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Finnish defenseman Ilkka Heikkinen has signed a one year contract with HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the KHL. The 25-year old blueliner, who joined the Rangers as a free agent last summer and appeared in seven games for the Blueshirts, chose to continue his career in the KHL after the
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In the first trade between the Rangers and the Islanders in 37 years, the Rangers have picked up Jyri Niemi for a 2010 6th round pick. The 19-year old, 6'3 210 lb winger defenseman played for the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL last season, putting together a
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According to Larry Brooks, the Rangers are close to announcing the signing of Mats Zuccarello-Aasen at the conclusion of the World Championship tournament. The Rangers and MZA will be agreeing to a two-year deal that will pay the Swiss Norwegian forward the entry-level deal maximum salary of
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First of all, major stick salute goes to Donny over at Litter Box Cats for sending this to me. It looks like the Rangers may be on the verge of changing their AHL affiliation from the Hartford Wolfpack to the Rochester Americans, who this week announced they will not extend
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New York Rangers forward Artem Anisimov survived the additions of fellow centers Pavel Datsyuk and Evgeny Malkin to Russia's roster at the IIHF World Championship this weekend, and even managed to pick up his second point of the tournament with an assist on Russia's final goal
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The New York Post is reporting that Rangers forwards Sean Avery and Aaron Voros had a bit of a "run-in" with actress Lindsay Lohan, who's name is now infamous around Hollywood for her outrageous acts off camera. Well, yet again, the troubled star got into
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Before I start, I would just like to give Laurie at Beyond the Blueshirts a stick salute for uncovering this story first. Now, onto my rambling. It seems like it is becoming a trend for potential New York Ranger free agents to look to the KHL for next season, as
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The Spiderman of Hockey as we know it is no longer based in New York City. From Lauri at Beyond the Blueshirts: "Sovietsky Sport is reporting that New York Rangers goaltender Steve Valiquette has signed with CSKA Moscow of the KHL." ... "This will be the second stint
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No, I am not talking about the retirement of Wade Redden, sorry. Eddie posted this on Ranger Crisis yesterday, and I damn near messed myself when I saw this. Who doesn't want to be friends with this guy? For those of you that don't know, not
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As you may know, this past Wednesday I attended the EASports-Gillette Champions of Gaming event in New York City, where I would interview the one and only Wayne Gretzky for Blueshirt Banter. To give you a brief rundown of the event, it basically saw the best sports gamers from
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Some thoughts as we get ready for "playoff" (or is it "play-in"?) hockey: I really hope Erik Christensen and Brandon Prust are going to be here for awhile. Wouldn't bother me to see Jody Shelley back next year either, unless they find someone
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It seems like it has been a month since the New York Rangers defeated the rival Islanders at Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday. However, with the two days off, it has only helped to build the hype for tonight's match-up with the Tampa Bay Lightning, in which the