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- Even though the New York Rangers lost Saturday night, I'm not worried about this series. The Ottawa Senators got two lucky breaks that went their way, which kept them in and then won them the game in overtime. The first was the shot that went in off of
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The New York Rangers have a 1-0 lead in their playoff series with the Ottawa Senators thanks to a 4-2 victory Thursday night. Tonight, the Rangers will try to continue building that momentum and take a 2-0 lead in the series heading back to Ottawa. Easier said
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- First of all, hats off to all of you guys.Over 1800 comments in the game thread? Hell yeah, guys! That is easily a Blueshirt Banter record, way to go! - For about 40 minutes the New York Rangers controlled this game. They started well, got an early lead, sustained said
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Ruslan Fedotenko is one of three active New York Rangers that has lifted the Stanley Cup. For some of you that means he has valuable experience and can provide poise and steady play in the postseason, for the rest of you it is meaningless. I like the fact that Fedotenko
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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