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New York Rangers Analysis
So this morning Rob talked about the Rangers Captain, now it's time to talk about the Alternates. With the retirement of Markus Naslund, the Rangers have an "A" up for grabs; let's take a look at some of the candidates: Marc Staal: You could
New York Rangers Analysis
With both the Rangers Defense and Offense graded and off to summer vacation, it is time to wrap up this review process with those who chipped in a bit over the 2008-2009 season but weren't around all the time for one reason or another. Any player that played
New York Rangers Analysis
Earlier last week you all read about how the Rangers might go after St. Louis from Tampa Bay. I disagreed with that idea, because I felt that for what it would take to get him the Rangers should be able to do better. Over the past week I've
New York Rangers Analysis
tmranger grades the moves made by the Rangers for the 2008-09 season, taking a look at the free agents first. Trades will be reviewed later in the week. Free Agency - 2008 Michal Rozsival resigned to 4 year $20 million deal - A move that was initially ok from my
New York Rangers Analysis
With the Defensemen and Goaltenders already graded, it is time for the 28th ranked New York Ranger Offense to face the music. Again, I am grading the players that were on the playoff roster (with the exception of Anisimov), as Part III of this series will come on Tuesday when
New York Rangers Analysis
The time has come for me to play Professor and give all of our players their season grades. This will be a three part series, starting with the Defensive unit consisting of all of the Defensemen the Rangers had from their playoff roster, and including our two goaltenders. The second
New York Rangers Analysis
The title read "A clean slate for the Rangers" in a mid-September issue of the New York Daily news. The story began as so: "For yet another summer, the Rangers are starting their season with a number of new faces and the same high expectations." I