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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Rick Nash joined the New York Rangers in a blockbuster trade on July 23, 2012. Through six seasons in New York, he scored 145 goals and 107 assists for a total of 252 points in 375 regular season games, plus another 38 points in 73 postseason games. Now that he’
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How and where does Spooner fit into Gorton’s plan?
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Given how quickly the Rangers completely changed the look and philosophy of the organization, a lot of you had questions about everything going on and what is to come. I selected some of the questions you threw my way and tried answer them to the best of my abilities. If
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You all know by now the Rangers blew it up. Like, really blew it up. They didn’t just trade Nick Holden, and Michael Grabner. They didn’t just move on from Rick Nash. They traded J.T. Miller and Ryan McDonagh as well, in a blockbuster move with Tampa
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The McDonagh/Miller trade to Tampa Bay was so shocking and massive that Nash’s trade to Boston almost seems like an afterthought. But it’s not! This was still one of the biggest moves of the trading deadline, and it has considerable implications on what the Rangers will look
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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