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The New York Rangers hadn’t had a first round pick in five years. Then this year they had two in the top 21 selections. When all was said and done initially I felt like this: All I'll say is I'm not sure the direction Gorton
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For the first time in quite awhile, the New York Rangers have not only a first round pick in their possession, but two of them. One of which is within the top ten, and was acquired earlier this afternoon in a blockbuster deal sending Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta to
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Following a blockbuster trade sending Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta to the Arizona Coyotes earlier this afternoon, Jeff Gorton may have some more tricks up his sleeve as teams assemble for the draft. According to a recent report by Darren Dreger, there is a possibility that the Rangers are looking
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Jeff Gorton surprised Rangers fans by signing Michael Grabner to a two-year, $3.3 million contract on July 1st, 2016. On the first day of free agency the Rangers chose to let Viktor Stalberg walk and replaced his speed and presence in the bottom-six with the Austrian winger. Grabner had
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With the news that Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta have been shipped off to Arizona for the 7th overall pick and RHD Antony DeAngelo. There’s a few moving pieces to this trade so let’s run through everything: There is more coming That doesn’t exactly mean there’s
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And leading up to the expansion draft, there was plenty of smoke around Derek Stepan and the Rangers’ desire to move on from their alternate captain. Now that the trade freeze has been lifted, Jeff Gorton and John Chayka have struck a deal
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Friends, New Yorkers, Rangerstownians, lend me your ears; I come to bury Alain Vigneault, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Alain Vigneault. The man deemed “savior” has seen his empire wither
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1. Towards the end of the NFL season, the league likes to schedule one or two games of Thursday Night Football on Saturday and call it “Thursday Night Football: Saturday Edition”. It’s one of the dumbest things about the way the NFL brands their events, and it makes no
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Note: There were no pictures of Filip Chytil, so enjoy this picture of Sean Day in the meantime. With their second selection in the 2017 NHL Draft, the New York Rangers went off the board yet again by picking center. Filip Chytil was projected to go near the end of
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With their first selection in the 2017 NHL Draft, the New York Rangers selected Lias Andersson with the seventh overall pick. Andersson is versatile in the sense that he can play all three forward positions and is considered one of the “safer” picks in this draft. Andersson suited up for
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With the expansion draft now in the rear view mirror, the New York Rangers have officially announced their schedule for the upcoming 2017-2018 regular season. The full schedule can be found on the Rangers website. We already knew about the home opener against the Colorado Avalanche, which was announced yesterday
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Today at Blueshirt Banter we’re going to take a look back at what might be Kevin Klein’s last season as a New York Ranger. The 32-year-old defenseman is considering retirement with one year left on his contract. Very interesting: @NYP_Brooksie reporting Kevin Klein leaning towards retiring/playing