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Some good news here from a Ranger fan perspective. NHL.com is reporting that Rangers perennial super-star Marian Gaborik will likely miss the first few games of the Olympics. Here is an excerpt from the full article: As if Slovakia didn't have enough on its Olympic plate what
New York Rangers Game Recaps
The stage was set for yet another New York Ranger meltdown against the Penguins. They had a lead going into the third, they blew the lead to a Sidney Crosby goal, and it seemed like they were going for a "L" in the standings. But Olli Jokinen (who
New York Rangers News
Stick salute to Mleetch for breaking the fact that it is a 6th round pick, which turns into a 5th if he re-signs with the Rangers. Obviously the Rangers weren't too upset to see Donald Brashear go. As per TSN the Rangers have traded a draft pick (unspecified
New York Rangers News
Stick salute to mjm1724 for breaking the story. As Per Andrew Gross: The report, via Rangers assistant GM/coach Jim Schoenfeld, is that Marian Gaborik suffered a laceration when Henrik Lundqvist's skate cut him as Gaborik jumped over the goalie in a breakaway drill. Gaborik went for stitches
NHL News
I know that Jim gave me the weekend off but this post should be made. If you don't already know Brendan Burke--son of Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke, who shined light on the atrocities against homosexuality in the NHL--passed away in a tragic car accident yesterday night.
NHL News
If you wanted a litmus test for what Ilya Kovalchuk thinks he is worth, wonder no more. NHL.com is reporting that Kovalchuk rejected a 12 year 101 million dollar offer to stay with the Atlanta thrashers. Here are the highlights from the full story: Waddell said the club offered
New York Rangers News
As we first reported almost two weeks ago here on Blueshirt Banter, Ales Kotalik has been traded. To a team out west. Readers of our site are smart enough to know it was going to happen, there were too many denials for it not to be true. The Rangers officially
New York Rangers Prospects
As you guys may or may not know I had the opportunity to interview Rangers prospect and Medicine Hat defenseman Tomas Kundratek. Kundratek was the Rangers 3rd round pick (90th overall) in the 2008 NHL entry draft. Kundratek currently plays for the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL. His statistics
New York Rangers Analysis
So here we are again, another season spiraling down the tubes with a near suicidal fan base running to the cliffs to hurl themselves off. Now normally I would be on my high horse telling all of you to calm down and step away from the ledge, well not today.
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New York Rangers Analysis
The Olympics does a lot of things for a player. It let's them play on a big stage--if they never have before--and it allows younger players to get experience from, what is probably, the biggest pressure games of their lives. Some players thrive, others fade like an old
New York Rangers News
Chad Johnson has been recalled and Matt Zabahas been sent down. Yes, it is curious that this is the only move than Glen Sather seems capable to make. It's frustrating to know that we will be buyers at the trade deadline. Click after the jump for the official