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It is impossible to replace Ryan Callahan in the lineup. He brings more to the table than his stat line, which says a lot considering his stat line makes him a top-two scorer on the team in goals and points. The hits, blocked shots, power play points, and short
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If for some reason you missed last nights game, I'm sincerely sorry for you. But for those of you who did, well we mine as well continue the good feelings. Last nights 5-3 comeback win was obviously important. With the win, the Rangers kept their fate in
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It's never easy is it? The New York Rangers always seem to need a dogfight to get into the playoffs these days. And while it might send Rangers fans into stress-induced fits of rage, it makes for good hockey. Regardless, the goal remains the same: to make
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Over the past few weeks we have heard more and more from defenseman Ryan McDonagh in the media. This is no coincidence. The St. Paul, Minnesota native may only be 21 years of age, but he speaks as if he is far older than that. It's not only
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IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLL….. In a year where Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan, and Artem Anisimov are dominating games, where Derek Stepan is the rookie making all the noise, and where highly touted Ryan McDonagh is playing solidly after his mid-season call up, Michael Sauer is often overlooked as one of
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The 2011 offseason is going to be an important one for the Rangers. They have six (five key) NHL roster players headed to restricted free agency. There are another 11 players in the minors that are headed to restricted free agency as well. As per CapGeek, the Rangers have 25
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The New York Rangers official website has opened the voting for the 2010-11 Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award presented by Lightspeed Trading. If you do not already know, the Extra Effort Award is an honor presented to a player that the fan base feels most went above and beyond
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There might be 11 games left in the season, but for the New York Rangers the playoffs may as well start today. That's the importance level of every game the Rangers will take part in from here on out. Especially considering the Rangers are in such a dogfight
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The New York Rangers are in eighth place in the Eastern Conference at the moment, as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Senators on Sunday to tie the Rangers in points. Being that Buffalo has a game at hand, they temporarily get the seventh place spot over the Blueshirts, but both
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Nice little bounce-back win in San Jose after losing to a very home-ice loving Anaheim club on Wednesday. The lineup for this week; Islanders, Canadiens, and then an NBC affair in Pittsburgh where no calls will go against the home team, ever. Off the cuff, anything less than
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Tim Thomas is going to win the Vezina trophy this year. There is no doubt about it, barring an epic collapse that would make the New York Mets blush. However, the other two finalist spots are still up for grabs, and as we close in on the final month of
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Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the infamous Fire Sather Rally (of which we at the Banter covered, but did not organize). It was a rally organized by Mike Zippo, who as far as I know does not operate a blog, that got mainstream media attention, and major attention