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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Andrew Crane reports that former Rangers' pro scout Gilles Leger has passed away at age 83 (NY Post) Neil Best relays word that the 2024-25 campaign with be the 40th and final season of Sam Rosen's career
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Expectations The Rangers veteran journeyman did not make the opening night roster but ended up playing the most NHL games he’s ever played in one single season. Prior to 2023-24, Brodzinski had never played more than half a season's worth of games in the NHL but at
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This is the biggest and perhaps most devastating news to hit Rangers fandom this offseason. Forget Jacob Trouba not waiving his NTC, the voice of the Rangers for millions of fans is stepping away from the booth after the 2024-25 season. After 40 years in the booth with countless partners
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Expectations: On March 6th, the New York Rangers acquired two-way Centerman Alex Wennberg from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a pair of draft picks. Their 2024 2nd round pick as well as their conditional 2025 4th round pick that originally belonged to the Dallas Stars as part of the
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Sam Henes examines the top ten prospects currently in the pipeline for the Blueshirts (The Hockey Writers) Tom Castro notes that although Reilly Smith is a solid addition to the forward corps, the Rangers are still in search of a
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Expectations: The expectation for Jimmy Vesey heading into this season was quite similar to the bar he set for himself based upon last season's performance. After parlaying his impressive reunion with the Rangers into a two-year contract extension, Vesey proved capable of becoming an important role player for
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Expectations Frankly, there weren’t any expectations for Matt Rempe this early in his professional career. As a late sixth round draft pick in 2020, his road to the NHL was bound to be a long shot, likely reminiscent of most NHL journeymen. A saga that would presumably involve several
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Vincent Mercogliano examined the depth chart for each of New York's forward positions ahead of training camp (LoHud) Mercogliano also took a look at the Rangers' defensive and goaltending depth charts (LoHud) Brendan Azoff makes the case
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Following a four game cup of coffee at the NHL level last season, Will Cuylle broke through as a full time NHLer in his D+4 season. Drafted with the 60th overall pick in 2020, (a pick acquired from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Lias Andersson) Cuylle became
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When the Rangers have gone bargain bin shopping for depth defenseman in free agency over the years, the results have been mixed. Sometimes the player in question turns out to be a Matt Hunwick or a Fredrik Claesson, a pair of useful defenders that played more than one might have
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The Blueshirts' captain had yet another rough outing in 2023-24, one that nearly culminated in a trade out of town