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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When the season began there was such a logjam at forward you would have been forgiven if you forgot about Oscar Lindberg. Brandon Pirri was scoring goals (plural) a game in the preseason, Jimmy Vesey was beginning his early-season success and Pavel Buchnevich was doing Buchnevich things. Oh, Lindberg was
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While the lineup isn’t official yet we can take a pretty good guess as to what’s going to happen. Pavel Buchnevich skated as an extra yesterday in practice and Dan Girardi seems to be geared to be back in the lineup. When asked about Buchnevich, the response was
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Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller are two very talented young players who look to be cornerstones for the Rangers both now and in the future. Both are putting up career high point totals (Miller has hit the 50 point plateau while Hayes is just 4 points shy of the
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What has gone wrong with the Rangers power play?
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This year might have one of the best rookie crops in recent memory. Patrik Laine is threatening to be a 40-goal scorer. Actually, so is Auston Matthews. Mitch Marner might hit 60 points and William Nylander will approach 55. (Yes, Toronto is dominating the top of this list. No, I
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Tanner Glass’ return to New York has created an emotional divide among Rangers fans. Some fans believe that recalling Glass is simply a response to a team that has been bullied and pushed around in their last few games. There is hope that Glass could provide a wake-up call to
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I will be honest with you, it took a lot longer than I thought it was going to. It took a whole 65 games into the regular season. Through that span the Rangers have pieced together a 41-22-2 record. Good for 84 points, but not good enough for a top-three
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In a somewhat surprising bit of news, the New York Rangers extended Alain Vigneault through 2020. This fanbase does tend to divide itself like oil and water on key subjects. Dan Girardi. Henrik Lundqvist. And, of course, Vigneault. I’ve been highly critical of Vigneault in this space. It’s
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Well that NHL Trade Deadline sure was ... something. On the podcast last night I mentioned it had to be the most boring deadline of my life. The bigger moves happened the two days leading up, but overall there wasn’t activity in the league. A lot of teams that stood
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No notes from the game last night. You don’t want them anyway. Instead we’re in full trade deadline mode. Wooo! The New York Rangers couldn’t sit pat. Pat of that might have been Kevin Shattenkirk going to Washington — making them late NHL favorites for the Stanley Cup.
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Let me show you a tale with two chapters: I may be way off base but the Pitt/Wash rumors for Shattenkirk tell me Gorton isn't budging and St. Louis is panicking. Hold steady, Jeff! — Joe Fortunato (@BlueshirtBanter) February 27, 2017 I understand there are a few conditions
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I missed enough of the Rangers loss to the Islanders last night that I couldn't, in good faith, do any type of notes story. So rather than that, we’ll do this. Here’s something that’s been bugging me for a while: The idea of the Rangers