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Bantering Points: 4/27/17
News and notes for Thursday, April 27th, 2017
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Superstars vs Depth: Re-evaluating Team Construction
As analysts from all parts of the hockey world have dissected each and every team in the NHL to pick out the Stanley Cup contenders from the pretenders, one factor seems to be universal in what separates the cream of the crop from the rest of the league is depth.
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Senators Preview: the Erik Karlsson factor
“[Erik Karlsson] is everything to that team. He drives their offense, their transition, their specialty teams - you name it. He’s that important.” - Mike Johnson, NHL Network Karlsson is that important because he’s that good - and everyone knows it, including Alain Vigneault. AV on #Sens Erik Karlsson: "He&
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The Real Question To This Series: What Is An Ottawa Egg Roll?
The New York Rangers flew across the country last night, in preparation for tonight’s Game 1 battle against the Ottawa Senators. Canada is a strange and cold place and people need to do things to survive the cold and moose attacks. So the mayors of the two respective cities
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Rangers Vs. Senators: Game 1 Open Thread
The Rangers will take on the Senators tonight in Game 1 of the Second Round. Mika Zibanejad. Mats Zuccarello. Derick Brassard. It will never end. As I’ve spoken about a million times before, the goal is to split the series on the road. Or the Rangers can win tonight
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Late Senators Bounce Dooms Rangers In Game 1
The New York Rangers fell to the Ottawa Senators by a final score of 2-1, in the opening game of the second round this evening. As usual, Henrik Lundqvist was dominant and turned aside the early surges from the Senators during the first period. The Rangers were probably fortunate
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Bantering Points: 4/26/17
News and notes for Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
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Stanley Cup Playoffs: 4/26/17 Open Thread
After a two day lull devoid of playoff hockey, the Second Round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tonight, with all four Western Conference teams starting the fight to earn spots in the Western Conference Finals. With one team coming off a major upset, two Pacific Division teams in
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Three Reasons To Be Optimistic Heading Into The Second Round
On the podcast Tuesday night we discussed a full Second Round preview. It was as positive as we’ve been all year, and the confidence is somewhat scary at this stage of the season. But there’s more than a few reasons to be very optimistic about where the Rangers
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Bantering Points: 4/25/17
News and notes for Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
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Senators Preview: Brassard and Zibanejad
It’s been 281 days since the New York Rangers traded Derick Brassard and a 7th-round pick to the Ottawa Senators for Mika Zibanejad and a 2nd-round pick. Nine months and seven days later New York and Ottawa are on the verge of a postseason showdown. You can’
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Still work left to be done for Vigneault and the Rangers
The New York Rangers just survived a grueling six game series against the Montreal Canadiens to advance to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals against the Ottawa Senators. Thanks mostly to the play of the once and future King Henrik Lundqvist and Montreal’s lack of any real scoring threat outside