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Kevin Shattenkirk Injury Gives Rangers Opportunity to Evaluate Young Defensemen
The injury to Shattenkirk is brutal, but out of the darkness there is some light.
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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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Does Pavel Buchnevich Deserve to be in the Top Six?
Yes. Oddly enough, it’s often questioned whether the third-highest scorer on the New York Rangers deserves top-six ice time. Maybe it’s because he really hasn’t received it. But Pavel Buchnevich has scored at a high rate this season despite his ice time. Even when Buchnevich is technically
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Acquisition of Top Draft Picks is Essential to a New Era of Rangers’ Contention
“The Rangers are ready to re-stock. Now comes the next question: How far will they go? My sense is they are honest about who they are. They’re not interested in the “dreaded middle.” So wrote Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman the morning of November 1st. The Rangers had just four
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Rick Nash: bad luck and twilight
No, not the Kristen Stewart Twilight.
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New York Rangers Game Score Report: A Recap of Games 31 through 40
The Rangers slipped during this sequence of games, and there is even more of a reason to be concerned about the state of the team.
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Comparing the Rangers Power Play Part 2
Just a little while ago, we looked at how the Rangers were entering the zone on the power play this year and compared it to how they did last season during the playoffs. Now in part 2, I’ll be taking a look at what the Rangers have been doing
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What Have We Learned: A Look at Games 37-42
Six games later and the New York Rangers have officially passed the midpoint of the season and now are on a much needed bye week. We last left off with a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 23rd. Since then, the Rangers have matched up against the Washington
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Alain Vigneault’s Internal Metrics Hold No Weight
The claim is not a new one, even if we don’t hear it very often. When things aren’t going well for the Rangers and questions about advanced statistics make their way back to Alain Vigneault, he reminds everyone of it: he has his own internal metrics (sophisticated stats)
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How Mats Zuccarello Generates Offense
Mats Zuccarello leads the New York Rangers in scoring with 31 points through 40 games, and it’s not the first time in his career he’s been a pacesetter. In fact, in three of the four seasons that he has been a mainstay on this roster, Zuccarello led the
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A lucky fourth line isn’t enough to mask a dismal December
The Rangers are 6-3-2 in December, but that has more to do with Lundqvist and good luck than solid team play.
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What Have We Learned: A Look at Games 34-36
Three games and only two points added to the win column. It happens, right? Hockey is random, the better team doesn’t always earn the two points they deserve. There’s still time though – we’re not even at the midpoint of the season. Except the Rangers didn’t deserve
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What Have We Learned: A Look at Games 30-33
In any game, a team may perform better, but not get the end result they deserve – a win. On the other hand, a team may collect two points despite not deserving them based on their 60 minutes (or more) of play. It happens. Hockey is filled with so many random