Blueshirt Banter Discussion
Halfway through the Draft, so let's recap the top 15 picks shall we? 1. Edmonton Oilers: Nail Yakupov (RW) 2. Columbus Blue Jackets: Ryan Murray (D) 3. Montreal Canadiens: Alex Galchenyuk (C) 4. New York Islanders: Griffin Reinhart (D) 5. Toronto Maple Leafs: Morgan Reilly (D) 6. Anaheim
NHL News
The Draft has started and with the first pick in the Draft the Edmonton Oilers selected Nail Yakupov of the Sarnia Sting in the OHL. The Russian Forward is a scoring machine in Major Junior and should translate to big success in Edmonton. Just Imagine: Taylor Hall-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-Nail Yakupov Goalies
Blueshirt Banter Discussion
Well, here we are boys and girls. The Draft kicks off at 7pm and the courses of quite a few franchises can change tonight. Who will the Oilers draft with the #1 pick? Will Rick Nash be a Blue Jacket by the end of the night? Who will win the
Blueshirt Banter Discussion
The New York Rangers need a goal scorer. This has been the clarion call since the New Jersey Devils ended the Rangers' season and there have been a lot of options being tossed around for the Rangers to acquire another top-6 goal scorer via trade (Rick Nash, Bobby Ryan)
Blueshirt Banter Discussion
Lost in all the Draft coverage, Rick Nash rumors and Zach Parise dreaming. The Rangers have had their own RFAs to take care of. Well, as Katie Strang of ESPN points out, Glen Sather and the New York Rangers have taken the first step in doing just that. Katie Strang
Blueshirt Banter Discussion
The Draft is a week away people...are you excited yet? Let's continue our look at potential 1st round picks for the Rangers with a look at a player some would call the real sleeper in this year's 1st round. Mark Jankowski is a big (6&
Bantering Around
One more time...with feeling folks So, here we are, the Kings had a 3-0 series lead the Devils were dead right? There was no way the Devils can stop this Los Angeles steam roller right? ...yeah...about that... We got game 6 tonight in a series that has been
Bantering Around
Let's continue our Player Profiles with a player that can be either a major steal, or a major reach at 28. Anton Slepyshev is a 17 year old dynamic winger playing the in KHL and has held his own as a kid playing against a league of men.
New York Rangers Game Threads
Let's try this again shall we? The season can end tonight and the Cup will be in Newark waiting to be presented to its new owner. The Devils showed some life in Game 4 and managed to win a game in LA. However, that may have been the
Blueshirt Banter Discussion
Last time we tackled Nicholas Kerdiles in our Player Profile series; a product of the USNTDP and a projected power forward. This time let's go with a player who has more offensive upside to his game in Tanner Pearson. the 6'0 198lb Left Winger from Kitchener,
Blueshirt Banter Discussion
This could be it folks. The Kings dominated New Jersey in Game 3 to go up three games to none in the Stanley Cup Final and are just one win away from raising Lord Stanley's Chalice. There's a sense of finality hanging around this series after
New York Rangers Game Notes
With the NHL Draft quickly approaching (16 days to go). I figured now would be a good time to start looking at some of the players that the Rangers may or may not be announcing when they walk up to the podium with the 28th pick in the Draft. Let&