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You think to yourself: It’s Thursday night and I have nothing to do. Or maybe you do have something to do, but you have a feeling deep down that you have something far more important to do. That thing is Bantering the Blueshirts, tonight at 8 p.m. As
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Akin to the Kevin Shattenkrik confusion before he signed with the New York Rangers, Jeff Gorton was silent as things seemed to be spiraling out of his control when it came to Mika Zibanejad and his contract negotiations. Information is murky as to how far along the arbitration process the
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So here’s the deal. The first article was supposed to be players ranked 38 through 31. That would have set up five players per article the rest of the way. However, I accidentally added in 30 as well. As a result, the numbers are skewed. So, I am only
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29. Sergey Zborovskiy, Defenseman, 20 Years Old, Third-Round Pick (2015) Previous Rank: 28 At face value, it appears that Zborovskiy improved significantly this past season. He produced 40 points in 63 WHL games after hitting only 25 the year before. In particular, he improved his assist total by 16. Big
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The Rangers struck a sweet deal with their remaining RFA.
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It appears as though Mika Zibanejad and the New York Rangers are heading to arbitration, per Larry Brooks. Barring last minute settlement, Rangers and Zibanejad on way to arbitration hearing. — Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) July 25, 2017 The two sides aren’t all that far apart in terms of arbitration
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Like clockwork, players who file for arbitration go through what I like to call the “Three Stages of Fan Insanity.” Stage 1: Anger at the player for having the gall to utilize what little negotiating leverage an RFA has by filing for arbitration. Stage 2: Yelling about how the player
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38. Adam Chapie, Forward, 26 Years Old, Free-Agent Signing (2016) Previous Rank: 29 The Rangers signed Chapie as a free agent out of Umass-Lowell last spring, and I expressed that I was “very skeptical of his NHL future.” Last season, as a 25-year-old, he produced zero goals and four assists
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Mika Zibanejad is scheduled for salary arbitration with the New York Rangers on July 25 – and time is fleeting for them to get a contract done before then. Elliotte Friedman reported their asking prices this morning – with Zibanejad has asking for $5.35 million and the team offering $4.1
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Who? Sigh. Where did it all go wrong? Coming out of preseason, Clendening was poised to be a major possession-driving defenseman. He played well while Dan Girardi nursed an injury and Nick Holden struggled (a nice way of saying "got deked out of his socks") ... but then when
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Every offseason, hockey media speculates about how teams will perform in the upcoming season. Most years, the New York Rangers are labeled as a team on the decline that could fall out of Stanley Cup contention. The Rangers have been mislabeled in the past, for example when their blue line
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Well, it’s been summer for over a month now and I finally found some time to slap together my annual Summer Survival Guide. Normally I try do this just after the Rangers get eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But I’ve been a busy boy this summer, so