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Every team who makes the playoffs has one. A player who can either do great things for his team, or disappear into the foliage for large stretches. The New York Rangers are no different. But who is their X-factor? It's got to be Brandon Dubinsky, right? I mean,
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To prepare for the New York Rangers first round matchup we will be posting stories previewing the series from today until Thursday. Each story will feature on a different aspect of the series. Enjoy. In this segment we are going to take a general glance at the Ottawa Senators as
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I must warn you in advance that I previously wrote a very similar piece to this one about Brandon Dubinsky, so rather than re-embedding the videos, I will direct you to this post to look at videos of Brandon Dubinsky playing at his best. I wrote in February that: The
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When John Mitchell comes to mind, it's between people absolutely hating on the guy, and others who simply love his gritty type of game. I for one, am a fan of Mr. John Mitchell's game, and the way he works out on the ice. While he
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Brian Boyle has emerged as one of the most important players in the Rangers lineup this season. Although his offensive fireworks from last year weren’t repeated this season, his excellent two-way play and physical play makes him noticeable whenever he is on the ice (also, it doesn’t hurt
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To continue this series of player profiles lets take a look at Big Mike Rupp; a player that doesn't really have a lot to offer on the ice but it can be argued that his locker room presence is worth the ridiculous price tag he fetched over the
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- I suppose there is no better place to start then with Brooks Orpik's knee-on-knee collision with Derek Stepan. Was it a dirty hit? Yes. Was it intentional? Sure looked like it. Will Orpik be suspended for more than one game (or at all)? I highly doubt it.
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Artem Anisimov is in his third full season with the New York Rangers, and is a key component of the Rangers secondary scoring. While Anisimov may not be the fastest skater on the ice at any given time, he can make up for that with his nifty hands. This season
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Continuing our player profile series, I'm gonna take a look at the Rangers Slovak Sniper Extraordinaire Marian Gaborik. Gaborik is one of the big reasons why Rangers are in first place after bouncing back from a disappointing 2010/11 season in which he only had 22 goals and
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The Rangers’ playoff success may very well depend on excellence from the teams’ role players. After the Richards line, the most important line may very well be the Rangers third line. The Boyle line is counted on to get the puck in deep and work the cycle, to be physical,
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- I love this team. I think that's an important thing to say. I love the way they play, how they seem like more of a family than a team and their attitudes. It has turned into the best season I can remember (I was five when they
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Brandon had a good idea here to break things up by focusing on some Ranger players before heading into playoffs. He gave me Brad Richards (and one more to come further down the road), and it includes good things too (not just the usual fancystat numbers). While I still think