Morning Skate: New-look Rangers

...of Famer, skating for months at a time with your third-best center. So, Jagr and Martin Straka flanked Gomez against the Pens on Tuesday night. One game won't prove whether or not...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2007

Better or Worse? A look at the Rangers

...coach Tom Renney will have to go to Plan B, which would likely be Drury or Martin Straka centering his top line. Drury, meanwhile, is a versatile type who can be used in any...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 24, 2007

Bad traffic, good Sabres

So, I tried to make it home before the start of tonight's second round. There is a two-lane road that leads you away from the ESPN "campus" (sorry, al...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 25, 2007

Trade helps Rangers, Ducks

...Rangers get another talented Czech player for their lineup. Sykora joins countrymen Jaromir Jagr, Martin Rucinsky, Martin Straka, Petr Prucha, Marek Malik and Michal Rozsival in New York. The Ducks, meanwhile, continue to dump...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 08, 2006

...stumbling franchise. Yes, they have a handful of highly-skilled veterans like Jaromir Jagr, Michael Nylander, Martin Straka and Martin Rucinsky. And, they have a few role playing vets like Darius Kasparaitis, Steve Rucchin...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2005