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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With the 2017 Expansion Draft currently slated to be the next major event on the New York Rangers’ calendar, the general expectations around what Jeff Gorton will do are cut and dry. Aside from the occasional ludicrous call to leave one of the team’s star forwards exposed in the
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The Rangers are out of the 2017 Playoffs, but some of them are still playing hockey. Four New York Rangers are representing their countries in the 2017 World Championship. Brady Skjei, Kevin Hayes, Oscar Lindberg and Henrik Lundqvist flew out to join their national teams the day after breakup day.
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If the world learned anything about the Rangers in this playoff season, it’s that they are mercurial. Some nights they tick like a Swiss clock, while others they seem to have met for the first time moments before puck drop. We saw that inconsistency in the players, as well.
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It’s all too easy to focus on the big names on the Rangers roster who disappointed and failed to rise to the occasion in the playoffs. But today we’re again going to turn the focus to a rookie who found a way to exceed expectations. Today we’re
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Brady Skjei was arguably the Rangers best defenseman in the playoffs. Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi played tougher minutes against the big guns on the Canadiens and Senators, but Skjei shined in his limited role. It was no secret that the Rangers needed their blue line to step up in
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With the Rangers quest for a fifth Stanley Cup falling short, just as it does every spring, takes are flying in from all around the hockey world questioning what could have been, and what’s next for a Rangers’ team with seemingly no direction. With Henrik Lundqvist heading into his
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There was a time when small progress was good enough. There was a time when going from a first round exit to a second round one was considered a success. There was a time when Henrik Lundqvist wasn't getting older, when change actually happened, when the organization seemed
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The Rangers road to the Eastern Conference Finals was not supposed to be this difficult. But the playoffs have a way of spoiling the best-laid plans of fans and pretenders. For the first time in the 2017 Playoffs the New York Rangers face elimination. If the Rangers don’t find
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There’s a good chance that Derick Brassard’s game-tying Game 5 goal shouldn’t have counted. That’s right folks, it’s tinfoil hat time here at Blueshirt Banter. Everyone pull out your handy-dandy 2016-17 NHL Rule Book and turn to page 76! What’s that? Don’t have
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These playoffs have been a slog to follow along with. We’ve all wasted way too much time and digital ink complaining and arguing about Nick Holden, Marc Staal, Henrik Lundqvist, and Tanner Glass. Oh my god, the Tanner Glass takes. I’m so tired of the Tanner Glass takes.
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The New York Rangers’ Game 5 loss was painful. Their second period collapse was disheartening. But the Rangers were revitalized by a tying goal from their captain and regained the lead with a goal by Jimmy Vesey – his first career Stanley Cup Playoffs goal. In the final moments of the
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Tanner Glass was, deservedly, the man of the hour last night. He had a great game. Glass had two assists, a fight, and seven hits. He made his mark both on the scoreboard and in the “intangible” aspects of the game. Of course, he was talked about after the game