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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
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The New York Rangers have only fourteen games remaining in the regular season and currently are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 74 points. If you remember a week back we set the postseason cutoff in the East at about 90 points. Right now, considering how the teams
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It has become clear the New York Rangers are no longer slumping. This is much, much worse. The Rangers have transformed from a potential six seed who might surprise an unsuspecting three seed into a team that might not even make the cut to be a top-10 team in
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February could not have ended sooner for the New York Rangers, as they begged, borrowed, and stole just enough goals (29) to get 9 out of a possible 24 points. As I pointed out last week, the Rangers saw a downturn in the amount of scoring chances they got for
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So Tuesday's loss to the Sabres was a tough one, no doubt about it. Every game this time of year is a big one, the funny part to me is they are worth exactly the same as the games in October; when no one is pulling a Jim
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"A lot of people were interested in our young guys but we really didn't want to trade any of our kids," said Glen Sather shortly after the NHL Trade Deadline passed. It is a telling and welcomed quote to the overwhelming majority of Rangers fans. Yes,
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In the 2008 Entry Draft the New York Rangers selected Derek Stepan in the second round with the fifty-first overall pick. Less than three years later, Stepan is nearing the close of an admirable performance as a rookie during the 2010-11 season. With no offense to Artem Anisimov,
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Today is D-Day for the Brad Richards negotiations. Either Dallas Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk will trade him or or he'll keep him for a run at the playoffs and hope he can be re-signed. It's a tough decision for Nieuwendyk as there are plenty
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On Saturday the New York Rangers acquired 35-year-old defenseman Bryan McCabe from the Florida Panthers. The veteran blue-liner was a target of GM Glen Sather's for at least a month leading up to the deadline, as he felt the Blueshirts' young and inexperienced defensive
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According to Nik Kypreos of Sportsnet, Bryan McCabe is willing to waive his no-movement clause to goto the Rangers. Arthur Staple of Newsday concurs noting that McCabe is only willing to goto the Rangers, although there is yet to be a deal in place. Taking this with a grain
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I have been standing on my tall soap box (blog box?) for the past few weeks now, saying that the Rangers General Manager Glen Sather should only go after younger players with upside this trade deadline. I've stressed that picks, prospects and youth already integrated into the team
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The New York Rangers have been in a scoring drought for most of 2011, failing to score more than 2 goals in a whopping 18 of the 24 games for the calendar year. Some have blamed the disappearance of Marian Gaborik. Others have blamed the lack of high-scoring talent.