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NHL Mock Draft 2020: New York Rangers Select Alexis Lafreniere With No. 1 Pick
Blueshirt Banter starts SB Nation’s NHL mock draft with the obvious selection.
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Ryan McDonagh and Kevin Shattenkirk Are Stanley Cup Champions
On Monday evening the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars 2-0 in Game Six to become the 2019-20 Stanley Cup Champions. The Lightning finished the playoffs with a record of 18-7 — 16-6 outside the round robin — and never lost back-to-back games. A number of players won the Stanley Cup
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New York Rangers Sign Tony DeAngelo to Two-Year Extension
The New York Rangers have signed offensive defenseman Tony DeAngelo to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $4.8 million. Prior to the two sides hammering this deal out, DeAngelo was a pending restricted free agent with arbitration rights. Cap charge is 4.8M per for two
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Bantering Points: 9/28/20
Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: * Peter Botte hears that after being inexplicably bought out in spite of being the team’s best right handed defenseman at the time, former Ranger Kevin Shattenkirk still thinks about that decision (NY Post) * Vincent Mercogliano examines the fallout from the
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Open Thread: Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars lived to see another day after fighting off elimination and defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in double overtime. Joe Pavelski evened up the contest with just under seven minutes remaining in regulation, and sent Game 5 to the extra frame. It took nearly a period and a
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Marc Staal and 2021 Second-Rounder Traded to the Red Wings
The New York Rangers traded veteran Marc Staal and a 2021 second round pick to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for future considerations. He was the second longest tenured member of the team, behind only Henrik Lundqvist. OFFICIAL: Rangers announce they have traded defenseman Marc Staal and a second-round
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Open Thread: Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars
The Tampa Bay Lightning have moved within a single win of hoisting the Stanley Cup after defeating the Dallas Stars 5-4 in Game 4. Kevin Shattenkirk scored at the 6:34 mark of the first overtime period on the power play, and gave the Lightning their third win of the
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Bantering Points: 9/26/20
Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: * Mollie Walker heard from Alexis Lafreniere about how he’s spending his time leading up to the draft (NY Post) * Sean Hartnett discusses why buying out the final year of Henrik Lundqvist’s contract isn’t a good idea (WFAN) * Tom
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2020 Report Card: Brett Howden
After struggling mightily during his rookie campaign, Howden was looking to turn things around during his sophomore season
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The Advantages the Rangers Will Have at the Draft Table
In theory, the objective for every NHL team at the NHL Draft is to pick the best player available. Teams are weighing skillsets, character, injury history, fitness testing, and perceived upside, and every team will come to different conclusions on who that may actually be. But the idea is supposed
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Blueshirt Banter’s Stanley Cup Final Predictions
After not being on time with this through the first three rounds, I wasn’t going to start now... All predictions were made prior to the Stanley Cup Final starting. How did we do in Round 3? Seeing as none of us had Dallas moving past Vegas... not great! In
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Open Thread: Game 4 of Stanley Cup Final
Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars will square off for Game 4 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. Entering tonight’s game the Bolts have a 2-1 edge in the series after winning the last two games. Tampa won Game 3