New York Rangers Breaking News: Rangers Sign Defenseman Brendan Bell
by Bryan Winters on Aug 9, 2011 4:49 PM EDT
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PrintThe New York Rangers announced today, they have agreed to terms with defensemen Brendan Bell. Bell, a former Ottawa defemseman, played in Swiss Elite League last season.Prior to last season, Bell spent time in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Phoenix Coyotes and Ottawa Senators.
In his NHL career, Bell recorded 7 goals and 28 assists, including 51 penalty minutes.
Brendan Bell is a very powerful defensemen who uses his size to his advantage. He is a very agile skater and uses this skill effectively in maintaining strong defensive positioning. He is not a huge hitter, but can fit into any teams defensive core at ease.
No contract details have been released. More to come when we find out.
Official New York Rangers press release after the jump.
RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH
FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN BRENDAN BELL
New York, August 9, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with free agent defenseman Brendan Bell.
Bell, 28, has skated in 101 career NHL contests with the Ottawa Senators, Phoenix Coyotes and Toronto Maple Leafs, registering seven goals and 21 assists for 28 points, along with 51 penalty minutes. He established career-highs in 2008-09 with Ottawa, tallying six goals and 15 assists for 21 points in 53 games. Bell tied for second among Senators defensemen in goals, and ranked fourth in assists and points that season. As a rookie in 2006-07, Bell recorded seven points (one goal, six assists) in 45 contests with Toronto and Phoenix. He notched his first NHL point with an assist on October 28, 2006 at Montreal, and tallied his first NHL goal on January 20, 2007 at Pittsburgh. Bell made his NHL debut as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 21, 2006.
The 6-2, 211-pounder has also skated in 374 career AHL contests with the Syracuse Crunch, Peoria Rivermen, Binghamton Senators, San Antonio Rampage and Toronto Marlies/St. John’s Maple Leafs, registering 46 goals and 152 assists for 198 points, along with 376 penalty minutes. In 2009-10, Bell established AHL career-highs in goals (14), assists (38) and points (52) while skating in 71 games with Peoria and Syracuse. He finished that season tied for third among AHL defensemen in goals, fourth in points and assists, and led all blueliners and tied for ninth in the league overall with a career-high, 12 power play goals. Bell also led Syracuse in assists, points and power play goals.
Last season, Bell tallied two goals and nine assists for 11 points, along with 14 penalty minutes in 29 games with EHC Biel of the Swiss A-League. He led all team defensemen in assists and points, and tied for third on the team overall with a plus-two rating. Bell also skated in one contest with Omsk Avangard of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), recording two assists in his only appearance.
The Ottawa, Ontario native was originally selected as Toronto’s third round choice, 65th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
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Blue Seats is right...
Eminger should be worried.
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Eminger has nothing to worry about...
Eminger IS the 7th defenseman unless MDZ, Erixon and/or Bell doesn’t pan out. Than he could become the 6th. MDZ and Erixon should be worried.
scratch that, looks like he’s not a whole lot more than organizational depth
by Ahmad Bradshaw on Aug 9, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
the new Wade Redden? (without the contract)
is there a trade in the works?
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This has to be part of something else, right?
Maybe he’s destined for the minors at some level? Why not just give him a camp invite? I’m thinking something else has to be brewing.
Agree...
something else is going on. Wonder if Sauer is on the block. His value is high right now. If Erixon is the Top 4 D man everyone says he is, that moves Sauer to 3rd pair, where he’d have less trade value.
'Cause Brawndo's got electrolyes....
If we are trading a Dman
It better be a left handed dman.
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by The Blue Seats on Aug 9, 2011 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
we found our #6 defenseman
for Fudgie the Whale
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by Eastversewest on Aug 9, 2011 10:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is probably a depth move
I still think Erixon is a favorite to make the team, just a personal opinion on Erixon though
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by Joe Fortunato on Aug 9, 2011 4:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
21 points in 53 games as a dman is nothing to sneeze at… I wonder why he couldn’t find an NHL job?
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I’ve been reading that it could possibly be a replacement for Pashnin. He decided to play in Russia, and the Rangers were almost certain he was coming over the play.
Either way, we shall find out soon enough.
It definitely makes things more interesting…
Torts loves competition at camp, so I only see this as a good thing.
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by The Blue Seats on Aug 9, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
This could potentially lead to something bigger, from what I’ve been hearing. We have an abundance of young defensemen. What makes us want to sign another?
I have a feeling we might be parting with some via trade. Maybe a winger? Who knows, we’ll see soon enough.
by Bryan Winters on Aug 9, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
can't rely on...
4 young guys with 1 or less years of experience in the NHL to man your d-line.
Yes there is Eminger, but eminger is a guy they want playing 30 games, not 82. It never hurts to bring more guys in.
Besides, Brendan Bell is 28 and has only played 101 NHL games. What makes you guys think he’s going to even play 1 on the Rangers this year? — i don’t
This is a pretty good point
You need a Plan-B in case the young defenseman can’t keep up.
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by Joe Fortunato on Aug 9, 2011 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Chances are he’s just some experience for the CT level, but he does have some offensive upside (52 point in 72 AHL games in 09-10, 11 in 29 in the not so easy to score SEL last year), and he did have 21 in 53 in his last NHL stint.
There must be a reason he hasn’t stuck at the NHL level, but it can’t be a bad thing to have more guys competing for the 6-7 spots.
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by George E. Ays on Aug 9, 2011 5:42 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
i like his bio
Professional hockey player (sort of) Amateur everything else
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Aug 9, 2011 6:31 PM EDT reply actions
more like a Z
for his spot on the depth chart
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Am I the only one that smells a trade?
by louielounz1 on Aug 9, 2011 6:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Nope... it was just a fart.
And yes, it was me.
I had six White Castles with cheese, large fry and orange soda for lunch. I’m a regular shit machine tonight.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Aug 9, 2011 8:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
tonight?
thought it was seventeen times daily
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by Scratch and Snif on Aug 9, 2011 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
Quote from this article,“He is a very agile skater.” Quote from another article,“but his skating is very weak.” Which is it ? If his skating is weak, that would explain his not sticking with a team. His point totals do tell otherwise though. Although most of you don’t put any validity to +/-, his is not bad either. As stated before though, I think this is just a depth move for Whale. Then again, as much as I would love to see it, I doubt we are going to go through a full season without injuries, especially how our maniacs play. Don’t we play 17 games in March? Talk about fatigue and injuries, I hope it is not as brutal as it looks on paper.
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