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Isn’t it amazing when a plan comes together? Back in 2016, Adam write an article about how Kevin Shattenkirk, a lifelong New York Rangers fan, was quietly suggesting he wouldn’t be against being moved to his hometown Rangers. The Blues, back then, were gunning for true contention, and
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On Friday I wrote an article in which I questioned whether or not Jeff Gorton was looking to re-tool or rebuild in free agency. The question looms large this morning, of course, because free agency opens today, and with that, we will find the answers we seek. Mainly, we’re
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Is Jeff Gorton rebuilding or is he re-tooling? It’s the million dollar question right now, and we really don’t have a clear idea one way or another. Just to clarify this early. A rebuild would mean blowing the entire thing up, trading assets for picks and prospects and
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Throughout the regular season, the New York Rangers featured a number of combinations on their fourth line. Many of those combinations emulated a speed and skill focused style, rather than a more traditional gritty fourth line. Players like Brandon Pirri, Jesper Fast, and Oscar Lindberg often found themselves on the
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Joe Fortunato Note: As you might be aware, we are reviewing applicants for writing positions on Blueshirt Banter. Pat, who does some work for Blue Seat Blogs, will be joining us to do some longer pieces. This is the first of hopefully many. As I made my way down the
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With Oscar Lindberg departing for the Vegas Golden Knights in last week’s NHL Expansion Draft, the New York Rangers are suddenly in need of a fourth line center. While they do have an internal replacement in Cristoval Nieves, there could be other attractive options in free agency and they
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If I close my eyes I can remember almost everything about that night at the Garden. The tension is what pushes to the front of the memory, because it was present in full force; sucking the air out of my lungs and forcing my heart to beat a million times
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This was one of the craziest weeks for the New York Rangers in recent memory. The team made no trades before the 2017 NHL expansion draft (including trying to cut a deal with Vegas), they lost Oscar Lindberg to expansion, traded Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta to Arizona, were rumored
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When the New York Rangers fell to an Ottawa Senators team that many thought would be a speed bump on the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, the hockey world knew the time for change had come. Jeff Gorton heard the message loud and clear, and the Rangers’ core looks
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With the news that Derek Stepan and Antti Raanta have been shipped off to Arizona for the 7th overall pick and RHD Antony DeAngelo. There’s a few moving pieces to this trade so let’s run through everything: There is more coming That doesn’t exactly mean there’s
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Friends, New Yorkers, Rangerstownians, lend me your ears; I come to bury Alain Vigneault, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Alain Vigneault. The man deemed “savior” has seen his empire wither
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Note: We have no photos of Erik Brannstrom, so here’s the expected top three picks instead. The New York Rangers have a first round pick for the first time in five years. That means for the past four years I’ve gotten to watch my SB Nation counterparts have