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So while most of us are pretty excited about the signing of Marian Gaborik, I came across a few other "sides of the story" I thought you might want to take a look at. Let's start with Ray Slover from The Sporting News. Ray compares the
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Give the kids a shot! That phrase has been uttered, written, screamed, yelled and talked about ever since the lockout. This off-season has been no exception. Many of you at one point or another have discussed the lack of kids—or home grown talent—on the Rangers. And for good
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At season's end, Rob did an analysis of each player on the roster, and gave some thoughts on what lies ahead for each player. Since so many of you are new to Blueshirt Banter, we thought we would bring some of those profiles to you again. Today we
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Where’s the beef? The old Wendy’s tag line is quite fitting for the newest Ranger acquisition, well with just one little change: why the beef? Every since it was announced on TSN that the Kotalik deal was for 3 million a year for three years and not 1
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Believe it or not, the Rangers are in the midst of a roster turnover. Doesn't seem like it right? Well, as of this moment (written on Tuesday), the Rangers have only 17 players under contract. Of those 17 players, 12 of them saw significant ice time, and that
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This is actually a re-run of a story we did on hear back in May. Everyone is preaching recycling these days, and this one bears revisiting. When I originally put this together, Markus Naslund had just retired, leaving one "A" up for grabs. Now with Scott Gomez traded,
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ESPN has this chart on their website where you can compare your yearly salary with some of the big free agents that have been signed. Here is the link to compare your salary with Marian Gaborik's. It will take me over 150 years to make his salary.
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There has been some talk circulating that the Rangers should pursue Saku Koivu to be Marian Gaborik's pivot. Just as it's prudent to 'just say no to Redden(or drugs)' please for love of Wayne leave Koivu out of it. The Rangers do not
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Today could be a semi-busy day in free agency, a few of the big names are expected to make their decisions today, let's take a look at a few of them: Saku Koivu: The Minnesota Wild have presented him with an offer to play with his brother Mikko,
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Not that I would like the Rangers to be interested in either center, it's very likely that they will make a phone call or too to check the availability of Richards and Marleau. There have been rumors that Patrick Marleau was being shopped by the Sharks as they
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Earlier today (although now it seems like 4 days ago) I posted a quote from John Tortorella about "soft players". As I said earlier tonight on SBNation Hockey Live (you can click the link and hear the whole show and my comments), and told Rob, I have to
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I asked Bob over at Habs Eyes on the Prize, the SBNation blog for the Montreal Canadiens, for his thoughts on the players the Rangers acquired today. Bob and his readers are not at all happy, as you might imagine, but Bob is a good guy, and was nice enough