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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Six years ago, I wrote about the Rangers going after a certain free agent who had been away from the NHL for a while and was looking to come back from the KHL. The player in question was 39 at the time, and the potential for a reunion with the
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We are now late enough in free agency to have a good idea of what the majority of NHL rosters are going to look like next season. And for Rangers fans, the teams that matter the most (outside of the one that plays in the Garden) are the teams in
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Over a month ago, Adam detailed the theoretical possibility of the New York Rangers being interested in New Jersey Devils draft pick Alex Kerfoot. Kerfoot is a soon-to-be 23-year-old center who might fill a needed role for the Rangers as they walk toward the start of the season without any
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In a strange reversal of norms, the New York Rangers are deep into the summer with questions not about their defense but about their forward group. Questions at center surround a group that might have had one of the deepest forward units going into the season last year. Amazing how
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The NHL Network just released its list of the “Top 10 Goalies Right Now” and Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers came in at eighth, between Cam Talbot and Martin Jones. The full Top 10: Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets Matt
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For the most part, the offseason’s gone very well for the Rangers so far. Dan Girardi was finally cast aside and replaced with Kevin Shattenkirk (arguably the best free agent available) on a very reasonable deal. Brendan Smith was resigned after a stellar playoffs and Mika Zibanejad was given