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So the New York Rangers lost a game they shouldn’t have? They blew two separate two-goal leads, were seemingly undermined by their own coach’s poor decision making, and lost a critical game? It’s so very New York Rangers to have their backs up against the wall in
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“Everything is on the table” in terms of lineup changes, New York Rangers’ coach Alain Vigneault said after their Game 2 loss. The Rangers were up 5-3 on the Ottawa Senators in the third period of Game 2, but two goals from Jean-Gabriel Pageau (completing his hat trick), forced the
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There’s really no need to do a notes post on the Rangers Game 2 loss to the Senators Saturday afternoon. In fact, most of it is going to be covered here anyway. The New York Rangers are being out-coached in this series. Plain and simple. If you, like the
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“[Erik Karlsson] is everything to that team. He drives their offense, their transition, their specialty teams - you name it. He’s that important.” - Mike Johnson, NHL Network Karlsson is that important because he’s that good - and everyone knows it, including Alain Vigneault. AV on #Sens Erik
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On the podcast Tuesday night we discussed a full Second Round preview. It was as positive as we’ve been all year, and the confidence is somewhat scary at this stage of the season. But there’s more than a few reasons to be very optimistic about where the Rangers
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It’s been 281 days since the New York Rangers traded Derick Brassard and a 7th-round pick to the Ottawa Senators for Mika Zibanejad and a 2nd-round pick. Nine months and seven days later New York and Ottawa are on the verge of a postseason showdown. You can’t make
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The New York Rangers just survived a grueling six game series against the Montreal Canadiens to advance to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals against the Ottawa Senators. Thanks mostly to the play of the once and future King Henrik Lundqvist and Montreal’s lack of any real scoring threat outside of
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The New York Rangers were given a gift when the Montreal Canadiens elected to go with a heavy lineup, built on being bigger and meaner rather than focusing on speed and skill. Alain Vigneault tried to matched this ideology as best he could the first three games, even though the
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In unsurprising news, the New York Rangers are the only team in the playoffs to not score a power play goal yet. (Ironically the now swept Calgary Flames lead the league with a PP conversion percentage of 37.5%.) On the podcast last night I talked about how the Rangers
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The New York Rangers have found themselves in a 2-1 series hole, despite winning Game 1 and being up 3-2 in Game 2 with 18 seconds left to play. Both games in Montreal were far better than whatever Game 3’s effort level was, although no one would consider those
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Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault may or may not be tinkering with his lines and lineup for tonight’s game. That’s hardly newsworthy insight, huh? Well, it is discussion-worthy considering Nick Holden’s blunders in Game 2 and the fact that Claude Julien is making some changes to his
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* The momentum swing from a moment like that, let alone the final result, is enormous. Many claim momentum doesn’t travel with or against teams game by game but I’ve never been a believer in that. I do think momentum moves with you, something you can build on. It’