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As the playoffs draw closer Alain Vigneault is going to have to sort out his ideal lineup. In all likelihood, this lineup will more than likely contain Tanner Glass to be a physical deterrent to Montreal. Thursday, Larry Brooks penned an article about how Glass is a right now piece
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There’s just no escaping it. Montreal’s size advantage, particularly in its bottom six forward group, will be one of the big storylines of the Rangers and Canadiens first round playoff series. At the trade deadline Habs general manager Marc Bergevin went out of his way to add some
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With Montreal’s win over Florida Monday night the New York Rangers finally have their playoff matchup set in stone. The Rangers will be the visiting team in the first round against the Canadiens. This was looked at as something of a dream matchup back in January, although now I’
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It took an overtime loss for it to finally happen, but the New York Rangers will be playing in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. New York’s impressive start to the season has helped the team clinch a playoff berth and avoid the desperate battle taking place between four teams
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At practice Monday the New York Rangers announced both Dan Girardi and Kevin Klein were medically cleared to return to the ice. AV says both Klein and Girardi have been cleared medically, and it's just a matter of them getting "up to speed" to rejoin the
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When the season began there was such a logjam at forward you would have been forgiven if you forgot about Oscar Lindberg. Brandon Pirri was scoring goals (plural) a game in the preseason, Jimmy Vesey was beginning his early-season success and Pavel Buchnevich was doing Buchnevich things. Oh, Lindberg
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While the lineup isn’t official yet we can take a pretty good guess as to what’s going to happen. Pavel Buchnevich skated as an extra yesterday in practice and Dan Girardi seems to be geared to be back in the lineup. When asked about Buchnevich, the response was
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Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller are two very talented young players who look to be cornerstones for the Rangers both now and in the future. Both are putting up career high point totals (Miller has hit the 50 point plateau while Hayes is just 4 points shy of the
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What has gone wrong with the Rangers power play?
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This year might have one of the best rookie crops in recent memory. Patrik Laine is threatening to be a 40-goal scorer. Actually, so is Auston Matthews. Mitch Marner might hit 60 points and William Nylander will approach 55. (Yes, Toronto is dominating the top of this list. No,
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Tanner Glass’ return to New York has created an emotional divide among Rangers fans. Some fans believe that recalling Glass is simply a response to a team that has been bullied and pushed around in their last few games. There is hope that Glass could provide a wake-up call
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I will be honest with you, it took a lot longer than I thought it was going to. It took a whole 65 games into the regular season. Through that span the Rangers have pieced together a 41-22-2 record. Good for 84 points, but not good enough for