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 the NHL Season Preview being released by the SB Nation hockey family today, we asked three questions of the Rangers. Here are those questions and answers. How much of a difference will rookies like Jimmy Vesey and Pavel Buchnevich make on a team desperate for a youth infusion? Well,
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It seems like everything Alain Vigneault says draws a crowd now. We’ve already had a few shining examples of this during training camp. On the most recent episode of Bantering The Blueshirts (Ep. 17 depending on how far back you’re reading this) we talked about this. I even
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I’ve been a Rangers fan my entire life. I don’t tell you that to brag, I tell you that to set the tone for what I’m about to tell you. Every Ranger to ever put on the jersey has a memory etched into my brain. Ironically enough,
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A month ago I wrote a piece about the decline of fighting in New York Rangers hockey. In the closing paragraph I couldn’t resist pointing out that fighting slowly dying out was a good thing for the health and safety of hockey players. A part of the game that
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Team USA has predictably struggled in the World Cup Of Hockey. In fact, unless John Tortorella's crew pulls out a victory over Canada tonight, the United States will already be out of medal contention. There were a lot of reasons to be down on the team from the
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Yesterday the New York Rangers posted a video of Oscar Lindberg talking about his hip injury, surgery and current recovery. You can view the interview here. If you’re more interested in what he actually looks like on the ice, well, the Rangers handled that as well with the below
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As Joe pointed out back in his piece on August 23rd, the Rangers getting Jimmy Vesey this summer was a big deal. But despite the unique path he took to playing hockey in New York City he is still a rookie and Rangers fans often have trouble keeping their expectations
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With the World Cup Of Hockey approaching, the New York Rangers will have a few representatives we can keep an eye on. Three of them -- Henrik Lundqvist, Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh — are playing for all the reasons you’d want to play. National pride, getting geared up for the
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Last season the Rangers had the fewest power play opportunities in the NHL. So it should come as no surprise that the Blueshirts were in the bottom half in the league in power play goals. Less chances, less goals. Makes sense. But the Rangers did take a step in the
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The New York Rangers are acting strange. They’re making smart, savvy moves that seem to support an overall change in the organization’s philosophy when it comes to analytics. Bringing in Brandon Pirri was a remarkably smart move; not just because he’s a young, solid player who can
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Since the 2008-09 season there has been a lot less blood on NHL ice. According to hockeyfights.com the rate of fights per game in the NHL has been in steady decline over the past nine seasons. Back in 2008-09 season, when the Rangers traded Petr Prucha to
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The Rangers landed Jimmy Vesey. Here’s why that matters.