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Discipline and Tony DeAngelo
The Rangers new young defenseman has a few things to prove on and off the ice.
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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Welcome To A Season Of True Hope
If you’re scoring this one at home, the New York Rangers are entering this season much like they have every summer since their 2014 Stanley Cup run: With the expectation to be a contending hockey team. There is one critical difference, however. This year they actually might be. Oh
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Jeff Gorton Made His Moves, Now Alain Vigneault Needs To Make His
This summer was the first true summer of change in New York since Alain Vigneault took over. That’s not a shot at the bench boss, either; it’s just the beginning of the current era, is all. Oh sure, Glen Sather stepped down and Jeff Gorton came in. Yes,
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Losing An AHL-Level Player To Waivers Shouldn’t Be A Problem
It’s inevitable this time of year to worry about the players who aren’t going to make the team out of camp. With every team making these decisions, the waiver wire is something of a battlefield where teams are trying to smuggle some of their better players who just
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Final Preseason Stock Report
For the final game of the preseason I always handle these reviews a little differently. I try to make out where I think players stand in terms of making the team itself. Enjoy. The (Deserved) Locks Henrik Lundqvist, Ondrej Pavelec, Rick Nash, Mika Zibanejad, Mats Zuccarello, Michael Grabner, Kevin Hayes,
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Taking a Look at the Rangers Power Play
Throughout the playoffs last year, I collected a lot of my own data on team’s power plays and penalty kills. And while I’ve written about more general topics using the data (like here and here), before the season starts I want to take a detailed look at how
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Rangers Changes Must Start Behind the Bench
The New York Rangers have the potential to take strides forward this season, after some much-needed offseason retooling by general manager Jeff Gorton in their rebuild on the fly. Most of their potential, however, is contingent on one key element: the coaching. Coaching can be crucial to any team’s
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Why the Rangers Should Offer Sheet Andreas Athanasiou
You’d think a team that finished 25th overall last year would put a priority on keeping its young players, but I think we’ve all given up on trying to understand what the Red Wings are doing these days. Darren Dreger reported just a few days ago that Andreas
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When Should the Rangers Pay Skjei?
Brady Skjei’s strong rookie season inspired confidence in the New York Rangers’ defensive future. Although limited to a third-pair role, the 23-year-old defenseman made his presence known throughout the regular season and the postseason. The former first-round pick of the Rangers is in the final year of his three-year,
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Where does Alexei Bereglazov fit in?
The New York Rangers 2017 Training Camp is rapidly approaching and there are plenty of battles and players worth keeping an eye on. Of course, one of the biggest question marks surrounding the Rangers 2016-17 roster is what the third defensive pair will look like. It’s safe to say
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Setting Expectations for the Rangers’ Sophomores
Last season, the Rangers experienced a youth movement unlike any other they’ve gone through since emerging from the lockout more than a decade ago. With Pavel Buchnevich, Brady Skjei, and Jimmy Vesey all primed to play major roles heading into the season, plenty of question marks surrounded the team
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The Rangers Should Take A Long Look At Nugent-Hopkins
It’s August, so forbid me for dreaming about possible trade options for the Rangers; it feels like just yesterday that I wrote about New York going after Matt Duchene. We’ve already talked at length about the Rangers issues at center – wouldn’t it be great if there was