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New York Rangers Analysis
Upon arriving in New York in February of last season, it was clear that Head Coach John Tortorella was going to completely control the players of the Rangers team, and would take the spotlight within the locker room in the process. Even heading into this season, the former Stanley Cup
New York Rangers Analysis
We try and avoid all the trade rumors that float around on a daily basis surrounding the Rangers, because quite frankly, most of them are made up by people just trying to draw attention to their websites, twitter accounts, myspace pages, and bake sales. The Rangers are always going to
New York Rangers Analysis
Ok so our friend Matthew Gunning over at Bird Watchers Anonymous is doing a story on Ilya Kovalchuk. Since Kovalchuck might get traded before the end of the season he wants to see what every NHL team would give up in order to get him. So every SBNation site is
New York Rangers Analysis
Prior to the start of the season, many Ranger critics and fans felt that the Blueshirts penalty-kill, which was the best in the league for a while last year, would not be as successful with the dismissal of forwards Blair Betts and Fred Sjostrom. We are now four games past
New York Rangers Analysis
With the Olympics looming and Lundqvist making double digit consecutive starts before last night (17 in a row), it seemed that John Tortorella was never going to have confidence in another goaltender. Chad Johnson changed that last night. After boasting an incredible game against one of the most dangerous offensive
New York Rangers Analysis
I will be the first one to tell you to disregard any hockey rumors you come across from non-credentialed websites. In fact, on this site we have bashed and ignored rumors coming from sites that rhyme with bockeyhuzz on almost a daily basis. Those sites do nothing productive for hockey
New York Rangers Analysis
Since we are at the midway point of the season it’s time to do midterm grades! Let’s get started. Marian Gaborik: (A+) Can’t give the guy enough credit for everything he does for this team, both offensively and defensively. Without him we have 6 wins. Vinny Prospal:
New York Rangers Analysis
As we close the first decade of the 2000's, let's take a look at some of the highs and lows for the Rangers over the past ten years, and excuse the shameless self-promotion: The Lows: 2002: Bobby Holik signs with Rangers for 5 years, $45M. The
New York Rangers Analysis
With forward Vinny Prospal now out of the lineup anywhere between 10 days and three weeks after undergoing knee surgery yesterday, Coach John Tortorella will yet again be forced to make some challenging decisions when it comes to the current lineup. However, he will not have to make these decisions
New York Rangers Analysis
With the Holliday roster freeze no longer in effect the Rangers brass are going to start putting their head together and make some changes. As per our friend Steve Zipay John Tortorella has already alluded to adding a 7thdefenseman. And as per all of the "lose with kids not
New York Rangers Analysis
The current four-game winning streak has seen many of the Rangers top players return to form and begin to play top-notch hockey once again. It is pretty evident that this team does not succeed if the players that are relied on the most do not perform to the best of
New York Rangers Analysis
The Rangers look to go for four wins in a row tonight, when they host the Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden. Here are some links for you all. Andrew Gross over at Rangers Rants takes a quick look at the Brandon Dubinsky Brian Boyle heavyweight fight that occurred in