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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
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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
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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’
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You can expect a raucous atmosphere in any NHL building during the playoffs. It’s one of those over-used cliches that never seems to die. Montreal is only different in that it actually hits the mark. One of the toughest buildings to play in, filled by some of the
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The playoffs begin tonight in Montreal for the New York Rangers. Sixteen wins away from a Stanley Cup. Four losses in a series away from the golf course. The playoffs. The great equalizer. The clean slate. The fresh start. Each spring brings an open book. Empty, aside from the pens
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The NHL playoffs coincide nicely with the end of the spring semester, giving me two reasons to tear out my hair and wonder why no one has learned anything. For their last essay of the year, my students research a controversy; instead of simply picking a side, they ask bigger
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This year was something of a coming out party for the guys who would still be considered kids but aren’t rookies. Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller mainly. Chris Kreider can be thrown in here, too. Miller was second on the team in points with 22 goals and 56
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We have our sneak peak at what tomorrow’s lineup for Game 1 against the Montreal Canadiens looks like. As expected Pavel Buchnevich is out of the picture and Tanner Glass is on the fourth line. NYR lines: 20-21-36; 26-93-61; 40-13-10; 15-24-19
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In a lot of ways this felt like Steven McDonald’s final Extra Effort award. Not that his memory won’t live on, not that his son Conor and wife Patti Ann won’t do a wonderful job with the award moving forward. I think you saw last night that’
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A few days back we took a look at Montreal’s bottom six forward group. Today we’re going to turn our focus to the Canadiens top six forwards. It’s time to continue our preview of the Rangers first round match-up against Montreal. The Habs are not a