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.
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By a show of hands, how many of you had Alexandar Georgiev in your pool for most impactful free agent signing of the 2017 offseason for the New York Rangers? If your hand is up, you are probably lying but that’s okay because you wouldn’t be alone. The
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Nash? Kovalchuk? Karlsson? Uncle Bob, why do you do this?
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We last left off with the Rangers announcing their rebuild and subsequently winning back-to-back games. Since then, we have a group that has just added some new faces. The trade deadline saw some key roster players moved out while only a few roster players were part of the return, as
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By now you know the drill of this series, but if you missed a previous edition it will be linked at the end of the article. A lot of players are no longer with the New York Rangers, so this piece will focus on those who are still with the
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What did the Rangers get back for Ryan Graves?
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Another round of Shayna and Mike answering questions supplied by Blueshirt Banter’s readers!
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In a week full of expected decisions, two major surprises occurred for fans of the New York Rangers: 1. The inclusion of J.T. Miller in the Trade Deadline selloff. 2. The returns of Ryan Spooner and Vladislav Namestnikov in the deals Jeff Gorton made leading up to 3 p.
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Ever since the NHL trade deadline, the Rangers have actually been doing pretty well. They broke out of their seven game losing streak and have won three straight games, defeating the Canucks, Flames, and Oilers all in the last week. This has lead to some hope among fans for a
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If you somehow haven’t heard or still refuse to believe it, the Rangers are entering full bore into a rebuild. In the week leading up to and at the trade deadline, Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton steamrolled over the Rubicon and made his intentions clear by trading everyone, their
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In December I wrote a piece with the title, “Has Kevin Hayes Been #ActuallyGood for Rangers In 2017-18?” Related Has Kevin Hayes Been #ActuallyGood for Rangers In 2017-18? It was an analytical look at the plight of Hayes, a forward who was doing a lot of good things without being
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The memory should be different. The first memory once you’ve lost something or moved on should always be a good one right? It’s not. And it won’t be. My first memory of Ryan McDonagh should be a good one. It should be him jumping backwards with a
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With the New York Rangers officially committing to a lengthy rebuild with the decision to ship former captain Ryan McDonagh (as well as J.T. Miller), the time has come to start looking into the future. While rumors of Ilya Kovalchuk wanting to play in New York, and the returns