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I am sure most of you watched Saturday night's special edition of Hockey Night Live on MSG Network featuring head coach John Tortorella, Captain Chris Drury and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. As always, Tortorella gave a juicy interview that I figured I had to discuss here on Blueshirt Banter.
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When it comes to the New York Rangers current complexion, their home grown talent (aside from Henrik Lundqvist) usually focuses on two players: Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky. Both were drafted by the Rangers, nurtured from the juniors all the way to the NHL by the Rangers and finally brought
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Continuing with our off-season X factors coverage, today we will take a look at Artem Anisimov. Anisimov, who was the New York Rangers 2nd round selection (54th overall) in the 2006 NHL entry draft, spent all of last season with the big club after spending his first two professional seasons
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As part of the discussion after Joe's X-Factor piece on Michael Del Zotto, regular commenter NTB posed the following question: What I want to know is how much room for improvement on the PP there really is? What rate do the top PP D-men score at? That is
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Yesterday, August 31, 2010, was a very special day on several levels. First and foremost, New York Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist was awarded by Gray Line Bus Tours for his work with the Garden of Dreams Foundation. His award? A New York City Sightseeing bus named in his honor with
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Today we will continue with out next edition of "X Factors For 2010." We have already covered Sean Aver and his aggressive role on the team and we have also looked into Martin Biron's role as a backup goaltender. Today we look at Michael Del Zotto.
New York Rangers Analysis
Continuing our "X factor" segment on Blueshirt Banter we go from the biggest X factor (popularity wise) in Sean Avery to the most important in Martin Biron. Since the post-lockout era the New York Ranger have been missing one of the most vital cogs to a successful team:
New York Rangers Analysis
Those who have read previous articles and comments of mine know that I believe 100% in the philosophy of shot creation and shot prevention being the most important elements to the success of an NHL team. Recently, Tyler Dellow revisited the topic of Even Strength shooting as it pertained to
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Editor note: "X Factors" is a new series that I will be starting on Blueshirt Banter that will run until training camp starts. Basically, I am going to be looking and examining some of the biggest X factors for the New York Rangers this upcoming season. We will
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The Rangers system is currently overloaded with defensemen expected to make some type of impact over the coming years. The movement began a couple of years ago when Marc Staal cracked the lineup as a 21 year old, continued last year with 19 year old Michael Del Zotto, and is
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So he's back. Ilya Kovalchk is once again the man of the hour (week? Month? Year?), and on the free agent list again. His 17-year $102 million contract was reject by the NHL, and that decision was upheld by Richard Bolch in the arbitration hearing. So one again
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Just giving you all a heads up about tonight's live chat on my site The Rangers Tribune. Every Thursday for the entire off-season I have been holding chats on my site in which I discuss various Rangers/Hockey topics with my readers. Last week I tried something different