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Tomorrow marks the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, probably my favorite day of the hockey year. Our friend Andrew Gross caught up with Gordie Clark previewing the upcoming draft, and Clark had a few interesting things to say. From the story: Clark did not rule out making a trade to acquire
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With the draft still a few days away, it's a good time to look at a favorite topic of mine, even strength shooting. On average, nearly 80% of the game is played at even strength, so the ability to get shots on goal in this situation is of
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Rumors and the off-season go hand in hand, especially when you're dealing with a big market team like the New York Rangers. One of the rumors that was especially prevalent last off-season, and even into the regular season, was the New York Rangers targeting Nikita Filatov.
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Note by Joe Fortunato: Nick posted this yesterday, but it got buried with the Drury news. So I'm pumping it again for you all to see. There's been so much talk about acquiring a first line center this summer that I think people are forgetting about
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Every year the hockey hub at SBNation does a mock draft in which every blog selects a player in a "real" draft setting. Blueshirt Banter picked in the 15th slot (there are no trades) and after much consulting with George (Rangers Smurf) I selected Joel Armia. George and
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The NHL buyout period has opened today, and it's largely expected Glen Sather will buyout Chris Drury at some point between now and June 30th. As we analyzed here before, the New York Rangers would stand to save $3.3 million if they were to exercise their buyout
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With the 2011 NHL Entry Draft just a few weeks away, and the Rangers with just four picks in this year's draft it's reasonable to speculate Glen Sather might swing a move to get back into the second round. There have been talks about Sather thinking
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From one reach prospect in Sven Bartschi to the next we move on to Mika Zibanejad. A prospect largely considered to go in the top-10, some draft circles have him falling into the 11--14 range. Although it seems unlikely, if a few defensemen start coming off the board
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I'll admit it; Steve Eminger grew on me as the year went on. The 27-year-old defenseman out of Ontario, Canada was not a favorite of mine or many other fans at the beginning of the season. He was taking away a roster spot from Matt Gilroy
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Sorry for the late jump on this guys. Power is out at the apartment, so I had to quickly jet over to Quinnipiac University to use their internet. Thanks QU! Anyway, onto the story. Earlier today our friend Jesse Spector reported that sources indicated to him that Glen Sather would
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This far in our draft previews we've give you profiles on guys who could go top-six or fall to the end of the first round like Joel Armia and we've given you players many think are going well after the 15th pick like Tomas Jurco.
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With all the recent NHL and New York Rangers news we've taken a bit of a break from our draft previews, but we're back on the ship today. One of the guys we have been discussing is Joel Armia. Armia is one of the most interesting