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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We are 50 games into the season and the New York Rangers have a 25-20-5 record (55 points) and are just one point out of the second wild card spot. It’s at the point in the season when teams have to evaluate their progress and determine whether
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The Rangers only have three wins in their last nine contests, but that hasn't even been the worst of it. From December 11th through January 14th, they only won six out of 15 games. Only two of those were regulation wins (against the Kings and the Ducks). And,
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The New York Rangers face a question they likely haven’t considered much in recent seasons: should they be buyers or sellers when the trade deadline approaches? Through 49 games, the Rangers have earned 53 points with a 24-20-5 record; that puts them just outside of the second
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The injury to Shattenkirk has opened a door for the young defenseman.
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Yes, we know Brendan Smith has fought twice recently.
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The rumors are more than rumors now. It’s not that there’s all that much more substance to them, but they’re no longer hushed whispers by staffers after a few drinks, or blind speculation from people covering the team. The New York Rangers do appear to be, at
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The injury to Shattenkirk is brutal, but out of the darkness there is some light.
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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
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“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
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No, not the Kristen Stewart Twilight.
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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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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