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Rangers Should Gauge Trade Interest in Kevin Hayes
If the Rangers don’t sign him long-term, they should trade him before the season starts.
New York Rangers Analysis
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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What to expect from Lindqvist and Meskanen
Let’s have some fun with NHLe models
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Ryan Spooner And Arbitration
It’s a rare thing to want a player to go to arbitration. It’s less rare, but still unusual, to have no preference on whether or not a player makes it to their court date. And yet here we are, nearing the end of July with Ryan Spooner still
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A Deeper Look at Vitali Kravtsov
With the 9th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, the Rangers selected 18 year old Russian forward Vitali Kravtsov from the KHL. The left-handed shooting winger stands at 6’4 and 183 lbs and uses that size along with some smooth hands, quick feet, and a nifty wrister.
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Blueshirt Banter Offseason Mailbag
Hey I got a quick question for ya! What's The deal with Matt Beleskey? Will he be part of the line up or was he just some dead weight in the trade? — OG Neighba (@Kris_lbg) July 16, 2018 Repeating old #BoringBeleskey question. What do we get from
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The Rangers Are Rebuilding, Not Tanking
There’s been a lot of talk about the New York Rangers — suddenly and shockingly a team flush with cap space — taking on other team’s problem deals to help give them cap relief. For assets, of course. Don’t forget about the assets. A few names have been thrown
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Context Will Be Important When Evaluating Vitali Kravtsov’s Post-Draft Season
The Rangers 2018 first-rounder had been considering joining the Hartford Wolf Pack
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Rangers Agree To Terms With Cody McLeod on One-Year, $750K Deal
After opting to stay away from chasing big names during the first wave of free agency, Jeff Gorton and the Rangers’ management team have been browsing the bargain bin. As it turns out, they didn’t need to look for very long to find what they were looking for: OFFICIAL:
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The Rangers Need to be Shrewd With Their Cap Space
With the Rangers almost entirely sitting out the free agent frenzy of July 1st, what little hope the team had of competing in the 2018-19 season vanished. The Rangers were never in on John Tavares or Dougie Hamilton, and haven’t been mentioned as possible suitors for some of the
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Why the Rangers Shouldn’t Depend on 2019 Free Agency
For the rebuilding Blueshirts, hope is not a reliable strategy.
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Should the Rangers be shopping for another goaltender?
Is the trio of Hank, Georgiev, and Mazanec enough?
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The NHL’s Free Agency System Is Broken
Not enough star players actually make it to UFA status, and that needs to change for the game to grow.