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Brady Skjei was arguably the Rangers best defenseman in the playoffs. Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi played tougher minutes against the big guns on the Canadiens and Senators, but Skjei shined in his limited role. It was no secret that the Rangers needed their blue line to step up in
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With the Rangers quest for a fifth Stanley Cup falling short, just as it does every spring, takes are flying in from all around the hockey world questioning what could have been, and what’s next for a Rangers’ team with seemingly no direction. With Henrik Lundqvist heading into his
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There was a time when small progress was good enough. There was a time when going from a first round exit to a second round one was considered a success. There was a time when Henrik Lundqvist wasn't getting older, when change actually happened, when the organization seemed
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The Rangers road to the Eastern Conference Finals was not supposed to be this difficult. But the playoffs have a way of spoiling the best-laid plans of fans and pretenders. For the first time in the 2017 Playoffs the New York Rangers face elimination. If the Rangers don’t find
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There’s a good chance that Derick Brassard’s game-tying Game 5 goal shouldn’t have counted. That’s right folks, it’s tinfoil hat time here at Blueshirt Banter. Everyone pull out your handy-dandy 2016-17 NHL Rule Book and turn to page 76! What’s that? Don’t have
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These playoffs have been a slog to follow along with. We’ve all wasted way too much time and digital ink complaining and arguing about Nick Holden, Marc Staal, Henrik Lundqvist, and Tanner Glass. Oh my god, the Tanner Glass takes. I’m so tired of the Tanner Glass takes.
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The New York Rangers’ Game 5 loss was painful. Their second period collapse was disheartening. But the Rangers were revitalized by a tying goal from their captain and regained the lead with a goal by Jimmy Vesey – his first career Stanley Cup Playoffs goal. In the final moments of the
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Tanner Glass was, deservedly, the man of the hour last night. He had a great game. Glass had two assists, a fight, and seven hits. He made his mark both on the scoreboard and in the “intangible” aspects of the game. Of course, he was talked about after the game
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So the New York Rangers lost a game they shouldn’t have? They blew two separate two-goal leads, were seemingly undermined by their own coach’s poor decision making, and lost a critical game? It’s so very New York Rangers to have their backs up against the wall in
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“Everything is on the table” in terms of lineup changes, New York Rangers’ coach Alain Vigneault said after their Game 2 loss. The Rangers were up 5-3 on the Ottawa Senators in the third period of Game 2, but two goals from Jean-Gabriel Pageau (completing his hat trick), forced the
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There’s really no need to do a notes post on the Rangers Game 2 loss to the Senators Saturday afternoon. In fact, most of it is going to be covered here anyway. The New York Rangers are being out-coached in this series. Plain and simple. If you, like the
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“[Erik Karlsson] is everything to that team. He drives their offense, their transition, their specialty teams - you name it. He’s that important.” - Mike Johnson, NHL Network Karlsson is that important because he’s that good - and everyone knows it, including Alain Vigneault. AV on #Sens Erik