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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks hears that rather than dwell on the disappointing playoff exit in the spring, Mika Zibanejad is focused on doing what he can to make sure that doesn’t happen for the Rangers again (NY Post) Colin Stephenson lists five
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Peter Botte points out that the “Kid Line” is set to no longer be together when the Blueshirts open the season tomorrow night in Buffalo (NY Post) Botte also details the success Peter Laviolette’s teams have in his first full
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker notes that even as the Blueshirts plan to trot out the same power play units as years past, some questions still remain (NY Post) Walker also points out that Will Cuylle’s strong training camp performance could be enough
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Peter Botte notes that just as Filip Chytil returned to practice from an injury, Alexis Lafreniere missed practice with an injury of his own (NY Post) Alex Chauvancy previews what to expect out of the Metropolitan Division for the upcoming season
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks credits Will Cuylle for making the most of his long shot opportunity in training camp and earning a spot on the opening night roster (NY Post) Peter Botte heard from Peter Laviolette about the work Cuylle did throughout preseason
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Vincent Mercogliano relays word that with the final cuts appearing to have been made, Will Cuylle is primed to start the 2023-24 campaign on Broadway in an unexpected turn of events (LoHud) Mollie Walker heard from Peter Laviolette about the myriad
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: BOS 3, NYR 1 (5:00 video via NHL.com) Larry Brooks offers his take on how the Rangers should handle Alexis Lafreniere’s subpar preseason performance (NY Post) Mollie Walker points to Vincent Trocheck as a player that has
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: NJD 5, NYR 2 (5:05 video via NHL.com) Mollie Walker notes that last night began the rarely seen experiment of Mika Zibanejad and Artemiy Panarin playing on a line together (NY Post) Neil Best heard from Paul Bissonnette’
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks notes that as a result of his underwhelming performance throughout training camp, where Alexis Lafreniere will start the season is still up in the air (NY Post) Brooks also details how the Blueshirts have been adjusting to the defensive
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker points to Tyler Pitlick as an under the radar signing that has established himself as a solid depth option for the Blueshirts (NY Post) Walker also relays word that Filip Chytil’s upper body injury could be severe enough
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks writes that even though the wins and losses in preseason won’t carry over to the regular season, the play from some of New York’s veterans has been alarming (NY Post) Colin Stephenson highlights how Tyler Pitlick and
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Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: NYI 5, NYR 3 (5:01 video via NHL.com) Mollie Walker points out that based on the roster cuts the Rangers have already made, the final forward spot on the roster appears to be coming down to one of