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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Dave Blezow breaks down why even after a Presidents' Trophy-winning regular season followed by a one-sided sweep of Washington, the Blueshirts stand as betting underdogs in the second round against Carolina (NY Post) Mollie Walker notes that for all
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks examines the work New York's front office, both in the form of current general manager Chris Drury and his two predecessors, has done to turn the team into the contender it has become (NY Post) Mollie
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker chatted with Erik Gustafsson about the satisfaction in contributing to the Blueshirts' advancement to the second round after sitting out the majority of his 2023 playoff run with Toronto as a scratch (NY Post) Walker also heard
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: NYR 4, WSH 2 (8:39 video via YouTube) Game Recap: Just as they did on the way to the Presidents' Trophy, the Rangers relied on strong goaltending out of Igor Shesterkin and excellent special teams, scoring a
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: mollie walker relays the sentiment that peter laviolette was not happy with the way game 3 was officiated, in spite of laviolette's choice to not elaborate on the matter to avoid league discipline (ny post) walker also hears
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: highlights: nyr 3, wsh 1 (6:11 video via youtube) game recap: it as a special night for the blueshirts special teams units, recording goals on both the power play and the penalty kill while killing off all six of
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: larry brooks notes that although kaapo kakko has had an unremarkable season up until this point, a strong playoff run can flip the script on the story of his 2023-24 campaign (ny post) mollie walker relays word concerning new york&
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: mollie walker points to new york's special teams units as difference makers through the first two games of the playoffs (ny post) walker also argues that even with a 2-0 lead in the series, the blueshirts cannot afford
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: highlights: nyr 4, wsh 3 (8:57 video via youtube) game recap: the rangers played a tad sloppier in game 2 than they did to open the series, and the pace of the game was once again impacted by questionable
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: mark cannizzaro highlights the multiple aspects of matt rempe's game that have allowed him to secure a postseason lineup spot (ny post) cannizzaro also points to the rangers' strong play even strength in game 1 as a
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: highlights: nyr 4, wsh 1 (5:03 video via nhl.com) game recap: in a series that appeared to be full of mismatches on paper, the rangers made those mismatches carried over to the ice with a dominant victory to
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here are today's news and links: rangers news: mollie walker chatted with artemiy panarin about his desire to turn around his playoff fortunes from years past and leas the rangers to glory in 2024 (ny post) larry brooks writes that for all the playoff heartbreak the rangers have