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Jeremy Roenick is retiring today after 20 years in the NHL. After 513 goals, over 700 assists, and stops in Chicago, Phoenix, Philly, Los Angeles, and San Jose, the future Hall of Famer has decided he has had enough. "I prided myself on being hard working for myself, my
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As we told you guys last night on the show, Laurie from Beyond the Blueshirts is joining the team here at Blueshirt Banter. Laurie does excellent work on her site, and will be re-posting some of her stories here probably beginning next week or so. What this means is
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You can listen to the show here, and as always the number to call in is 646-478-4692 Also, be sure and vote on which tagline you like best, we will be announcing the winner on tonights show! Which one of these should be the new Blueshirt Banter tagline?
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So NBC Sports just posted this memo that went around ESPN. It's the guidelines for social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter. First of all, I think its hysterical that a network that employs Steve Phillips, Joe Morgan and at one time Joe Theissman refers to its employees
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Ok guys, it's Wednesday, and that means Blueshirt Banter Radio will be on the radio at 7:30 PM. We'll take your calls, talk Ranger hockey, and we may even have some surprises along the way. Also, you guys have done a great job in participating
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Shanny is staying in Newark. Here is the full story from the Boston Herald Isn't it funny how the headline of the story is "Brendan Shanahan, 40......." like his age is part of his last name? Although I guess that is better than "Brendan Shanahan,
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Here is an interview with Sean Avery that the Rangers posted on their website:
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According to Jim Matheson in the Edmonton Journal, contrary to some reports, the Oilers are not interested in Nik Zherdev, Tom Renney didn't give him much of an endorsement: From the article: He's a square peg in a round hole. While Zherdev might be intriguing on
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While we wait for the official word, which should be coming soon, Larry Brooks has some thoughts on how Zherdev plotted his own exit from NY Full story here. Highlights: Zherdev could have rejected the Rangers' $3.25 million qualifier and signed in Russia. Had he done that though,
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Originally, at some point over the summer I had wanted to do a "Worst Hockey Jerseys" story, but we've hit the doldrums of the off season, and a few other sites have beat me to it. Besides, how many times do you guys really need to
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We cleaned out our storage space this weekend, and I was going through some boxes, and came across all the newspapers and magazines and odd sports artifacts I've accumulated over the years. I have so much of it, I forget what is in the collection. Since the news
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According to Larry Brooks in the NY Post, Nikolai Zherdev's arbitration ruling could come down tomorrow, but may be postponed until Monday. Full story here: Highlights: It's now up to arbitrator Elliott Shiftman to establish Nikolai Zherdev's contract number for this coming season, following