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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With Ryan McDonagh being available, there should be no shortage of teams interested in his services. I’ve already talked about why Tampa may not be a good trading partner and Joe gave his thoughts about where the McDonagh situation stands as of now. Even though Boston and Tampa have
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The first step in the New York Rangers’ rebuild happened Tuesday afternoon, when the Rangers shuffled a mint condition Nick Holden to the Boston Bruins for Rob O’Gara and a 3rd round pick in this year’s entry draft. Holden was the smallest of the available players Jeff Gorton
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Nash’s epic amount of bad luck as a Ranger might finally be coming to an end - just in time for him to get traded.
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Lundqvist’s jersey will one day hang from the ceiling of Madison Square Garden. If there’s one player who doesn’t deserve to go down in flames with the 2017-18 Rangers, it is No. 30.
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Gilmour and Pionk have impressed in the last three games.
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Week after week, the New York Rangers’ playoff hopes have been dwindling because their flaws continue to show through their game. But week after week, what’s plaguing their season isn’t remedied – or really, even acknowledged. At least, not until this last week. We last left off just after
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Joe has already written about what a Ryan McDonag return should look like, and he’s right -- the Rangers should either be getting something really great for him or they can simply decide not to trade him. And in the article, he did a great job of outlining what
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The New York Rangers continue to make internal moves, this time recalling John Gilmour. OFFICIAL #NYR TRANSACTION: The Rangers have recalled defenseman John Gilmour from @WolfPackAHL. pic.twitter.com/LLrY9hzYJj — New York Rangers (@NYRangers) February 9, 2018 With the recall of Neal Pionk yesterday, this is not a reaction to
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Sweeping changes are coming. We know that now but we also knew that the past month or so. That said, I’m not sure anyone saw the start of things going the way they did — when the New York Rangers waived Brendan Smith yesterday afternoon. Just 50 games in a
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There is a market for Nick Holden and Gorton has to take advantage of it.
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The Rangers continued their downward spiral during this 10-game stretch leading to the realization that the team should be a seller ahead of the trade deadline.
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The Rangers can’t afford to bungle being sellers like they did in 2004.