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Kebert Xela

What’s The Point?: How Hard The Rangers Would Have to Tank to Reach the Bottom

The New York Rangers are in a weird spot right now as we reach just about the half-way point of the NHL regular season. The Blueshirts are firmly out of the playoff picture - the Islanders are a nice 5 points ahead of us for the outside-looking-in (they have 46

The Carolina Hurricanes as a Trade Partner on Defense

Death, taxes, and the Rangers defense being awful. These are all constants in life, but it’s especially problematic given the status of their rebuild, no matter what timeline it may be on. If they are looking to accelerate things by landing veterans either via trade or free agency (or

In Support of Super Teams (And How the New York Rangers Could Build One)

We all heard about the Erik Karlsson trade, I’m not going to rehash that or do a deep dive into what the Ottawa Senators got (ok fine, briefly: it wasn’t a good return). It’s also not news to any of us on the Banter that the New

The Next Great New York Rangers Third Line

The Traverse City Tournament is well underway, and Adam did a great job of analyzing the play of, in particular, Brett Howden and Filip Chytil. I’m not going to rehash what he said, because he knows prospects better than I do - clicking the above link will tell you

Hayes, Skjei, Vesey, and Spooner File for Arbitration

Per the NHLPA website, Kevin Hayes, Brady Skjei, Jimmy Vesey, and Ryan Spooner have all elected for salary arbitration, as is their right as RFAs. Salary arbitration hearings will be held in Toronto from July 20 to August 4. During this time period they are no longer eligible to be

The Case For Extending Pavel Buchnevich Long Term

“Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives,” and so pass the arbitrary dates in the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement that dictate when contract negotiations can occur. Seeing as it’s now past 6/30/18, the Rangers are now allowed to extend Pavel

What JT Miller’s New Contract Means for Kevin Hayes, Vlad Namestnikov, and Ryan Spooner

Earlier this week the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that former New York Ranger J.T. Miller re-signed with them to the tune of five years with an AAV of $5.25 million. We have re-signed J.T. Miller to a five-year contract worth $5.25 million per season. https://t.