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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
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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
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The New York Rangers will not re-sign pending RFA Marek Hrivik. Which means the Slovakian winger will become an unrestricted free agent. Hrivik is turning 26-years-old in August. He had 40 points in 56 AHL games in Hartford and picked up two assists in 16 games with
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On two different occasions, I warned that losing Oscar Lindberg was the worst (realistic) outcome of the 2017 expansion draft. So of course, the Rangers did lose Lindberg to Vegas. Rangers fans should be upset, but should not blame management. The gap between him and other options was not high
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Per a report, Oscar Lindberg is the selection by Las Vegas in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Believe Oscar Lindberg is the guy from NYR. Not sure if that meant NYR made a deal to keep Raanta or not. We shall see. https://t.co/MeirA3y9LU — Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli)
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The New York Rangers will play their home opener of the 2017-18 season against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, October 5th. The Rangers bested the Avalanche both times the teams crossed sticks during the 2016-17 season. The Blueshirts outscored the Avalanche 10 goals to four in 120 minutes
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Elliotte Friedman did a 30 Thoughts column late Tuesday night to give some final thoughts before the NHL Expansion Draft came down the home stretch; shedding some much-needed light on all the moving pieces of the current NHL landscape. One little tidbit of information was about the Rangers and
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It’s official, the Vegas Golden Knights have selected Oscar Lindberg from the New York Rangers in the expansion draft. The Rangers did not make a trade to protect Antti Raanta or any other kind of deal to influence who Golden Knights general manager George McPhee selected. From NYR, VGK
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The Rangers picked up Matt Puempel on the waiver wire from the Ottawa Senators on November 21st, 2016. It turned out to be one of the better waiver wire claims in recent Rangers history. The winger displayed great speed and showed considerable skill as a part-time player in the