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Almost anyone will tell you that Kevin Hayes is having an outstanding year. He might not be piling up primary assists like he did in his rookie season, but he is producing like a top-six center. And that is very good news for the Rangers. This year Hayes has 14
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The Rangers have a 23.1 percent success rate on the power play. Only four teams have scored more goals on the man advantage this year. But hockey games, by and large, are won at even strength. And, as of the writing of this article, the Rangers have the most
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The Alain Vigneault Wheel of Justice is spinning again, this time with the needle falling on ... J.T. Miller. If you’ve paid attention, you might have noticed Miller’s role being decreased a bit -- reaching a head in the Rangers 4-3 win over Ottawa when he was placed
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I can’t believe we’re even talking about this. Scratch that. I can totally believe we’re actually talking about this. There was a cheap shot to Henrik Lundqvist where no one dropped the gloves. There was the Rangers getting blown out the water by Pittsburgh. There’s the
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Thanks to Charter making some type of scheduling error, the New York Rangers were not available on any channel for me in Connecticut. I managed to catch pieces of the game/highlights, but it seemed like the Hockey Gods smiled upon me to keep that torment away from me. So
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In somewhat shocking news, Rick Nash injured the other side of his groin in the Rangers’ 3-2 shootout win over the Devils Sunday. There is no timetable for a return, and the severity of the injury is unknown. This injury happens to be a constant reminder to stretch out your
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First of all, we had a very special guest come onto the podcast last night. Nick -- the father of Noah, who you might have seen with Adam Clendening after the game in Chicago (tweet below for reference) -- came onto the show to share his story. #NYR @Clenny5 brings
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It’s so rare to see Henrik Lundqvist be the other man. The New York Rangers have produced two quality goaltenders who studied under Lundqvist; one of which they shipped out to Edmonton and the other who is currently manning the pipes in New York as a backup ... sort of.
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If you had December 6th as the day people would first turn on Henrik Lundqvist you won the blogger pool. I had Thanksgiving, and most everyone in Blueshirt Banter’s Twitter group had around that time as well. In some ways making it to December should be looked at as
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On Wednesday Dimitri Filipovic tweeted a chart he put together about players in the NHL who have the highest share of their team’s 5v5 primary points (goal or first assists only). It’s a comprehensive list that names some of the most elite players in the NHL... and also
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The “good ol’ hockey boys” group have already had a difficult week. With news of Florida firing their head coach in a very bizarre fashion, many of the old school MSM threw a nice little fit about the stat boys, computer modules and how analytics are for geeks. A few
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This New York Rangers offense has been something, eh? Historically hot hands, so many goals you’re not sure if you’re watching hockey or lacrosse and the Rangers are winning a lot of games so handily you’re no longer chewing your fingers off when watching them. Mike mentioned