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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After Joe's review of Zack Phillips yesterday, it seems only fitting to jump right to his Saint John teammate Tomas Jurco next. The 6'2, 187lb right wing finished his 2nd season of juniors as the 20th ranked North American prospect according to NHL central scouting, while
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Continuing with our prospect previews lets take a look at Zack Phillips of the QMJHL. Phillips opened eyes this season with a massive 38 goals and 57 assists for 95 points in 67 regular season games this year for Saint John. He then backed that up with nine goals and
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The third installment of the Blueshirt Banter 2011 NHL Entry Draft Prospects Previews is Vladislav Namestnikov. Namestnikov is a very interesting prospect for a variety of reasons. For starters, he's a Russian who speaks fluid english and is completely adapted to living in North America. That's
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Artem Anisimov was not a victim of the redundant sophomore curse in 2010-11, but he did not perform the way he wanted in his second National Hockey League season. The Russian center knows the player he can be, and he knows what he is capable of doing, and this year,
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With the second pick in the Blueshirt Banter draft preview ... OK, maybe we'll put an end to that kind of a beginning. But, for the second prospect we will be reviewing, I give you Center, Mark McNeill, Prince Albert Raiders (WHL). We discussed this in my preliminary draft
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With the first story in the Blueshirt Banter draft pick previews, I select, Nicklas Jensen, RW, Oshawa Generals. The Denmarkian Danish winger is listed at 6'3, 186lbs, and recently turned 18 years of age. He is coming off his first season in the OHL, where he posted a
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My favorite time of the year in the NHL, aside from the playoffs, is the Entry Draft. I love analyzing the prospects, crunching the numbers and reading the scouting reports. Call me crazy, go ahead, but it's exciting. Now, thanks to the Rangers early exit from this year&
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Earlier this year Rangers top-flight prospect Chris Kreider told media members he planned on returning to Boston College for his junior year. Obviously, the Rangers media ate it up, especially after John Tortorella made comments about wanting him on the team this upcoming season. Yesterday, rumors started running wild that
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Ah, the curious case of Marian Gaborik. After having a career year in his first season with the Rangers in 2009-10, the bar was set very high for the Slovakian Sniper heading into 2010-11. Unfortunately, an inexplicable transformation occurred between the two seasons and Marian, now re-named to the "
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The season may be over, but there are several players who deserve being recognized. So without further ado, I present to you the Blueshirt Banter End of the Season Awards, or at least my version of them: The "Ooh My Achin Back Award" once again goes to Henrik
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6-foot-7, 244-pound Brian Boyle was not supposed to make the New York Rangers out of training camp back in September. Everyone, and I mean everyone, thought he was destined to be assigned to the American Hockey League when they planned out their projected lineups for the 2010-11 season. With a
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It seems fitting to start the "Rangers Report Card" segment with the New York Rangers captain Chris Drury. Drury, who just completed the fourth year of a five-year contract, had the worst season of his career this year. The injured center only tallied one goal and four assists