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Blueshirt Banter Fantasy Hockey 2013
A call to arms for the 2013 Blueshirt Banter Fantasy Hockey League.
Mike Murphy
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Rangers Blunders: Disappointing Rangers by the Numbers: 31-99
The fourth and final installment of the players that drove us to tears and gave us night terrors all done by the numbers.
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Rangers Blunders: Disappointing Rangers by the Numbers: 21-30
The third installment of the Rangers most disappointing draft picks, free agent signings, and trades done by the numbers.
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Rangers Blunders: Disappointing Rangers by the Numbers: 11-20
The second installment of a look at some of the most disappointing, frustrating, and happily forgotten New York Rangers in recent memory.
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Rangers Blunders: Disappointing Rangers by the Numbers: 1-10
A humorous look back at some of the players that have most disappointed and infuriated Ranger fans.
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Should the Rangers Consider Signing Key Young Players to Long-Term Deals?
Several of the league's most prominent, talented young players have recently been signed to long-term contracts by their teams. The Oilers, for example, have locked up young stars Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall to six and seven year deals respectively. Max Pacioretty, Jeff Skinner, Wayne Simmonds, Zack Smith,
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A Closer Look at Taylor Pyatt
This offseason the Rangers agreed to terms with left winger Taylor Pyatt. Pyatt's combination of great size and good hands was what made him the Islanders first round pick (eight overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft but Pyatt has never completely lived up to the top-six forward
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A Look at the Culture of Fighting in the Atlantic Division
The National Hockey League's Atlantic Division has some of the most intense rivalries in all of sports. Every Ranger fan knows that when the Rangers are playing a division rival, especially the Devils or the Flyers, we can expect to see the gloves come off and grown men
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Coming to Terms with Arron Asham Being a Ranger
On Sunday, July 1st the New York Rangers agreed to a two-year deal with UFA forward Arron Asham. When I heard that news, like many Ranger fans, I looked up to the heavens and bellowed the foulest, most profane words in my vocabulary. Glen Sather, it seems, is convinced that
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Rebuilding the Fifth-Best Penalty Killing Unit in the League
The Rangers lost Brandon Dubinsky, Brandon Prust, Ruslan Fedotenko, and Artem Anisimov in the offseason via free agency and the Rick Nash trade. What do these players all have in common (other than being dead to us)? All of these players were forwards that the coaching staff frequently used to
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A Look at the Third Pair and the Right-Handed Blueliners Still Available
The New York Rangers currently have 14 defensemen under contract and they will hopefully soon add Michael Del Zotto to that list. The Rangers saw John Scott and Jeff Woywitka depart via free agency and they dealt the top defensive prospect in the system, Tim Erixon, to Columbus in the
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Star NHL Players Announcing Their Intent to Play Overseas
In the event that the NHL regular season is delayed or cancelled there will almost certainly be a small exodus of NHL players going across the pond to play hockey in Europe. Players including Evgeni Malkin and Martin St. Louis are already making plans to go overseas if there is