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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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 Karlsson: "He&
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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’
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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