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As Yankees’ legend Yogi Berra once said, “It’s getting late early out there.” Since the NHL changed its playoff format for the 2013-2014 season, the team to clinch the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference has averaged 95.5 points. The Rangers currently have four points through
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At some point you have to reasonably ask the question. I’m not talking about the “has he lost the room” nonsense that follows all coaches, of every major sport, around when teams struggle. I’m talking about an honest, logical variation of that question. Has Alain Vigneault’s message
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The New York Rangers came close tonight, but with the way things have been going this season, it just wasn’t enough in the end. Part of the reason why was because the Rangers only decided to show up for the final 20 minutes of the game, so they were
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* Quick update: In the original post I totally forgot about the whole Ryan McDonagh thing, so I’m adding it here. His turnover in overtime was Girardi-level bad, and he’s not looked himself all year. You can make the claim that his lack of stability on his partner is
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Lias Andersson has returned from the New York Rangers rookie tournament and training camp, and while expectations were high on Andersson going into the camp on an NHL level, his return to Sweden hasn’t left him with a bruised ego but rather a sheer will of determination. He’s
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It’s time for this team to get going and there’s no better place to do it than the Garden.
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AV needs to set his defense pairings and let them grow together.
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The Rangers are in the middle of an identity crisis, but the season has started well for the Hartford Wolf Pack; the team’s AHL affiliate. A completely revamped roster and coaching staff have come out of the game with a 3-1-0 record and are getting contributions from a number
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The New York Rangers haven’t had the best start to the 2017-18 season. Unfortunately, since their first three games, they’ve followed up with three straight losses. It’s still early in the season, so it’s not quite time to panic, but that 1-5 record and second-to-last standing
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Blueshirt Banter fan Ari Lankin reached out to me a few days back about a painting he’d recently finished from Mike Richter’s immortal save on Pavel Bure in the Stanley Cup Final back in 1994. Check it out. It’s really a masterful piece of work. Ari also
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(Quick personal note: I’ll be away from today until next Sunday, so there may or may not be Bantering Points for the coming week. When I come back, I hope that this team hasn’t kept losing to the point where they make drastic changes, and I hope I
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Is the devil you know better than the devil you don’t?