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What to do with Brendan Smith
Nothing has gone right for the veteran defenseman this season.
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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Kevin Hayes: Goalscorer
The big center has played in a defensive role this season, but that hasn’t stopped him from cracking 20 goals for the first time in his career.
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Matt Beleskey: The Forgotten Asset
What does the future hold for the other NHL forward the Rangers acquired in the Rick Nash trade?
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The Rangers Are, Uh, Winning Too Much
Even after the reality started sinking in that the Rangers might win yet another game post-selloff, I still couldn’t help but smile. The Chris Kreider pass to Mika Zibanejad for his second goal of the game in St. Louis was just too pretty to be mad about. The
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Neal Pionk has looked rock solid in his first year out of the NCAA
Pionk’s been thrown to the wolves by the coaching staff and is doing just about as well as Liam Neeson did in The Grey.
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Alexandar Georgiev Could Be Latest Diamond In Rough As Rangers Rebuild
By a show of hands, how many of you had Alexandar Georgiev in your pool for most impactful free agent signing of the 2017 offseason for the New York Rangers? If your hand is up, you are probably lying but that’s okay because you wouldn’t be alone. The
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McKenzie believes Rangers are just getting started
Nash? Kovalchuk? Karlsson? Uncle Bob, why do you do this?
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What Have We Learned: A Look at Games 57-70
We last left off with the Rangers announcing their rebuild and subsequently winning back-to-back games. Since then, we have a group that has just added some new faces. The trade deadline saw some key roster players moved out while only a few roster players were part of the
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New York Rangers Game Score Report: A Recap of Games 51 through 60
By now you know the drill of this series, but if you missed a previous edition it will be linked at the end of the article. A lot of players are no longer with the New York Rangers, so this piece will focus on those who are still with the
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A closer look at the Ryan Graves for Chris Bigras trade
What did the Rangers get back for Ryan Graves?
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Blueshirt Banter Reader Mailbag
Another round of Shayna and Mike answering questions supplied by Blueshirt Banter’s readers!
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The Rangers Have Decisions To Make At Center
In a week full of expected decisions, two major surprises occurred for fans of the New York Rangers: 1. The inclusion of J.T. Miller in the Trade Deadline selloff. 2. The returns of Ryan Spooner and Vladislav Namestnikov in the deals Jeff Gorton made leading up to 3 p.