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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Thanks to Charter making some type of scheduling error, the New York Rangers were not available on any channel for me in Connecticut. I managed to catch pieces of the game/highlights, but it seemed like the Hockey Gods smiled upon me to keep that torment away from me. So
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In somewhat shocking news, Rick Nash injured the other side of his groin in the Rangers’ 3-2 shootout win over the Devils Sunday. There is no timetable for a return, and the severity of the injury is unknown. This injury happens to be a constant reminder to stretch out your
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First of all, we had a very special guest come onto the podcast last night. Nick -- the father of Noah, who you might have seen with Adam Clendening after the game in Chicago (tweet below for reference) -- came onto the show to share his story. #NYR @Clenny5 brings
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It’s so rare to see Henrik Lundqvist be the other man. The New York Rangers have produced two quality goaltenders who studied under Lundqvist; one of which they shipped out to Edmonton and the other who is currently manning the pipes in New York as a backup ... sort of.
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If you had December 6th as the day people would first turn on Henrik Lundqvist you won the blogger pool. I had Thanksgiving, and most everyone in Blueshirt Banter’s Twitter group had around that time as well. In some ways making it to December should be looked at as
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On Wednesday Dimitri Filipovic tweeted a chart he put together about players in the NHL who have the highest share of their team’s 5v5 primary points (goal or first assists only). It’s a comprehensive list that names some of the most elite players in the NHL... and also
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The “good ol’ hockey boys” group have already had a difficult week. With news of Florida firing their head coach in a very bizarre fashion, many of the old school MSM threw a nice little fit about the stat boys, computer modules and how analytics are for geeks. A few
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This New York Rangers offense has been something, eh? Historically hot hands, so many goals you’re not sure if you’re watching hockey or lacrosse and the Rangers are winning a lot of games so handily you’re no longer chewing your fingers off when watching them. Mike mentioned
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The Rangers are on their way back from Canada in an interesting position. On one hand they swept through Canada like wildfire, winning their three games by a combined scored of 14-4. In their victory against Vancouver they hung seven goals on the Canucks on just 18 shots. Kevin Hayes
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With all the talk about the Rangers’ high-scoring rookie forwards this season, we have yet to give a whole post worth of love to that other semi-new kid. Brady Skjei recently tied Brian Leetch’s six-game point streak from 88-89 and he’s leading NHL rookies in assists. Skjei has
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Few players bring more controversy with them than Chris Kreider. Not because of what he does off the ice, but because of what’s he capable of doing on it. Kreider shot out of the gate like a cannon, averaged two points a game the first three he played and
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The Dylan McIlrath saga ended like many long, drawn-out things do: With a flop. On Tuesday the Rangers alleviated themselves of the McIlrath headache they gave themselves by trading him to Florida for Steven Kampfer and a conditional 7th round pick. As I said on Twitter, pretend the Rangers lost