Dive deeper with New York Rangers analysis from the Blueshirt Banter team—where strategy meets stats, trades are teased out, and every roster move gets broken down. Whether it’s youth development, roster depth, or cap-maneuvering, we give you the insight Rangers fans need.
New York Rangers Analysis
We talked in the off-season about the how grueling a training camp the Rangers were going to face under John Tortorella. Tortorella complained very early in his Ranger tenure that he felt the Rangers weren't in very good game shape, and that was something he would set out
New York Rangers Analysis
It is a curious one indeed, the case of Aaron Voros; a case that has baffled experts for over a year. Well okay, maybe we here at the Banter aren't exactly "experts" but we're pretty damn close. And any way that you look at
New York Rangers Analysis
Some thoughts on the Rangers at the six game mark: With all three teams having played six games, the Rangers have scored more goals than Washington or Pittsburgh. The penalty kill is at 86.2%. Honestly, do you really miss Blair Betts all that much? Or Freddie Sjostrom? Or "
New York Rangers Analysis
One hundred and twenty days from today (Friday, February 5th) will mark the three year anniversary since the Rangers traded for Sean Avery, the man who most definitely had a role in sparking the 2006-2007 Ranger squad into a 17-4-6 run to make the playoffs. Avery, who has been nursing
New York Rangers Analysis
Giving credit where credit is due, Laurie Carr of Beyond the Blueshirts did a fantastic job unraveling this story, having to "decode" a Russian article that has some details on the New York Rangers off-season plans. So remember the entire Nikolai Zherdev saga that dragged out until late
New York Rangers Analysis
On Saturday night Michael Del Zotto took another step towards staying with the Rangers past the nine game limit that separates players who have junior eligibility from those who do not. Taking a cross ice feed from Christopher Higgins and using a timely (and perfect) screen from Ryan Callahan, Del
New York Rangers Analysis
One word comes to mind every time I look at the Rangers depth chart going into tonight's dance with the Penguins, and that would be depth. The Rangers, no matter which way you spin it, can run three lines of offense and defense, and most likely be damn
New York Rangers Analysis
When July 1st arrived, Ranger fans waited with anticipation to see what the team would do with all the new cap space they had found by trading Scott Gomez to Montreal. All day fans scoured the net, refreshing free agent trackers on every site, on the edge of their seats
New York Rangers Analysis
Every game counts. If you ask me, part of the reason that allowed the Rangers to make the playoffs last season was the fact that they started the season by going 10-4-1 in their first fifteen games. 21 points in 15 games? That works out to be 1.4 points
New York Rangers Analysis
A while back I wrote a piece on why I thought the Atlantic division was the toughest in the league, with some numbers to back me up. After watching some Ranger classics last night on MSG, I started thinking about this season and how wide open the Atlantic and the
New York Rangers Analysis
After every game one, two, or handful of players always stick out in our minds as they either played noticeably well or just plain bad. As the unofficial on-ice analyst here at the Banter, there might not be pressing issues for me to be discussing with you constantly (hopefully), so
New York Rangers Analysis
Ok, seems to be a slow news day for the Rangers, at least at the moment. I wanted to do this all along, and today seemed like a good a day as any. I am going to post my three predictions for the Rangers this season. In the thread below,