Larry Brooks

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Hockey Columnist and Beat Reporter at New York Post

Co-Host at Up In The Blue Seats

Slapshots. The Post. The Elmer, HHOF '18. The Rangers. The NHL. [email protected]. https://t.co/dzPORdbT4c

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The Connor McDavid free agency question that hangs over the Oilers’ Stanley Cup run

3 weeks ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

This isn’t quite the Canadiens attempting to save the hockey world from the marauding two-time defending Cup champion Flyers nearly five decades ago in the 1976 Final, but it kind of a fits the narrative. Because here is the posse from Edmonton, led by the luminous Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, matched up against the varmints from Florida who have stayed one step ahead of the law since capturing the chalice a year ago.
It’s been 31 years since New York’s greatest hockey game ever

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

Get Mollie Walker’s text messages with the latest Rangers buzz and get your questions answered — exclusive to Sports+ subscribers. Happy 31st anniversary to the greatest hockey game ever played in New York and one of the greatest high-stakes matches in Stanley Cup playoff history.
NHL playoffs put spotlight on glaring inequality

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

Get Mollie Walker’s text messages with the latest Rangers buzz and get your questions answered — exclusive to Sports+ subscribers. Maybe the Panthers and Stars front offices are smarter than just about everyone else, just the way the Lightning and Golden Knights hierarchies once were. Maybe these franchises would even succeed in a level playing field.
Nine-point plan to toughen up Rangers and it begins with making J.T. Miller captain

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. Last in a three-part seriesNiko Mikkola was a credible third-pair defenseman for the Rangers down the 2022-23 stretch and in the first round against the Devils after he was acquired as a rental from the Blues with fellow lend-lease property Vlad Tarasenko about three weeks before the deadline.
Where Rangers' consecutive Top 2 draft picks rank in NHL history

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

The Rangers became the 16th team in NHL history to get a Top 2 selection in consecutive drafts, with two clubs getting a Top 2 selection for three straight drafts and two going Top 2 for four consecutive drafts. The Post’s Larry Brooks ranks them on the impact of the franchises that made the selections (goals-assists-points and games played are only for the original draft team): Year (Pick), Player Pos Stats GP 2003 (1) Marc-Andre Fleury G 375-216-68; .912 SV%; 2.58 GAA 691
Breaking down biggest reasons why Rangers are in current mess

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

Second in a three-part series. It wasn’t a traditional rebuild, not in the least when the foundation was largely constructed on Artemi Panarin’s free agent signing, the trade acquisition of Jacob Trouba and the gift horse landing in their lap called Adam Fox.
The offer sheet vulnerabilities that could make for a Rangers dilemma

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. Matt Rempe is the Rangers’ biggest target. Literally, by tale of the tape. And that has gone without saying when it comes to blinded referees such as Kelly Sutherland and Brian Blandino. But the 6-foot-8 ¹/₂ winger will also become the Blueshirts’ biggest offer sheet target when he hits Group II free agency on July 1.
The Rangers takeaway from the Maple Leafs’ latest bout of misery

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

The Leafs are the Rangers, and the Rangers are the Leafs. I think I may have made that argument in this weekend’s Slap Shots. Mika Zibanejad is Auston Matthews, and Artemi Panarin is Mitch Marner. Except you know what? The Maple Leafs have not had Igor Shesterkin in net, let alone Henrik Lundqvist. Not even close.
Maple Leafs stars facing the Game 7 legacy challenge that’s vexed Rangers

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

This isn’t going to be a hockey game in Toronto on Sunday night, it is going to be the ultimate challenge of character. No, this is going to be the extreme test of manhood. Well, it is going to be Game 7 between the Maple Leafs and defending champion Panthers. If we can exclude 2024-25, the Leafs’ story has tracked the Rangers’ narrative for most of the decade. Original Six team with marquee names that is a perennial disappointment in the playoffs, whether early in the tournament or late.
The glaring Rangers omission from the NHL All Quarter-Century Team

1 month ago | nypost.com | Larry Brooks

The Rangers play defense against the Florida Panthers on April 14, 2025. AP It’s a fans’ vote, which is to say that balloting for the NHL’s All Quarter-Century Team is meant to be a fun exercise off which there can be no incorrect conclusions.

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Larry Brooks @NYP_Brooksie

9 Jun 25

Regarding the Rangers. Drury is committed to changing the chemistry. https://t.co/8RwZ63jpag

Larry Brooks @NYP_Brooksie

4 Jun 25

RT @nypost: Rangers assistant Dan Muse takes Penguins job that Mike Sullivan left https://t.co/Bs2JWDObZq https://t.co/NZdCUfFtGb

Larry Brooks @NYP_Brooksie

3 Jun 25

Told that Dan Muse remains in the mix for Penguins head coaching job. Unclear whether he would return to NYR as assistant under Sullivan if he doesn’t get the job in Pitt.