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This is not the first Nikolai Zherdev rumor we have heard since the beginning of the offseason for the New York Rangers. In fact, just a month ago I posted an article revealing that general manager Glen Sather and Team Russia assistant coach Andrei Nazarov had met up in New
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Brian Boyle became a Ranger late last June in exchange for a 2010 3rd rounder in order to replace former 4th line staple Blair Betts. When he first came here, we heard Brian was big, used to be able to score, and didn't fight or hit despite being
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Let's start this with a cliché, shall we? If I had to pick three words to describe Ryan Callahan, they would be the following; Pride, Passion, and Olympian. Cally had more than statistical expectations this season as he was named an Assistant captain to Chris Drury to start
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Our friend Dave over at Blue Seat Blogs put this together, and was nice enough to share it with us. It is a terrific breakdown of how the salary cap works, as well as buyouts, free agency, waivers, arbitration, and everything in between. Best of all, he explains in a
New York Rangers Analysis
The list of the things that need to be fixed with the Rangers would give Santa's a run for his money. Except for starting goalkeeping, every aspect of their game needs significant work, and we all have opinions on how to fix them. So without further adieu, let&
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I think it's time to throw out my 8-ball. Remember back in September when we all made our fearless predictions for the Rangers 2009-10 campaign? With the season behind us, I thought we should take a look at how some of us did in those bold predictions: Utter
New York Rangers Analysis
Season after season, the message from the New York Rangers’ front office is that their objective is to build the team around goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. Obviously when you have a superior netminder on your team, you want to form the roster so that he is comfortable. However, when you take
New York Rangers Analysis
So the dust has settled for the Rangers on the 2009-10 season, we've eulogized them, and laid them to rest. We lauded the best players last week when we brought you the Rangers NHL award-winners, but now it's time to "honor" some of the
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Ever since the reports came out that the Rangers had agreed to terms with Norwegian forward Mats Zuccarello-Aasen I have been doing some research. For starters Zuccarello-Aasen is 22 years old, fresh off two brilliant seasons for MODO in the Swedish Elite League; again it’s a league of men
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Now a week into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there have been many developing trends around the league so far. The underdogs are pulling ahead, many contests are going to overtime, and unlikely heroes are emerging. The most noticeable trend, though, has been the poor goaltending in net. Some of the
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In light of all the Wayne Gretzky excitment we missed this. Sorry it's late. As per Andrew Gross over at Rangers Rants. Yesterday, it was learned that Brandon Dubinsky and Matt Gilroy were on the Team USA roster and Artem Anisimov was on Russia’s preliminary roster. No
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John Tortorella coached his New York Rangers to a 38-33-11 record this season. However, there is much more than just the team’s record to look at when you talk about the hot-headed coach and his performance this year behind the bench. If there were hockey fans out there that