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The New York Rangers were back at it today in practice after their brief two-day holiday break. Following the skate, head coach John Tortorella spoke to the media about tomorrow's lineup against the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden. First and foremost, Andrew Gross reports that
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In a move that I speculated might happen earlier last week, the New York Rangers have recalled Mats Zuccarello. Zuccarello has been on fire in Connecticut the past few weeks, and has really been working hard to improve all phases of his game. It will be interesting to see who
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As per Larry Brooks, there will be no roster moves made by the Rangers prior to tonight’s game. This doesn’t come as a surprise, as the Rangers played very well in Ryan Callahan’s absence last night. Some might have expected Mats Zuccarello-Aasen to be called up
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During the first period of tonight’s game against the Penguins, Ryan Callahan broke his left hand blocking a shot. The Rangers alternate captain will be on the shelf for a while, as broken hands are not something that heal quickly. As we have seen with Chris Drury and his
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Yet another Colin Campbell email leaked late last night. I'm not sure how many more of these the NHL can take before they have to teach Collie how to change his gmail password... To: [Referee #1], [Referee #2] CC: [Lineseman #1], [Linesman #2] Subject: In preparation for tonight&
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Happy 85th Birthday to the New York Americans, who died in 1942, shortly after putting "The Curse" on our beloved Rangers. The Americans made their debut 85 years ago tonight, against the Montreal Canadiens. On Dec. 15, 1925, professional hockey made its debut in New York before a
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As per Andy Strickland, Connecticut Whale forward Tim Kennedy has been granted permission by GM Glen Sather to seek a trade. Kennedy was signed by the Rangers in the offseason as a low risk player to maybe fill out the roster. However, Kennedy was outplayed by both Derek Stepan and
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I don't know about you guys, but I see this as a pretty important game for the Rangers tonight. With a decent Columbus team and the Caps waiting in the wings, its not hard to envision a loss tonight turning into a four game losing streak and sending
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After all the talk about Frolov's Russian interview, I thought the best way to handle the situation would be to goof on him, so here goes; Just try and get this out of your head once you sing it to yourself: To the tune of "Let it
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Martin Biron will start tonight against the Islanders, according to Jesse Spector over at the Daily News. "We wanted him to play the first game," Tortorella said. "He’s been sitting, and it gives (Henrik Lundqvist) another day to work, and that’s basically what it is.
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It looks like Chris Drury is going to be out longer than expected. Larry Brooks is reporting that Drury’s broken left index finger is still bothering him, and that he is unable to grip a stick: "It was not good," a disappointed Drury said on his way
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In a relatively minor trade, the Rangers have acquired defenseman Stu Bickel from Anaheim in exchange for defenseman Nigel Williams. Bickel, 24, is 6’4 and 218 lbs, and has played in six games with Anaheim’s AHL affiliate Syracuse Crunch. In those six games, Bickel has put together a