Brian Boyle

The New York Rangers' winning ways continue as they defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers offense was alive tonight, having six different players score and notching five goals in the first period alone.

The rise in injuries, especially concussions, this season seems to be occurring at an alarming rate. Injuries occur in every game and most are of the minor variety that are attended to while the player sits on his bench between, shifts but there seems to be more concussions and other serious injuries than ever before.

The New York Rangers are in a battle to make the NHL playoffs and their coach John Tortorella just started another battle with the NHL and its on-ice officials.  

Following his team's 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden yesterday, Tortorella used the postgame press conference to blast the officials that he believes cost his team a chance to win the hockey game. 

At the start of hockey season, experts contended that while very talented, the New York Rangers were simply too young and underdeveloped a team to make a statement in an Eastern Conference headlined by superstars Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby.

Tonight marked Henrik Lundqvist's first shutout of the 2010-2011 NHL season and it was a well-deserved one at that.

Big Brian Boyle scored his fourth goal of the season off of a beautiful backhand (his third against the Leafs) and Ryan Callahan continued his goal scoring streak to four games after scoring on a penalty shot giving him four goals and seven assists in nine games. 

The New York Rangers have solved their scoring problem, unfortunately, they're also giving up a lot. Toronto Maple Leafs capped the Rangers in OT yesterday as the Rangers receive their second disappointing loss in two games.

Currently under contract the Rangers have seven players who played center for a substantial amount of time last season. These include: Brandon Dubinsky, Vinny Prospal, Erik Christensen, Chris Drury, Artem Anisimov, Brian Boyle, and Todd White. Out of these seven players only Dubsinky and Prospal were really used as wingers at any point during the season.

Brandon Dubsinky

On July 27, 2010 the New York Rangers filled their roster and their cap by signing left winger Alexander Frolov. 

At present time the Rangers, are in the rears, meaning they are in the negative by $-796,667 with a cap pay roll of $60,196,667. 

The New York Rangers signed Brandon Prust today to a two-year deal for $1.6 million. Prust, who quickly became a fan favorite in New York, will be looking to reconnect with Artem Anisimov after last year's great performance.

I really like this kid. He skates really well, and he has pretty quick hands and decent puck control. He attacks the net, and as he showed last year, he has what it takes to score some nice goals. He brings toughness, and Brandon can easily play on any line. I personally am pleased to see him return.

According to Andrew Gross of the Bergin Record, Rangers forward Brian Boyle , who has been out with a left ankle injury since March 21st, is close to returning and could play as soon as tonight.

The problem is that the Rangers almost seem better off without him.