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New York Rangers Analysis
With the 59th overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft the New York Rangers selected Center, Cristoval "Boo" Nieves. Nieves was ranked among the top 27 North American skaters, and could definitely help out the Rangers in the near future, with his skating abilities and big frame.
New York Rangers Analysis
The night started off with the biggest debate heading into the draft, with who the Edmonton Oilers were going to take with their number one overall pick. The Oilers went with yet another young forward, and selected Nail Yakupov from the Sarnia Sting of the OHL. Following the Blue Jackets
New York Rangers Analysis
Well, the 2012 NHL Entry Draft is finally here. The New York Rangers will pick 28th tonight -- assuming there's no trades made at or before the draft. While this is the latest pick the Rangers have had in quite a few years, this is the perfect draft
New York Rangers Analysis
It's late June, so of course it's never too early to start looking at projections for next year's team. The first crack at that comes from stats aficionado Rob Vollman, in coordination with Neil Greenberg, of, well, a lot of places. Their system, named
New York Rangers Analysis
The offseason is always a fantastic time to take an in-depth look at different changes the New York Rangers can -- and sometimes should -- make. One of the ideas that has been floated around this site recently has been about trading Derek Stepan. Or, more specifically, who you would
New York Rangers Analysis
Every since the New York Rangers season ended thanks to an overtime goal by Adam Henrique, some people have been furious with Marian Gaborik. Despite a brilliant bounce-back season in which he scored 41 goals and lead the Rangers in points in the regular season -- not to mention the
New York Rangers Analysis
One of the biggest fish in the pond turned down the New York Rangers yesterday. Well, sort of. What Zach Parise did do was say he wasn't going to sign a contract with the Rangers if he hits the open market on July 1st. How much interest the
New York Rangers Analysis
With so much attention on names like Parise, Radulov, Semin, Nash, Weber, and Suter this offseason there are a lot of players who fly under the radar. Over the next few weeks Kevin Power and I are going to offer some insight about some intriguing players that may be available
New York Rangers Analysis
The New York Rangers and Brandon Prust have to make some big decisions in the coming weeks, as Prust is set to become an unrestricted free agent. Prust has been vital to the Rangers' success over this past season, and you may even consider him part of the team&
New York Rangers Analysis
As the offseason continues to plow through the start of summer, we're going to start talking about which free agents the New York Rangers should look into keeping or letting walk. First up is an interesting case: defenseman Anton Stralman. Stralman was a mid-season defensive replacement for the
New York Rangers Analysis
Hey folks, apologies for the lack of posting lately. I am aware this is my first article since my "goodbye 2011-2012 season" post, so I'm going to make it extra awesome. Originally I was going to write this post as a focus on Zach Parise, Alexander
New York Rangers Analysis
When news broke that New York Rangers sniper Marian Gaborik played through most of the season with a torn rotator cuff -- he thinks he was injured in game 3 or 4 of the Ottawa Senators series -- some people were angry. Here's what I have to say