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As Jim mentioned in his recap of last night's game, Rangers forward Marian Gaborik did not return from the locker room after the second intermission, and was nowhere to be found for the rest of the night in the Canada-Slovakia game on Friday. There was no explanation
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The Rangers Olympic Break officially ends this morning, when the team (well, most of them) will gather at the MSG Training Center for their first team practice in about 10 days. One week left until the trading deadline, so the rumors will be picking up steam in the coming days.
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Andrew Gross is reporting on Twitter that the New York Rangers have recalled defenseman Corey Potter from the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) earlier this morning. This means rookie blue-liner Michael Del Zotto is very doubtful to play in tomorrow's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison
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Stick salute to Mleetch for breaking the fact that it is a 6th round pick, which turns into a 5th if he re-signs with the Rangers. Obviously the Rangers weren't too upset to see Donald Brashear go. As per TSN the Rangers have traded a draft pick
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Ok, just to bring every one up to speed, here goes: You know about Donald Brashear asking for a trade, and in case you didn't know, according to Bob McKenzie of TSN, Brashear has been waived by the Rangers, meaning that he has 24 hours to be picked
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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
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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