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As per Steve Zipay, the Rangers will extend a qualifying offer to RFA Brandon Prust. Prust, who made $500,000 last season, would receive an offer of approximately $550,000-$600,000 for a one year deal. By extending a QO, the Rangers ensure that they will receive compensation if
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Chasm- A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss; A large difference of opinion. That was the word used to describe the current negotiations between the New York Rangers and RFA defenseman Marc Staal by general manager Glen Sather, reports Steve Zipay on twitter. Sather even went
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As I think we all expected, Bobby Sanguinetti's days as a Ranger are over. We've been saying all season the organization had its fill of him. Sanguinetti was traded to Carolina for draft picks, more later.
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Larry Brooks is reporting that the Rangers will not be tendering RW Enver Lisin a qualifying offer. The move makes Lisin an unrestricted free agent on July 1. This move is relatively unsurprising, as Lisin was in coach John Tortorella's dog house pretty much all year. Lisin, a
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The NHL has announced the 2010-2011 Rangers regular season schedule. You can see the entire schedule here. Key games: October 9th: Season opener at Buffalo October 11th: First game against the Islanders, at the Island October 15th: Home opener against Toronto October 24th: First game against New Jersey, at MSG
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The details from Kris Newbury's contract signing are in, as per CapGeek. Newbury, who recently re-signed with the Rangers, has a two year, two-way contract that pays him NHL salaries of $500,000 this year and $525,000 next year, for a total cap hit of $512,500.
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Defenseman Pavel Valentenko, who was acquired by the New York Rangers in the trade that sent Scott Gomez to Montreal last summer, is set to return to North America after a two-year hiatus in the KHL. In an interview published on his club's website yesterday, UHC Dynamo General
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Earlier today, the New York Rangers released their pre-season schedule for the 2010-11 season. With the first game being played on the 23rd of September, they will be starting a bit later than last year, but that is because the NHL had to work around the Olympics in 2009-10, forcing
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The Rangers have signed unrestricted free agent forward Kris Newbury to a contract extension. Newbury, acquired by the Rangers in exchange for Jordan Owens at the 2010 Trade Deadline, had 18 points in 18 games (4-14-18) with the Hartford Wolfpack. Newbury's previous deal was a one-year, two-way contract
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Rangers 3 Canucks 2 16 years ago tonight, Craig MacTavish won the face-off that would last a lifetime. The Rangers won the Stanley Cup, and haven't let us forget it. It might be time they go win another, I might be dead in 38 years. Happy Anniversary!
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Capgeek has the details on Dane Byers contract extension with the Rangers. Byers signed a one year, two-way contract. His AHL salary will be $90,000 (a $10,000 increase on last year), and his NHL salary will be $500,000, which is consistent with his salary last year. Byers
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Andrew Gross of Ranger Rants is reporting that the New York Rangers have re-signed Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) forward Dane Byers. Byers, age 24, played in five games with the Blueshirts last season and recorded a goal along with 31 penalty minutes during that short time. He proved to the