednesday, followed by a Canadian road-trip – Toronto (Thursday) and Montreal (Saturday).

But don’t you worry your pretty little heads just yet – the Rangers swear to god that they will show up and score goals in these games!

Prediction?

Leafs 7, Rangers 3 – and two more goals scored by Kreider too once the Blueshirts land in Poutineville, Quebec.

Back at it Thursday night.

Let’s Go Ducks!

And oh yeah – your final segment of the night too, which brings us to…

PLUGS TIME! (Buy a book and support my Rangers’ induced therapy bills. After all, I don’t run ads on this site!)

My fourth title and tenth book is now available!

“The Top 100 Villains of New York Rangers History,” is now available for sale!

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My second plug of tonight’s blog – the mandatory plug for my book, “The New York Rangers Rink of Honor and the Rafters of Madison Square Garden.”

As mentioned previously, the book is now available in hardcover, in paperback and in Kindle formats. To purchase a copy of the book, visit this link:

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For those still looking for signed paperback versions of the book, I have re-ordered more copies. I now have a few signed copies for sale at $25 a pop (includes shipping price) through me directly. Here is all the information on that:

Order “The New York Rangers Rink of Honor and the Rafters of Madison Square Garden” Book Today

My four-volume set of books, “One Game at a Time – A Season to Remember,” is a game-by-game recount of the Rangers 2021-22 campaign.

My second title as an author, “One Game at a Time – A Season to Remember,” is now available in eBook, paperback and hardcover formats.

To obtain signed copies, visit: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/onegamebook/

To purchase all four volumes on Amazon, visit: Amazon.com – “One Game at a Time.”

The greatest volume-set of books on Rangers’ history today!

“Tricks of the Trade – A Century-Long Journey Through Every Trade Made In New York Rangers’ History,” a four-volume set of books that meticulously covers every trade made in franchise history, is now on sale.

All four volumes of the title can be purchased on Amazon.com and are presented in three different formats – eBook, paperback and hardcover.

To purchase Volume I: Conn Smythe (1926) – Craig Patrick (1986), visit Amazon.com

To purchase Volume II: Phil Esposito (1986) – Neil Smith (2000), visit Amazon.com

To purchase Volume III: Glen Sather (2000-2015), visit Amazon.com

To purchase Volume IV: Jeff Gorton (2015) – Chris Drury (2022), visit Amazon.com

To purchase signed copies of all four volumes, visit https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/tricksofthetrade/

If you haven’t already, subscribe to this blog for the next update:

Don’t forget to order my four-volume set of books, “Tricks of the Trade!”

If you don’t order through me, all four volumes are now available on Amazon.com

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Thanks for reading.

LET’S GO RANGERS!

Sean McCaffrey

BULLSMC@aol.com