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New York Rangers Analysis
When the Rangers take on the Pittsburgh Penguins tomorrow night, it will be the 82nd game of the John Tortorella regime, meaning he has essentially spent a full season as Rangers head coach. When a politician runs for President against an incumbent, they love to ask the question, "Are
New York Rangers Analysis
It is no secret that Henrik Lundqvist is the most valuable player on the New York Rangers, and his recent play just goes further in proving that. The Swedish-born netminder has been completely dominant in goal for the Blueshirts and is without question one of the hottest goaltenders in
New York Rangers Analysis
It was pretty evident what newly acquired grinder Brandon Prust will bring to the Rangers lineup after watching him in Tuesdaynight's contest against the Los Angeles Kings. He looks to be a tremendous physical player and clearly is educated when it comes to dropping the gloves and settling
New York Rangers Analysis
Well, I've been missing for a while around here with just a busy and unfair schedule, but at the moment I'm the one sitting around soaking in all these trade-winds with nothing to do; so I get the first jab at writing a reaction to
New York Rangers Analysis
So here we are again, another season spiraling down the tubes with a near suicidal fan base running to the cliffs to hurl themselves off. Now normally I would be on my high horse telling all of you to calm down and step away from the ledge, well not today.
New York Rangers Analysis
I would like to start by saying that I am not writing this piece just because the New York Rangers are in the midst of a three-game losing streak, but more because of the fact that fans are getting fed up with watching the same struggling team suffer from
New York Rangers Analysis
The Olympics does a lot of things for a player. It let's them play on a big stage--if they never have before--and it allows younger players to get experience from, what is probably, the biggest pressure games of their lives. Some players thrive, others fade like
New York Rangers Analysis
Since the lockout, the Rangers have been very publicly throwing all sorts of cash at free agents. This, on the surface, has caused the Rangers to have multiple long contracts with high salary cap hits, leaving the Rangers really strapped for cap space. This is leaving a very sour taste
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