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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Vincent Mercogliano previews the salary cap gymnastics the Blueshirts will need to perform en route to being cap compliant ahead of the 2023-24 campaign (LoHud) Nick Faria examines each pending free agent the Rangers have on their books and decides
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker discusses the decision to fire Mike Kelly and Jim Midgely from their positions as assistant coaches in the wake of Gerard Gallant's exit from New York (NY Post) Larry Brooks highlights Sheldon Keefe, the current head
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Here are today's news and links: Mollie Walker discusses how the pressure of the next Rangers head coach to walk through the door and succeed immediately will lead to a different process than the one that resulted in the previous hires of David Quinn and Gerard Gallant (NY
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Ethan Sears makes the case for why the Blueshirts should opt to promote from within and tab Kris Knoblauch as the franchise's next head coach (NY Post) Colin Stephenson points to Peter Laviolette and Darryl Sutter as two
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Here are today's news and links: Larry Brooks speculates that the Blueshirts could opt to promote Kris Knoblauch from AHL Hartford as their replacement for Gerard Gallant (NY Post) Brooks also reports that Joel Quenneville allegedly will not be on the list of candidates to succeed Gallant behind
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Here are today's news and links: Colin Stephenson highlights the impending salary cap crunch and whether or not to retain Gerard Gallant as the top priorities for Chris Drury to tackle as the offseason gets underway (Newsday) Vincent Mercogliano heard from Aretemiy Panarin about his frustrations with not
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker highlights Alexis Lafreniere and K'Andre Miller's upcoming contract negotiations as the top priorities for Chris Drury as the offseason gets underway (NY Post) Walker also heard from various members of the team about how
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker relays word from Gerard Gallant about his surprise to be answering questions concerning his job security after two years as head coach (NY Post) Walker also notes that based on his comments towards the media yesterday, Patrick Kane&
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks believes that major changes could be on the way in the wake of New York's disappointing first round exit (NY Post) Mollie Walker heard from teammates and coaches that spoke about how the team let Igor
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: NJD 4, NYR 0 (4:59 video via NHL.com) Game Recap: Contrary to the team's mantra over the past two years, it turns out that there's plenty of quit in New York as the
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks heard from Vincent Trocheck about the attitude in the locker room as the Blueshirts head into yet another Game 7 (NY Post) Mollie Walker notes that although a number of the faces are different compared to the 2022
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: NYR 5, NJD 2 (4:57 video via NHL.com) Game Recap: New York's stars came to play with their backs against the wall as the team staved off elimination to set up a decisive Game 7