New York Rangers Analysis
When the July 1st free agency door opened many Ranger fans sat by their computers holding their breath. Not because they were waiting for a big name player to land on Broadway, but because they were waiting praying that their general manager didn’t screw up. Enter Derek Boogaard, well
New York Rangers Analysis
The Rangers are always surrounded by rumors. It’s the nature of the beat when it comes to being one of the biggest markets in a sport. So it isn’t surprising that with the July 1st free agency opening that a ton of rumors would rear their ugly heads.
New York Rangers News
A bit time stick salute here to BronxBeliever who brought up the possibility of this being in a Newsday article. After his fanpost said he thought he saw something on Wade Redden being waived, I went and did some digging. And I found something amazing. Arthur Staple wrote this article,
New York Rangers Analysis
When the New York Rangers allowed players like Cam Fowler and Brandon Gormley to walk right past them, I think all of us here—myself included—were … well … filled with unquenchable rage unhappy. But with a night to think about it, and with consistent friendly little reminders that, yes, Gordie
New York Rangers Analysis
When July 1st rolls around the entire sporting world will probably be wondering where LeBron James is going. But unfortunately the New York Rangersaren’t the New York Team that LeBron is supposedly very interested in. The big name that NHL General Managers will be looking into is Ilya Kovalchuk.
New York Rangers News
The NHL has announced the 2010-2011 Rangers regular season schedule. You can see the entire schedule here. Key games: October 9th: Season opener at Buffalo October 11th: First game against the Islanders, at the Island October 15th: Home opener against Toronto October 24th: First game against New Jersey, at MSG
New York Rangers Analysis
Well time to continue our Rangers season in review. Let's kick off what will probably be the most interesting position to be filled this season, the back-up goaltender. Alex Auld: What We Liked: Really hard to get a good read here, mainly because he played in a grand
New York Rangers Analysis
Let’s continue our reviews of the 2009-2010 New York Rangers with defenseman Michael Del Zotto. Michael Del Zotto: What we liked: There was a ton we liked about Del Zotto this year. For starters he stepped into a major role—quarterbacking the power play—with relative success. His 9
Bantering Around
The United States will open up their world play today at 2:30 against the mighty power of England. The United States--who will be hoping to get out of the group stages since for the first time since 2002--start off the World Cup with a bang. I don't
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Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks! Well, the Blackhawks did what the Rangers couldn't. Beat the Flyers in a critical game. But I digress. Patrick Kane scored the game winning goal in the first period of overtime, and Jonathan Toews won the MVP Trophy. Chicago bested the Philadelphia Flyers
New York Rangers Analysis
Sorry to have been so distant guys, but graduating from college and all took up a ton of time. Consider this my rising from the dead. Welcome me back! Anyway let’s get on to the easiest player review of them all: Henrik Lundqvist. Henrik Lundqvist: What We Liked: Uh,
Bantering Around
I know that we don’t often go way off topic here at the Banter, but I will ask that you bear with me for this. On Sunday me—and close to 1400 other graduates—graduated from Quinnipiac University. This moment is obviously very bittersweet for me for a variety