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Bantering Points: 9/18/17
News and notes for Monday, September 18th, 2017
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Quick Hits: Rangers Top Islanders 1-0 In Overtime To Open Preseason
This will be straying away from our normal recap format, but being that it’s preseason and there’s plenty to keep an eye on, I’ll just cover some of the more important topics. Aside from the game being an absolute penalty fest, there was quite a bit to
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30 Days of Lundqvist: Diving Stick Save to Rob Johansen
Lundqvist’s stick paddle robs one of the NHL’s brightest young stars.
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Roster for Rangers preseason opener
Earlier today the Rangers announced the roster for tomorrow night’s preseason opener against the rival New York Islanders. At 7:00 p.m. tomorrow we’ll get to see a number of new faces including the Rangers seventh overall pick in the 2017 Draft, Tony Deangelo, the team’s
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Bantering Points: 9/17/17
News and notes for Sunday, September 17th, 2017
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Bantering Points: 9/16/17
News and notes for Saturday, September 16th, 2017
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30 Days of Lundqvist: Hank “Fights” Max Pacioretty
On January 15, 2011 the New York Rangers squared off against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. While the Blueshirts were playing well at the time of this match up, rolling in with a 26-17-3 record and 55 points, the Bell Centre historically wasn’t Henrik Lundqvist’s favorite
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Bantering Points: 9/15/17
News and notes for Friday, September 15th, 2017
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30 Days of Lundqvist: Game 6 and 7 Back-to-Back Shutouts
Henrik Lundqvist, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, finished the condensed 2012-13 season with the second best save percentage (0.926) and goals against average (2.05) of his career – both of which trailed only to his 2011-12 season. Additionally, he earned an impressive 16.81 goals saved above average in
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Rangers Changes Must Start Behind the Bench
The New York Rangers have the potential to take strides forward this season, after some much-needed offseason retooling by general manager Jeff Gorton in their rebuild on the fly. Most of their potential, however, is contingent on one key element: the coaching. Coaching can be crucial to any team’s
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30 Days of Lundqvist: 400 Wins
Henrik Lundqvist is the greatest goaltender in New York Rangers history. This is an inarguable fact; he’s the franchise leader in wins, saves, save percentage, shutouts, and minutes played. In every category, he is well ahead of the #2 position on the lists. In fact, there is a very
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Jesper Fast and the contracts of bottom-six forwards
Looking at the going rate for reliable bottom-six forwards in the NHL.