Dive deeper with New York Rangers analysis from the Blueshirt Banter team—where strategy meets stats, trades are teased out, and every roster move gets broken down. Whether it’s youth development, roster depth, or cap-maneuvering, we give you the insight Rangers fans need.
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With all the talk about the Rangers’ high-scoring rookie forwards this season, we have yet to give a whole post worth of love to that other semi-new kid. Brady Skjei recently tied Brian Leetch’s six-game point streak from 88-89 and he’s leading NHL rookies
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Few players bring more controversy with them than Chris Kreider. Not because of what he does off the ice, but because of what’s he capable of doing on it. Kreider shot out of the gate like a cannon, averaged two points a game the first three he played and
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The Dylan McIlrath saga ended like many long, drawn-out things do: With a flop. On Tuesday the Rangers alleviated themselves of the McIlrath headache they gave themselves by trading him to Florida for Steven Kampfer and a conditional 7th round pick. As I said on Twitter, pretend the Rangers
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The Jacob Trouba suspicious re-signing has blown on the dying embers of that trade rumor a little. I was of the mind yesterday that this little re-signing ended the rumors, but I've been talked into that potentially not being the case. Apparently Kyle Turris -- who shares
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The 24-year-old Kevin Hayes was named the third star of the week by the NHL for the week ending November 6th. Corey Crawford was named the second star and Nikita Kucherov earned first star honors. #NYR forward Kevin Hayes is the #NHL's third star of the
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Analyzing Jimmy Vesey's offensive output to start the season.
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Ryan McDonagh has quietly had a very strong start to the 2016-17 season. McDonagh has three assists through the first four games despite having the worst luck among Rangers defenders with a PDO of 87.98. McDonagh is second to only Adam Clendening in even strength CF% on the
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The Dylan McIlrath saga is dragging. Where it’s being dragged to remains to be seen. The New York Rangers, after countless hours and at least three years worth of investments, seem ready to move on from McIlrath, the 2010 10th overall pick who will always be tied to the
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Things are changing in New York. The New York Rangers start their season tonight against the New York Islanders in a season that feels like a wildcard. One on hand, the Rangers have potentially the most complete offense in the league with the best goalie between the pipes. On the
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The past 48 hours have been a little crazy on Broadway. With the Rangers making final moves to get cap compliant by 5 p.m. Tuesday, a report surfaced the organization was looking to part ways with young defenseman Dylan McIlrath. This made sense, since the day before Alain Vigneault
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Imagine for a moment that you had a baby last night. Now imagine telling everyone you knew that the baby would be able to walk by the time it was three months old. Now imagine the baby is three months old and, predictably, it can’t walk. Would you look
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There’s a lot of people who hate the preseason. Some talking heads have argued it should be cut in half so the Stanley Cup can be awarded a few weeks earlier. Others have suggested to shorten it simply because it’s boring. While I agree the preseason has it’