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February Scoring Chance Summaries

February could not have ended sooner for the New York Rangers, as they begged, borrowed, and stole just enough goals (29) to get 9 out of a possible 24 points. As I pointed out last week, the Rangers saw a downturn in the amount of scoring chances they got for

The Ebbs and Flows of the Rangers' Shooting

The New York Rangers have been in a scoring drought for most of 2011, failing to score more than 2 goals in a whopping 18 of the 24 games for the calendar year. Some have blamed the disappearance of Marian Gaborik. Others have blamed the lack of high-scoring talent. I&

Rangers Analysis: The Defensemen Rumors

Editors Note: Kaberle came off the market today, to the Bruins for Joe Colborne, Boston's 1st rounder, and a conditional pick. Use this thread to discuss that trade as well. Rumors are abound stating GM Glen Sather is looking to upgrade the back end of the defense. There

January Scoring Chance Summaries

The New York Rangers completed January with a shaky 7-6-1 record, with 3 wins coming via the shootout and another off the stick of Mats Zuccarello in overtime. Ok, so it was really 4 wins coming off the stick of Mats Zuccarello. In total, the Rangers played a total of

Brandon Dubinsky out 3-4 weeks

In a news event completely out of left field, the New York Rangers have suffered a tremendous blow to their roster, losing leading scorer Brandon Dubinsky. Per Kevin Allen's tweet: @kausatoday Kevin Allen Rangers leading scorer Brandon Dubinsky has a stress fracture in the fibula in his left

December Scoring Chance Summaries

The New York Rangers just completed a 8-3-1 month, allowing only 2 goals or less in half of the efforts. As on should expect, the Rangers' controlled the scoring chances for most of the month, finishing +25 at even strength, and +32 overall. This marked the first of the

New York Rangers' Goals Versus Salaries

Goals Versus Salary (GVS), contrary to how it reads, is not simply taking a players cap hit and dividing it by the number of goals he's scored. Instead, GVS is one of the dreaded "advanced stats." GVS uses the all-encompassing the Goals Versus Threshold metric (explained