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According to the New York Rangers, both Marian Gaborik and Ryan Callahan were not present at the teams practice today in Greenburgh, NY. It was said that Marian Gaborik is at home sick with the flu, and Ryan Callahan is attending personal matters at home. The worry isn't
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The National Hockey League released the 2011-2012 Playoff scheduling for the first round match ups earlier this afteroon. The New York Rangers will be going up against the Ottawa Senators in the first round, with their loss to the Washington Capitals last night at MSG. However, the Rangers will have
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The NHL continued to prove incapable of making any kind of rational decision today, fining John Tortorella $20K for his post-game comments after the Pittsburgh Penguins victory over the New York Rangers Thursday night. Not only was John Tortorella fined, but Brooks Orpik was also NOT disciplined at all for
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According to the NHL Network, Henrik Lundqvist is questionable for Thursday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Lundqvist took a puck to his hand/wrist in the third period in the Rangers big win against the Philadelphia Flyers last night and was barely able to finish the game. All
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Just a moment ago, the New York Rangers announced that they assigned defenseman, Tim Erixon, to the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League. Erixon spent the last five games with the Rangers, where he had two assists, and went -2. He was recalled when defenseman, Steve Eminger, went down
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Just last week, the New York Rangers announced that Andrew Yogan signed on a tryout basis with the Connecticut Whale, down in the American Hockey League. After getting three games under his belt, he finally reached an agreement with the Rangers, and signed off on a two-way, entry-level deal with
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Earlier this morning the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) has nominated New York Rangers defenseman, Dan Girardi. This is quite the year for Dan Girardi as he was selected for the 2012 All-Star game in Ottawa earlier in the year, and now is nominated for an award. In case
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According to Andrew Gross, New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather would like to see Mats Zuccarello return to Broadway next year. Zuccarello is scheduled to become a restricted free agent at the end of the season. From Gross' story: "We want to re-sign him," Rangers general
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As the Rangers took the ice for practice this afternoon, there was several injuries to add to the list list of many. First off, we'll start out with some of the better news, as both Ryan Callahan and Michael Del Zotto returned to practice this afteroon. However, they
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Some late pregame new for you folks today, but Chad Johnson was recalled from the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League. Before everyone jumps into panic mode, it seems as if it is only an illness to one of the two goalies. Jim Cerny confirmed via twitter that there
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Multiple reports are stating that New York Rangers/Connecticut Whale forward, Sean Avery is retiring from the National Hockey League. According to NHL.com, Avery announced during a TV segment of Watch What Happens Live, that he is officially retiring from the game of hockey. Rather then sum it up
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The headline (perhaps the longest in Blueshirt Banter history) says it all. I was in the midst of typing a long rant about how the Rangers are not dealing with their injuries correctly, and then they announced the promotion of winger Mats Zuccarello from the Connecticut Whale. Brandon Dubinsky is