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Bantering Points: 9/15/17
News and notes for Friday, September 15th, 2017
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30 Days of Lundqvist: Game 6 and 7 Back-to-Back Shutouts
Henrik Lundqvist, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, finished the condensed 2012-13 season with the second best save percentage (0.926) and goals against average (2.05) of his career – both of which trailed only to his 2011-12 season. Additionally, he earned an impressive 16.81 goals saved above
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Rangers Changes Must Start Behind the Bench
The New York Rangers have the potential to take strides forward this season, after some much-needed offseason retooling by general manager Jeff Gorton in their rebuild on the fly. Most of their potential, however, is contingent on one key element: the coaching. Coaching can be crucial to any team’
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30 Days of Lundqvist: 400 Wins
Henrik Lundqvist is the greatest goaltender in New York Rangers history. This is an inarguable fact; he’s the franchise leader in wins, saves, save percentage, shutouts, and minutes played. In every category, he is well ahead of the #2 position on the lists. In fact, there is a very
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Jesper Fast and the contracts of bottom-six forwards
Looking at the going rate for reliable bottom-six forwards in the NHL.
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EA Sports NHL 18 Review: Greatly Improved and the Future is Bright
With training camp and NHL hockey right around the corner, EA Sports’ annual release of the NHL Series is a perfect way to gear up for the upcoming season. Between the gameplay upgrades, game mode additions, and the brand new NHL Threes series, NHL 18 has plenty of depth to
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Rangers invite Andrew Desjardins to camp on PTO
Blueshirts add another veteran to training camp
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Rangers End Traverse City with Loss to Stars
As with Monday’s game, the Rangers lost 4-1 to Dallas in a game that was much closer than the scoreline indicates; Dallas scored an empty netter and then added one more in garbage time. Here are some notes and video from the game. Lias Andersson built off a
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30 Days of Lundqvist: The 2012 Vezina Season
The 2011-12 season saw Hank capture the trophy awarded to the league’s top netminder.
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30 Days of Lundqvist: Giving Back
What makes Henrik Lundqvist exceptional goes far beyond the highlight reel saves, sharp suits, sculpted hair and intense stare-downs. Since becoming a New York Ranger Lundqvist has used his celebrity, fame and fortune to do good, especially for the health and education of children. Of course, it is not
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Traverse City Update: Rangers Defeated, 4-1, by Detroit
The Baby Rangers followed up a lackluster 4-0 loss to Carolina in the Traverse City Tournament on Saturday with a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, however, this game was much closer than the scoreline indicated. One of Detroit’s goals was an empty netter, while the
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Traverse City Open Thread: Baby Rangers vs Baby Red Wings
Tonight's #NYRTCT lineup vs. Detroit. The puck drops at 7 pm and you can stream the game live here: https://t.co/0TQPejdQ8e pic.twitter.com/9SLWWde1ZW — New York Rangers (@NYRangers) September 11, 2017