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Furthermore?
Then it may be high time for Chris Drury to lock up Tye Kartye before the present #24 of the New York Rangers becomes the hottest free agent of the summer.
On Thursday night, in front of a sold-out house at M$G, the Rangers hosted their old rivals, the worst team in all of the Eastern Conference today, the Philadelphia Flyers (4-10-4 after their 3-2 loss to the Blueshirts).
From the onset of the contest and it looked like Sully’s Squad were going to run away with the game and especially after Gabe Perreault was credited with a goal just 4:39 in.
However, and despite continuous strong play throughout the first frame – and the Rangers could never find the twine again – that is – until there was just 6:08 remaining in the third period.
In-between Perreault’s opening goal and Pavel Dorofeyev’s eventual 2-2 power-play goal – and whatever the Rangers had in the first period evaporated in the second period – and then spilled over into the latter stages of the third too.
A bad Braden Schneider turnover allowed Simon “Don’t Call Me Chris” Benoit to tie the game at the 10:10 mark of the second period.
No less than two-minutes later (1:59 to be exact) and Noel Acciari was able to score an easy tap-in goal to put the Flyers ahead 2-1.
What once looked like a smooth sailin’ contest soon turned into a Clint Eastwood movie – “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.”
Things got so perilous and scary for the Rangers that the head coach decided to hit the line blender in the do-or-die final frame – and against the worst team in the East need I remind you.
Sullivan even punished the $11M bust, Dorofeyev, to begin the third period too.
(Dorofeyev didn’t take the ice until five-minutes in, but once back skating, then Sullivan continued to regularly feature him – and as you’d expect – this move ultimately paid off.)
Despite getting some o-zone time in the third period – and plenty of shots too – but nevertheless – and the Rangers couldn’t find the almighty second goal against orange-and-black goaltender, Joseph Woll.
The turning point in the Rangers’ first comeback win of the season was something that you’d never expect – a power-play.
Down to 6:37 remaining in the 2-1 game and Denver Barkey was forced to slash one of the greatest waiver wire pick-ups in recent franchise history, Tye Kartye.
The Blueshirts, who were previously 0/1 at this point in the game, had a chance to redeem themselves.
For the struggling DINGorfeyev, who earlier in the match, hit iron again for the seventh time during this 2026-27 campaign, he soon scored his first non A-Rod goal of the season.
Just forty-seconds into this power-play that desperately needed to score and that’s what Dorofeyev did – as he banged home a puck past Woll following a pass from long-time Flyer Killer, Mika Zibanejad.
2-2.
The Garden, now woken from the dead, was roaring.
These roars soon grew to a fever pitch just ninety seconds later – as Kartye, following a long distance pass from one of the best rearguards in the game today, Adam Fox, beat Woll high glove side for his fifth goal of the season – and this time – via the breakaway – a one-time Rangers’ nemesis.
Dylan Garand (23 saves, .920 save percentage), playing in his twelfth consecutive game, was able to hold down the fort during the crucial FOXWOODS FINAL FIVE minutes in order to preserve the Rangers’ 3-2 lead.
The Flyers had some chances to re-tie the game once pulling Woll with under ninety-ticks remaining and where J.T. Miller just grazed the post on the Rangers only try at the empty net.
But whether it was 4-2 or 3-2 – it didn’t matter.
The only thing that mattered was another win over a bad team – which is something that the Rangers should be doing – which to be clear – is handling business against the league’s bottom-feeders.
While it wasn’t as impressive as it should’ve been, and where with no shot in hell should this game ever been as close as it was (and without the Barkey penalty, then it’s debatable that the Rangers would have ever prevailed) – but at least we’re talking about two more points gained in the standings – and not moaning over another brutal loss.
While opinions and beliefs regarding our Rangers are wide and varied, then if there is anything that every Blueshirt fan should believe in, then it’s the idea that Drury should re-sign Tye Kartye before it gets too late.
Kartye, now on the final-year of a deal that annually pays him $2.5M, will become an unrestricted free agent this summer should Drury and the player not agree on an extension between now and July 1st.
The best way to describe Kartye these days is that he’s like a hybrid of former Rangers, Barclay Goodrow and Sam Carrick, but on the best and biggest proverbial steroids imaginable.
With his game-winning goal tonight, Kartye moved into a three-way tie for third-place in goals scored (5), and where he’s only one shy of second-best, and if you can believe it, Oliver Bjorkstrand (6).
Alexis Lafreniere, the team leader in this department, remains “stuck” on nine goals.
Kartye, for not much money, also ranks top-five in assists (7) and points (12).
He’s also third-best on the team in the plus/minus department too (+3).
Not too shabby for a guy that was picked up off of waivers on February 27th of this year.
These numbers are also not too shabby for a guy that was projected to be in Sullivan’s bottom-six, and who today, has worked himself into the top-six of the coach’s rotation.
That all said, and it’s not just Kartye’s numbers that pop out at you.
While this may sound elementary, but Kartye’s heart is evident in every game played.
Whether he’s hitting, fighting in dirty areas, making plays, having his hockey IQ work out for him or just making simple plays – and he’s been a delight.
And when you combine his stats and the stuff that doesn’t make the box score, then who has been a better Ranger this season?
Perhaps Bjorkstrand?
Kartye has been doing it all for the Rangers and without him, then the FAT CATS would be receiving a lot more negative ink these days.
It’s now time for Kartye to get paid and eat too.
After all, if Mika Zibanejad, who through 17 games played this season has only one even-strength goal to his name, is worth $8.5M, then what’s Kartye’s going rate these days?
In case you missed it, then here’s where I last left off – the Rangers ending their four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over St. Louis:
NYR/STL 11/3 Review: Fox, Garand & Kartye Lead Way; Blueshirts Bang Blues To End Four-Game Losing Streak, Highs v. Lows; Bet On Mika v. Philly, Sully’s Line-Up Changes Are Aces For One Night; Rempe & Chmelar Return/Cuylle Changes Positions, Rangers Go a Flawless 6/6 On The PK But O-Zone Penalties Aren’t a Recipe For Success Either, M$G Workers Rough Weekend Ahead; M$GN & Much More
The Rangers, following Tuesday night’s victory over the Blues, had a day off on Wednesday.
A day later, GAME DAY, and the team reconvened at their practice facility in Tarrytown.
A few news and notes took place before, during and after the AM skate:
One, Dylan Garand was announced as the starter against Philly.
Two, James Reimer, while backing up Garand against the Flyers, was placed on waivers in order to accommodate the return of Joonas Korpisalo, who ironically, played on Wednesday night (in a conditioning/rehab start) for the Pack in a 4-1 loss (34 saves on 37 shots).
Three, Korpisalo is expected be removed from his IR designation on Friday (and perhaps by the time that you read these words). Garand’s back-up is also expected to travel with the team for their upcoming four-game road-trip and will most likely start a game or two while the Rangers are away from M$G.
Four, as predicted last time in this space, then Sean Durzi was indeed placed on the injured reserved list, retroactive to 10/26. Sullivan said that Durzi won’t travel with the team to start, but there is a chance that he will rejoin them sometime next week in Western Canada.
Five, as you’d expect, then due to the big win over the Blues and Sully said he was going to run back the same line-up against the Flyers.
(And after tonight, then I’d expect the same line-up against Seattle – but with Korpisalo – and not Reimer – backing up Garand.)
Of note, then between the win against St. Louis and the Durzi injury, and Thursday night meant another big chance for the aspiring defenseman, Scott Morrow.
Here was Sully’s pregame chat with the media from Thursday morning:
Here was Sullivan’s line-up for the seventeenth game of this 2026-27 campaign:
FIRST LINE: Dorofeyev/Mika/Lafreniere
SECOND LINE: Kartye/Miller/Perreault
THIRD LINE: Tolvanen/Cuylle/Bjorkstrand
FOURTH LINE: Chmelar/Laba/Rempe
FIRST PAIR: Gavrikov/Fox
SECOND PAIR: Pettersson/Schneider
THIRD PAIR: Smits/Morrow
STARTER: Garand
BACK-UP: Reimer (will report to Hartford on Friday)
HEALTHY SCRATCHES: Robertson and Glendening
IR: Durzi
LTIR: Korpisalo and Veleno
SEASON ENDING LTIR: CZAR IGOR
BOX SCORE time.
The following graphics and information come from ESPN.com:
SCORING:
TEAM STATS:
GOALIES:
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| 25 | 2 | 23 | .920 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:45 | 0 |
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J. Woll#53
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| 28 | 3 | 25 | .893 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58:43 | 0 |
It was nice to see Lundqvist back on the air tonight.
In his opening remarks, he pretty much echoed what we all thought following the Rangers’ win over the Blues – how can the Blueshirts sustain this?
After “THE KING OF COMMENTARY” praised Garand, Sieve Vagistat came on no less after Lundqvist had thirty-seconds of face-time, and that’s when I turned off the pregame show.
No joke?
The worst goalie in franchise history wasted no time when plugging his shitty and meaningless ANALytical company and that was it for me.
While Vagistat should never be on these broadcasts to begin with, but why he’s on when Lundqvist is on is even more foolish.
It would be like if TNT decided to give Emerson Etem more face-time over Wayne Gretzky.
Vagistat is absolutely useless and all of his never-ending plugs for his company that no one else in the league uses comes off like an old 1990s 2:00AM public access TV infomercial.
Come 7PM, and for the first time this season, Brian Boyle filled in for Dave Maloney. As usual, and Kenny Albert handled the play-by-play duties.
Boyle, no stranger to the Rangers/Flyers rivalry, talked about his previous battles of fisticuffs against Philly.
Albert then brought up what I detailed last time around in this space – Mika is one of the greatest “Flyer Killers” of all-time.
(Unfortunately, while picking up a huge assist on Thursday night, but Mika was unable to score a goal against the franchise that he usually torments.)
Albert & Boyle (I guess referring to them as “The AB” would be politically incorrect) then talked about how well Garand has been playing this season.
Following a few highlights from past years during this Broad Street v. Broadway rivalry, one that’s now approaching sixty-years old (1967) and it was now time to drop the puck, which brings us to…
GAME REVIEW time.
FIRST PERIOD
As Dylan Garand and Joseph Woll took their places in net, then the Rangers, who were wearing their new cash grab “hometown remix” jerseys, got ready for battle against the orange-and-black attack.
Mika Zibanejad lost the first draw of the game to Noah Cates.
Come the forty-second mark and Garand made his first save of the game with a clean snap of the glove on a Travis Konecny wrist shot try.
Twenty-seconds later and Woll made his first denial of the game by stopping Captain No Clutch.
Two-minutes into the game and Woll was able to stop the streaking Eeli Tolvanen – and where it was noticeable that the Rangers’ new third line were having a good shift too.
Also having a good first shift was the Rangers’ new fourth line.
The Rangers’ second line had a good second shift themselves – and it also led to a goal too:
This #NYR goal is probably going to go to Gabe Perreault.
Looks like it hit him in the pants before going in. https://t.co/sYtOT2hE6z
— Jonny Lazarus (@JLazzy23) November 6, 2026
1-0, GOOD GUYS at just the 4:39 mark.
Once again, and Miller got a deflection goal to his name, as a Pettersson shot allowed the captain to get piece of the puck and then behind Woll.
(Or so we thought – and keep on reading for more on what became a Perreault goal and Miller assist.)
And for a Ranger team that is 8-1 this season whenever scoring first, then this was a huge icebreaker.
It’s also worth mentioning that Kartye added another assist to his ledger this season – as he’s been an absolute steal-and-a-stud ever since arriving here late last season.
At the 5:53 mark, Garand continued to do his thing as he shut down the hopeful future of the Flyers, Porter Martone.
Come the eight-minute mark and the Rangers continued to control play, and as was evident by their 5-2 SOG total.
However, the Flyers doubled-up their SOG total to four at the 8:21 mark, following a pair of timely Garand saves on Konecny and Trevor Zegras.
Out of a TV timeout and it was revealed that it was actually Gabe Perreault who scored the first Rangers’ goal, as after the Miller deflection, the puck caught a minimal piece of the sophomore Blueshirt.
But no matter if it was Perreault or Miller – then at least the Rangers goal stood – and ditto their early lead.
At the 9:20 mark, Pavel DINGorfeyev was back, as he couldn’t finish a Mika one-timed pass.
As Boyle was pointing out that the Rangers should win this game, and how the good teams should beat the bad teams (I explained all of this after the STL/NYR game), then at the 11:00 mark, Fox tried to find Rempe up ice, but the Flyers were there to break it up.
Down to eight-minutes remaining and another potential Fox assist was thwarted, as a pass intended to Perreault was barely blocked, but there was just enough Philly wood to completely deter the chance.
Come 7:15 left to play and Garand made his sixth save of the game, and as he did on Travis Sanheim.
It was around this time where Albert started telling us how much the Flyers suck, how they can’t score, how their parents should be embarrassed and everything else from the realm of “ANNOUNCER’S JINX!”
And had the Flyers won tonight?
Then I’d be giving some blame to the best hockey announcer in the game today!
Down to 6:17 remaining and we had our first scrum of the game (behind Garand’s net) – and where the third line and pair of Petterson/Morrow rallied behind the new center, Will Cuylle.
There were no penalties here, but I just like to point out whenever we have every Ranger on the ice defending a guy – as we didn’t see a lot of that during the past two seasons.
Come 5:01 remaining and Garand denied Zegras – but the Blueshirts’ backstop also gave up a juicy rebound. Fortunately, Jaroslav Chmelar, in his second game back, blocked the second attempt by Jamie Drysdale.
A Flyer o-zone turnover almost led to another Rangers’ goal with 4:40 remaining, but Woll was able to fend off a Perreault-to-Kartye try.
Down to 2:27 remaining, a failed Fox clear led to a GOOD LOOK (Alain Vigneault) for Owen Tippett. In a response, Garand made a SWOOPING GLOVE SAVE – and one with some extra SWAGGER (David Quinn) on it.
Under ninety seconds to play and Rempe had a hell of a shift, as he got the puck deep, laid a hit and extended an offensive attack.
The Flyers were able to generate some offense with under 45-seconds to play – and an attack that lasted until the end of the period. A Garand save on Sanheim, with two-ticks to go, allowed the Blueshirts to leave the ice up 1-0 after twenty-minutes of action.
1-0, GOOD GUYS.
Here’s what I said at the time:
1-0, GOOD GUYS, through 20. #NYR 1P Thoughts:
— It feels like the Rangers should be up by more than one goal right now.
— I still think that Liberty patch on these new jerseys would be better placed/more aesthetically pleasing on the shoulder.
— Sully is rolling all four lines and they are rewarding him.
— Tye Kartye has been one of the best waiver claims in some time. Imagine him on a line with Carrick and Rempe? (If Carrick can ever get healthy, then I wouldn’t mind him returning!)
— Brian Boyle does an excellent job on these broadcasts. Really, the new and revamped M$GN crew is fantastic, that is, except for the annoying and smug Sieve Vagistat.
— Pavel DINGorfeyev iron counter: seven <DINGS> this season.
— I’m surprised Mika hasn’t been a house of fire yet. One even-strength goal in 16 games played and if he’s ever gonna find his mojo, then you would think it would be against the Flyers.
— As Boyle said, the Rangers should win this game (good teams should beat the bad ones). Still, it’s only a one goal game.
— No penalties yet.
— SOG, Flyers 9 – Rangers 8
SECOND PERIOD
Zibanejad beat Cates at the dot to begin the frame.
It was also announced at this time that the Miller goal was now officially Perreault’s goal.
At the thirty-second mark, Woll was able to keep DINGorfeyev off of the board.
A few seconds later and Kartye was able to break up a down-low Flyers’ attack.
At the 2:27 mark, Bjorkstrand came up with a nice block on Drysdale.
A minute later and Garand came up with another jaw-dropping save, his eleventh, with a stone job on Cole Knuble.
At the four-minute mark, Dorofeyev had a wide-open net but Woll was able to prevent the 2-0 goal. Lafreniere came close to getting a rebound, but was just a half-second shy.
A few seconds later and Woll was able to prevent Smits of his first NHL score.
At the seven-minute mark, and with the Flyers on an attack that was about a minute-or-so long, and Garand kept his no-no going with a pop-up save on Konecny.
Out of a TV timeout and the Rangers’ third line had a long attack themselves, but no goals ensued.
With 10:47 remaining, Miller missed the net on a 2 x 1. A few seconds later and Woll stopped a Morrow back-hander.
And just ten-seconds past the half-way mark of the game/period and Simon Benoit tied the game:
Philadelphia goal!
Scored by Simon Benoit with 09:50 left in the 2nd. Assisted by Tyson Foerster.
NYR: 1 | PHI: 1
#PHIvsNYR #NYR #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/mwyC3UQ9bG
— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) November 6, 2026
Schneider’s clearing pass never reached the blue line and Benoit was able to find high-twine from long distance.
In essence, the Rangers’ hard-workin’ first period was now erased.
And of course, this was Benoit’s first goal of the season too.
Granted, while Schneider erred here, but the Rangers weren’t really playing so hot in this period either, as most of the play was in their own end.
Come 8:06 to go and Garand was able to fight off Drysdale.
But he didn’t fight off Noel Acciari some fifteen-seconds later:
NOW NOEL ACCIARI SCORES‼️‼️
WHAT IS GOING ON.
2-1 #Flyers! https://t.co/PKQorfTPkO
— Flyers Nation (@FlyersNation) November 6, 2026
2-1, bad guys.
This was a bang-bang type of a deal, as Barkey was able to feed his wide-open teammate in Garand’s crease.
As a result, the Flyers had scored a pair of goals in just 1:59 worth of time.
It was also at this time where the Rangers’ 8-1 record whenever scoring first was now in jeopardy of being worsened.
The Rangers, now down by one, saw Miller almost get a quick equalizer, but Woll was able to hold off the Blueshirts’ captain.
Under 5:00 to play, and another potential Fox assist was broken up, as the 2021 Norris Trophy winner went wide on another try.
After this, and with 4:24 to go, Bjorkstrand went to the net. While he didn’t score, he did draw the first penalty of the game, as Nick Seeler slashed Laba as the fourth line center was going for the rebound.
The Rangers, now on the power-play, couldn’t get much out of their first unit.
The second unit couldn’t do much either, and as a result – the Rangers’ power-play was another 0-fer, this time, 0/1.
(Of note: Fox remained on both power-play units as the first-string quarterback.)
Down to 1:58 to go, and as usual whenever you fail on your own power-play, and the other team gets a try.
This time, it was Schneider who went to the box after tripping Cates.
Tolvanen, while short-handed, just went wide on a slap shot try.
Tippett just missed the net as the period ended.
The Flyers, now up 2-1, would begin the third period on a two-second power-play.
2-1, them, after two periods.
Here’s what I said at the time:
2-1, Flyers, after 40 minutes. #NYR 2P Thoughts:
— Well this game turned real quick.
— The Rangers, who only scored one goal but did play well in the first period, had their first twenty-minutes erased in the second period.
— People are going to get on Schneider for the first goal allowed, but the Rangers weren’t really playing that hot anyway.
— 0/1 on the PP, about to be 1/1 on the PK.
— I’m stunned that Mika has been a no show on the scoreboard.
— It would be so on brand for the Blueshirts to lose to another bottom-feeder, and just like they did with Columbus.
— “The new sweater curse” anyone?
THIRD PERIOD
The Rangers, and as you’d expect, killed off the remainder of the Schneider penalty.
It was reported at this time that the Flyers were 4-0-1 whenever holding a lead in the third period, while the Blueshirts had yet to record one comeback win in sixteen games played.
Both of these trends were wiped out after tonight.
In addition, and the Rangers were the only team in a league of 32 to not have a comeback win on their ledger.
After tonight, and every team in the league now has a comeback win on record.
Just 1:12 in and Garand sealed-up Seeler, while Sully was tinkering around with his lines.
Chmelar was able to force a turnover in the Flyers’ zone (2:20 in) but couldn’t do much with it. This was noticeable because Mika was playing with him and Tolvanen at the time, and where Dorofeyev was stapled to the bench.
At the 3:21 mark, Miller forced a turnover himself (playing with Kartye and Lafreniere), but the Flyers were able to thwart him before he could get to Woll.
Dorofeyev finally got on the ice at the 4:48 mark, and where immediately, Sean Couturier had a breakaway – but shot the puck wide.
After a quick six minutes had elapsed and while still 2-1 too – and it felt like the Flyers had the momentum, as they were getting chances but just kept on missing the net.
It was also around this time where Dave Kerr was featured as tonight’s #NYR #CadillacTrivia question (most consecutive starts) – and where yep – the Rangers have done nothing when honoring one of their greatest goalies of all-time. (For more on Kerr, check the PLUGS section.)
Down to 11:45 remaining then Tippett had two tries. Garand stopped one, Pettersson blocked the other.
It was also around this time where Cuylle was sent back to the wing, as Sullivan continued pressing the button on his line blender.
With ten-minutes remaining, the score still at 2-1 and the SOG counter reading PHI 21 – NYR 20 – and Fox led an attack, but the Rangers couldn’t find the equalizer.
Down to 8:50 remaining, Cuylle found DINGorfeyev all alone with Woll, but somehow the overpaid Ranger was able to hit a Flyer with his shot attempt.
A Woll save on Morrow with 8:13 to go brought us to our penultimate TV timeout, and where the Rangers were somewhat buzzin’ at the time too.
Come 7:25 left to play and Woll was able to stop Pettersson after a Miller o-zone faceoff win.
As the Rangers continued to attack, they then drew their second power-play of the game, as Barkey went off for slashing Kartye.
As said above – and this was the turning point of the match.
Of note, Dorofeyev, previously benched, remained on PP1.
This move paid off, as Mika soon found the $11M for the much-needed 2-2 tying goal:
Dorofeyev needed this goal for himself, got to love that emotion https://t.co/OQiLVHdFkl
— Jonny Lazarus (@JLazzy23) November 6, 2026
This goal, Dorofeyev’s fifth of the season, was also the first meaningful goal he has scored this season. The rest of them were all A-Rod goals (scores during blowouts).
Once again, and Mika picked up another point against the Flyers.
Fox, with the secondary assist, also picked up his 20th point of the season.
Gavrikov, with 5:03 to go, almost got the go-ahead goal but Woll was able to survive the Russian’s attempt.
Down to 4:39 remaining and Kartye banged home the HUGE 3-2 goal:
New York goal!
Scored by Tye Kartye with 04:39 left in the 3rd. Assisted by Adam Fox and Oliver Bjorkstrand.
NYR: 3 | PHI: 2
#PHIvsNYR #NYR #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/yZqQrN9XZV
— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) November 6, 2026
Again, what a pick-up #24 has been for the New York Rangers, as he made no mistakes on this breakaway chance that went high glove side.
Talk about how big the Barkey penalty was – as it completely changed this game.
Come 3:28 left in regulation and Garand kept the Rangers’ lead alive with a big save on Sanheim.
With 1:17 to go, Woll left his net. At the same time, Garand stopped Zegras, which led to Flyers’ bench boss, Rick Tocchet, using his timeout.
Following the stoppage, Mika got kicked out of the circle. Miller then lost the important draw but Garand was able to deny Tyson Foerster on the quick Flyer shot attempt.
On the next faceoff, five-seconds later, and Mika lost it.
A Rangers’ icing with 13.1 seconds left would decide the game.
A Zegras shot went just wide. A Miller empty net try just hit the post – which caused every -5.5 over bettor to groan! (I may have bet this myself!)
Both misses meant that the Rangers held on, 3-2, for their first comeback win of the season.
If there was one-word to describe this game, then it was this:
WHEW.
Among the quotable quotes following the 3-2 win:
“He works at his game every day. He’s a relentless worker. He’s just a great teammate. Ever since we’ve picked him up and he joined our team, he’s just fit in with our group. He’s getting better and better. If you go back to when he joined our team last year until now, I think he has something like 28/29 points in 40 games. Right around that. We looked at it the other day.“This guy’s on a 60-plus point pace since he’s become a Ranger. And he brings so many intangibles. He’s good on the penalty kill, his puck pursuit game, he skates, he hunts pucks, and he’s conscientious defensively. He’s been a great fit for our group. I think he thrives in the game that we’re trying to play, but I couldn’t be happier for him.” – Mike Sullivan on Tye Kartye
“My experience has been when a player changes teams like that, signs a fairly decent contract, sometimes there’s a little bit of an adjustment process that players go through. I think Pav is going through that process with us right now, trying to figure out we’re a different team than what he was on. He’s playing with different players. We’re trying to explore different combinations and options from a line combination standpoint to try set him up for success.“As I said, we’ve tried a lot of different combinations around it. We’ll probably continue to explore it until hopefully at some point here, he’ll be able to settle into something. I was happy that he scored tonight. He’s an important player for us.” Mike Sullivan on Pavel Dorofeyev
Sullivan also mentioned that he talked to Dorofeyev’s 2026 Stanley Cup Playoff coach, Sully’s Team USA buddy too, former Blueshirts’ bench boss, John Tortorella, as a way to get the most out of the new #16 in the Big Apple.
Should the Rangers show up and handle business?
Then see ya next on Sunday afternoon – and where maybe I’ll finally get that Top 15 Beloved Blueshirts bit done too!
For now?
Then next up for you, your favorite segment and mine, you know…
PLUGS TIME! (Buy a book and support my Rangers’ induced therapy bills. After all, I don’t run ads on this site!)
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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:
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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/
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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
For more details, check out: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/tricksofthetrade/
Thanks for reading.
LET’S GO RANGERS!
Sean McCaffrey
BULLSMC@aol.com
