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Andrew Gross is reporting over at the Record that Rangers enforcer Donald Brahsear has requested to be traded from New York. This is nothing new to the Blueshirts as they went through the same situation with Ales Kotalik just a few weeks back. This would also explain why Brashear has
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Rather strange news being reported by Jim Cerny of the Rangers Official Website on twitter this evening. Apparently the Rangers have recalled Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) defensemen Corey Potter. No other NHL defensemen has been sent down in exchange, which leaves Potter as an extra on the Rangers blueline at
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Stick salute to mjm1724 for breaking the story. As Per Andrew Gross: The report, via Rangers assistant GM/coach Jim Schoenfeld, is that Marian Gaborik suffered a laceration when Henrik Lundqvist's skate cut him as Gaborik jumped over the goalie in a breakaway drill. Gaborik went for stitches
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Remember Andres Ambuhl? The Rangers signed him from Switzerland in the off-season, and he has been playing in Hartford all year. Yesterday, Jim Schoenfeld reassigned Ambuhl to the Swiss National Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Ambuhl has four goals and three assists in 50 games for Hartford, I think
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As we first reported almost two weeks ago here on Blueshirt Banter, Ales Kotalik has been traded. To a team out west. Readers of our site are smart enough to know it was going to happen, there were too many denials for it not to be true. The Rangers officially
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Earlier today we were told that that the talks between the Rangers and the Flames regarding the projected trade that would see the Blueshirts acquire veteran center Olli Jokinen have hit a plateau. That came from several sources including Larry Brooks, Andrew Gross, Bob McKenzie, and others. Now it is
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[Note by Jim Schmiedeberg, 02/01/10 12:10 AM EST the latest update is that the deal isn't official yet, may not go through until morning, we will keep you posted] From TSN: (click link for full story) Sources tell TSN the New York Rangers and Calgary
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There haven't been many things for Rangers fans to be positive about lately, but the ongoing development of rookie Artem Anisimov has to be one of them. While the young Russian hasn't been piling up points -- on the contrary, he ended a 17-game scoring drought
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Chad Johnson has been recalled and Matt Zabahas been sent down. Yes, it is curious that this is the only move than Glen Sather seems capable to make. It's frustrating to know that we will be buyers at the trade deadline. Click after the jump for the official
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I know we don't like to get into a lot of rumors, but this one comes from someone who is usually in the know when it comes to stuff like this. Remember, this is unconfirmed until something happens, but it's something to think about. Tonight on
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Greg over at Metro Hockey was able to get an interview with Mark Messier regarding "The Messier Project. You can read the whole story here, and below is an excerpt of the interview: GC: This year, more than any other, we have seen so many injuries, including many concussion