Mika Zibanejad’s ride on the Rangers wing has run its course
NY Post
Regarding the Rangers, in the midst of their third losing streak of four games or more (0-2-2 this time) within their last 47 contests while going into Minnesota on Thursday to face the Wild.
1. The idea of uniting centers J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad on the same unit is an intriguing one that might work over the long haul, but the experiment is failing now because the Rangers do not have a legitimate third-line center and the second line centered by Vincent Trocheck has been wheezing for weeks.
Ice-time apportionment has been an issue all season. Brennan Othmann, as good at bringing the puck to the net as the Blueshirts have unless it’s Matt Rempe, got only four shifts worth 2:22 in the third period in Winnipeg on Tuesday, 8:12 overall, and did not get off the bench for the final 11:00 of the 2-1 defeat.
Rempe, who is never publicly defended loudly enough to the NHL by either head coach Peter Laviolette or GM Chris Drury, got two spins worth 1:49 in the third and 9:00 overall while stapled to the bench for the final 10:53.
Charles Barkley is irate over the NFL trying to steal Christmas from the NBA.
Steve Kerr was out of line.
Despite the seven-goal goal Festivus the Rangers threw in Washington on Tuesday, the holiday month was short on joy and cheer.
The Mets were active Christmas Eve, signing right-handed journeyman Mike Baumann to a minor league contract, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported.
For as talented a scorer he is, one Karl-Anthony Towns tendency is constantly ruining offensive possessions.
It was exactly 1 p.m. Christmas Eve, and the Giants were just beginning their first full practice of the week for their second-to-last game of this miserable losing season.
Brandon Aiyuk issued a mea culpa after a video he shared over the weekend landed him in some hot water.
All eyes are on Travis Kelce and a lingering decision about his football future.
WASHINGTON — It was a merry night for the Rangers in our nation’s capital.
Maxx Crosby isn’t thinking about Fernando Mendoza or whoever may be considered the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
MINNEAPOLIS — Julius Randle had been quiet, just 3-for-11 from the field.
The decision Doug Armstrong’s management group needs to make before the Canadian Olympic roster is announced on New Year’s Eve cannot be about letting Matthew Schaefer be around the group before he takes a leading role in the 2028 World Cup or 2030 Olympics.
The cold, unappetizing truth for Steve Cohen is that he has only one person to blame for the backlash presently aimed at his baseball team, and it isn’t David Stearns. Oh, Stearns makes for an easy target, a never-played-the-game Harvard man who is the perfect contrast to the rub-some-dirt-on-it tobacco chompers who ruled the game for a century.