New York Rangers Breaking News: Rangers Finalize Roster For Europe
by Joe Fortunato on Sep 26, 2011 11:34 PM EDT
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I hate to bury Kevin's recap, so please make sure to give it a read after you take a look at this.
The New York Rangers have finalized their roster for the trip to Europe to play a few preseason friendlies and then eventually start the season.
A few players have made pretty big impacts on John Tortorella so far this preseason, and all of them remain on the team. Ryan Bourque, Tim Erixon, Dylan McIlrath, Dale Weise and Carl Hagelin highlight the list of prospects who are making the trip. It will be great to see what McIlrath can do with the extra time with the Rangers, Tortorella has been very impressed with his game and hopefully he keeps showing it in Europe.
For Bourque, Hagelin and Erixon, it's an opportunity to make a final push to make the team, or at least keep their names in the back of the minds of the Rangers' brass. All three have truly shown potential, and the skill-sets to be NHL players in the future, but maybe not this year. Of everyone, Bourque has been the biggest riser in terms of prospects within the Rangers' system.
Andre Deveaux and Andreas Thuresson were the two players cut. Erik Christensen and Sean Avery will have a few more opportunities to try to earn their spots on the team, their cases weren't helped by a good Mats Zuccarello performance against Philadelphia, Monday.
The Rangers official press release is below the jump, including a full list of the player making the trip.
RANGERS FINALIZE ROSTER FOR EUROPE
33 Active Players Remain with the Club
New York, September 26, 2011 New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has assigned forwards Andre Deveaux and Andreas Thuresson to Connecticut of the American Hockey League (AHL).
The Rangers now have 33 players remaining on their active roster, including three goaltenders, 11 defensemen and 19 forwards. The Blueshirts will travel to Europe for four exhibition contests, beginning Thursday, September 29 vs. HC Sparta at Prague, Czech Republic (1:00 p.m. ET), before opening their 2011-12 regular season schedule on Friday, October 7 vs. the Los Angeles Kings at Stockholm, Sweden (1:00 p.m. ET), as part of the 2011 Compuware NHL Premiere.
PLAYERS ASSIGNED TO CONNECTICUT (AHL) ON 9/26/11:
Forward (2): Andre Deveaux, Andreas Thuresson
NEW YORK RANGERS ACTIVE ROSTER:
Goal (3): Martin Biron, Henrik Lundqvist, Scott Stajcer
Defense (11): Brendan Bell, Stu Bickel, Michael Del Zotto, Steve Eminger, Tim Erixon, Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh, Dylan McIlrath, Blake Parlett, Michael Sauer, Marc Staal
Forward (19): Artem Anisimov, Sean Avery, Ryan Bourque, Brian Boyle, Ryan Callahan, Erik Christensen, Brandon Dubinsky, Ruslan Fedotenko, Marian Gaborik, Carl Hagelin, John Mitchell, Kris Newbury, Brandon Prust, Brad Richards, Mike Rupp, Derek Stepan, Dale Weise, Wojtek Wolski, Mats Zuccarello
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Yay Carl Hagelin!
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by light_the_lamp on Sep 27, 2011 12:44 AM EDT reply actions
What the hell is Newbury still doing here??
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by Danz10 on Sep 27, 2011 1:17 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
You want bodies on the team
especially for all these preseason games.
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by Joe Fortunato on Sep 27, 2011 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea I would have rather kept Thuresson than Newbury.
by CrazyRangerFan on Sep 27, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Would hate to lose Weise and Mitchell on waivers
Decent NHL ready 4th line types for call up. I guess the upside is those chances will go to Bourque, Hagelin, and Thuresson (who impressed last night).
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Sep 27, 2011 6:56 AM EDT reply actions
eh i think they'll clear
ppl also thought we would lose v tank on waivers. Truth is, we probably see these guys play way more than most front office ppl from other teams around the league. Most organizations have their own 4th line call-ups that they know much better and are high on.
We’re most likely to lose a guy like MDZ or Zucc if anotehr team decides to take a flyer on their upside.
+1
In any case, losing Mitchell would not be a big deal, despite his good game last night. There are plenty of players just as good in the AHL. Weise would be a bit more problematic due to his youth, but still, his upside is a 3rd liner, so even losing him would hardly be a tragedy.
As I understand it
Once you make a waiver claim you go to the bottom of the list.
A claim is not to be taken lightly, if someone shows up later in the year you might miss out.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Sep 27, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
This is what I was worried about in July when we signed Rupp
He obviously gets a spot with that contact he signed. of course if we didn’t sign him or Feds back & none of the kids impressed we’d be screaming about the lack of Vet presence in camp.
I say dump Avery, Newbury, Christensen, Mitchell and then try to trade Weise maybe, sucks he’s out of options
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Tortorella has stated up front that McIlrath is not ready.. but it would be interesting to see him stick around for the 10 games junior players are allowed before a decision must be made, to fill in for Staal should he miss any regular season action. He’s looked pretty capable, enough to get a “cup of coffee” in the league as they like to say in baseball.
Tortarella said McWrath is still with the team to get more teaching and practice with the big club
Keeping him for 10 regular season games would just be a waste of his development time at this point though.
The staff there certainly has a better feel for where he’s at than I do, but what I was suggesting was that it would be neat to see him get a little game action on the third defensive pairing before he had to be returned.
I agree that having him around and not playing would be a waste. And realistically it won’t happen because they have other defensemen they have to make decisions on without the option of juniors. But it would be interesting to see how he fared, I think.
Hopefully players like Bourque and Hagelin could use the larger ice surface to their advantage and really show off their speed these next few games
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agree
Hagelin has struggled in the offensive zone so far. Good work defensively and on pk. Still figuring out offensive game.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Sep 27, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Bourque showed good speed and movement last night
Would love him on 3rd line wing next year.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Sep 27, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a nice reward for the young guys
Rangers have 4 games in 5 nights, then need a few extra lines / bodies.
I can’t imagine how cool it must be to ride a jock strap stinkin’ bus in the minors for years – then get on an NHL charter jet bound for Europe.
I’ve been high on Bourque since the WJC. My money is on him making the team this year. He is the guy who nabs a candy bar from the Tortorella ice time vending machine.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
BTW I hate Philadelphia
Rangers
G- Biron, Lundqvist
D- Eminger, Girardi, McDonagh, Sauer, Staal, Erixon
F- Anisimov, Boyle, Callahan, Dubinsky, Fedotenko, Gaborik, Zuccarello, Prust, Richards, Rupp, Stepan, Wolski
Whale
G- Talbot, Grumet-Morris, Johnson
D- Bell, Bickel, DelZotto, Parlett, Valentenko, Kundratek, Nightinggale
F- Bourque, Christensen, Mitchell, Newbury, Weise, Avery, Hagelin, Audy-Marchessault, Grant, Kolarik, McKelvie, Tessier, Wilson
Greenville
G- Stajcer, Missiaen
D- Baldwin, Bowman, Klassen, Niemi,
F- Hickmott, Jordan, Kerbashian, Rust, Tanski,
Your short one dman and one forward on big club.
Did you kill Wade Redden? Where does he go?
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Sep 27, 2011 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
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