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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Ever since the NHL trade deadline, the Rangers have actually been doing pretty well. They broke out of their seven game losing streak and have won three straight games, defeating the Canucks, Flames, and Oilers all in the last week. This has lead to some hope among fans for a
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If you somehow haven’t heard or still refuse to believe it, the Rangers are entering full bore into a rebuild. In the week leading up to and at the trade deadline, Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton steamrolled over the Rubicon and made his intentions clear by trading everyone, their
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In December I wrote a piece with the title, “Has Kevin Hayes Been #ActuallyGood for Rangers In 2017-18?” Related Has Kevin Hayes Been #ActuallyGood for Rangers In 2017-18? It was an analytical look at the plight of Hayes, a forward who was doing a lot of good things
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The memory should be different. The first memory once you’ve lost something or moved on should always be a good one right? It’s not. And it won’t be. My first memory of Ryan McDonagh should be a good one. It should be him jumping backwards with a
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With the New York Rangers officially committing to a lengthy rebuild with the decision to ship former captain Ryan McDonagh (as well as J.T. Miller), the time has come to start looking into the future. While rumors of Ilya Kovalchuk wanting to play in New York, and the returns
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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