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* That was a bizarre game in almost every sense of the word. The Rangers went through spells where they were easily the most dominant team on the ice, and then stretches where they were by far the worst. Overall the possession game was pretty evenly split between both sides, but,
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Bantering The Blueshirts will go live tonight at 8 p.m. I know, I know, we’re throwing you guys for a loop these past two weeks -- both of which are my fault. I have my office Christmas party Wednesday and while YOU might want to hear me on
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* That couldn’t have been a better return for Henrik Lundqvist. Expectations were manipulated to be sky high, and he somehow answered the call. I wrote about how Lundqvist doesn’t have a bar to reach for because he happens to be the bar, and that’s exactly what he
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First of all, we had a very special guest come onto the podcast last night. Nick -- the father of Noah, who you might have seen with Adam Clendening after the game in Chicago (tweet below for reference) -- came onto the show to share his story. #NYR @Clenny5 brings
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Bantering The Blueshirts will go live tonight at 9 p.m. Note the new start time for tonight only -- I have a work function I can’t push back. One more time: 9 p.m. start tonight. Also, tonight is going to be a special show. At around 9:
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The New York Rangers have assigned Nicklas Jensen to Hartford, after the team’s 2-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. Rangers assign Nicklas Jensen to Hartford, with Rick Nash ready and Matt Puempel closer — Steve Zipay (@stevezipay) December 14, 2016 This is obviously good news, as Zipay alludes to above.
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The New York Rangers prized NCAA free agent has had a better start to the year than most even thought possible. Vesey has 10 goals and 17 points in 30 games — which puts him on a 46-point pace. There’s been a lot to love about Vesey, but also a
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* One obligatory podcast note: The show will be at 9 p.m. tonight rather than 8. I have a work thing I have to go to because we don’t have enough money in the Patreon for me to buy that island yet. If you can’t catch it live
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It’s so rare to see Henrik Lundqvist be the other man. The New York Rangers have produced two quality goaltenders who studied under Lundqvist; one of which they shipped out to Edmonton and the other who is currently manning the pipes in New York as a backup ... sort of.
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* We might as well get the actual 800-pound gorilla in the room out of the way. I have some thoughts (shocking, I know) about the current goalie situation and it's not fair to throw them into this recap about the game itself. So there's a longer
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* All things consisted, that's both a hell of an effort and a hell of a win. The Rangers were down three very notable forwards (Rick Nash, Pavel Buchnevich and Mika Zibanejad), a solid contributor (Jimmy Vesey) and Matt Pumpel; a series of circumstances that required call ups to
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If you had December 6th as the day people would first turn on Henrik Lundqvist you won the blogger pool. I had Thanksgiving, and most everyone in Blueshirt Banter’s Twitter group had around that time as well. In some ways making it to December should be looked at as