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Blueshirt Banter Discussion: Are Bigger Moves On The Way For The New York Rangers?
Yesterday Glen Sather shockingly found a suitor for Erik Christensen, sending him to the Minnesota Wild. The move, while minor at first sight, might, in fact, lead to a bigger move at the deadline. While the money aspect isn't major either -- the Rangers only saved $925K with the move -- it did...
Adding Firepower: Who Should The New York Rangers Target At The Deadline?
It's February which means that the All Star break is behind us, the playoffs are in front of us and that also means that the trade deadline is coming up on February 27th. Its a frantic time of year where it seems like everyone and their mother who has an internet connection is coming up with...
Midseason NY Rangers Stats: Scoring Chance Types
The midpoint in the season is always a good time to start reviewing what has happened and start looking towards the last half and the season the playoff push. We'll start that review looking at the types of chances each player has been on ice for, as we've looked at in the previous individual...
John Tortorella Fined $30,000 By NHL For Remarks After Winter Classic
The NHL announced earlier that New York Rangers head coach, John Tortorella has been fined $30,000 for his comments against the officiating Monday night. Prior to today's fine, John Tortorella apologized on multiple outlets, and even planned to apologize to Dennis LaRue, and Ian Walsh in...
New York Rangers Stats: Individual Chances Update
It's been a while since the last individual update, so the New Year seems like as good a time as any for the next one. For previous updates, I gave you the game by game totals, but 20 games is a lot to list, so this time around I'll just give the totals. Those curious enough to see the game logs...
New York Rangers Stats: ESPN's Clutch Performance Indicator
Hockey sabermetrics are still in their infancy compared to their baseball equivalents. What that means is that every day, hockey sabermetricians are looking for new ways to evaluate what has happened on the ice. One such way is through a new metric introduced by Neil Greenberg via ESPN, ...
New York Rangers Practice Notes: Tim Erixon Recalled; Injury Updates
The New York Rangers announced today that defenseman Tim Erixon was recalled on an emergency basis. Jeff Woywitka suffered an ankle injury in the Phoenix game on Saturday, and is a game time decision for tomorrow night. Tim Erixon will only be in the line-up if Woywitka cannot play against New...
Why The New York Rangers Won't Be Making A Trade For A Veteran Defenseman
The New York Rangers have a bigger defensive problem today then they did two days ago. Steve Eminger, who separated his shoulder in the Rangers' 3-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes Saturday night, was replaced Sunday night by Stu Bickel. Before anyone gets ahead of themselves, the Rangers did not...
Rangers Vs. Coyotes: Keys To The Game
The New York Rangers are looking to break out of a two-game losing streak tonight when they take on the Phoenix Coyotes on the road. It's going to be a tough matchup against a solid team, and here is how the Rangers can get the win they need. Score Some Goals: The Rangers have scored just one goal...
New York Rangers Stats: Shooting Trends
Fellow Banter author Rob L. has done an excellent job keeping fans updated on the performance of this Rangers team according to shot metrics. As a follow up to his work, I wanted to give a more visual look at those the season has trended thus far. For starters, let's look at last year's...
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