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Rangers Land Jimmy Vesey
It’s official: the New York Rangers have signed the 2016 Hobey Baker winner and free agent forward Jimmy Vesey, formerly of Harvard University (NCAA). Vesey became an unrestricted free agent on August 16th, with several teams vying for his services. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed,
Arbitration Schedule Released for Hayes, Kreider, McIlrath & Miller
The NHL schedule for players slated for salary arbitration has been released. For the New York Rangers, they have four restricted free agents who filed. Dylan McIlrath: July 21, 2016 Chris Kreider: July 22, 2016 Kevin Hayes: July 27, 2016 J.T. Miller: August 2, 2016 The team has until
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Hayes, Kreider, McIlrath & Miller file for salary arbitration
The deadline for NHL players to file for salary arbitration expired today at 5:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time), and the NHL Players’ Association has released the official list. Of the 24 players to file league-wide, four of them are NY Rangers: Kevin Hayes, Chris Kreider, Dylan McIlrath & J.
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Gauging Rick Nash's Trade Value
With the rumors of the New York Rangers shopping dynamic winger Rick Nash on the trade market this summer, I thought I’d examine some trades made in the past few off-seasons to decipher some relativity as to his theoretical worth. A trade is dependent on so many countless variables;
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Rangers Must Make Moves To Expose Forwards Next Summer
The hot debate surrounding the New York Rangers’ potential off-season moves, pertinent to the recently announced rules of expansion next year, has mostly been Dan Girardi and Marc Staal. The conversations over the ramifications of potentially burning two of the three allotted protection spots has been unabridged and elaborate, and
NHL Expansion Draft Rules Announced: Girardi Is Auto Protected
Here is the official release from NHL.com regarding the much-anticipated 2017 expansion draft rules. Dan Girardi will indeed join Marc Staal and Henrik Lundqvist as players "automatically protected", should they remain on the roster until next June. This means Kevin Klein, Dylan McIlrath and whatever veteran defensemen
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Reload, Retool, or Rebuild: Part Three (Crunching the NYR Cap)
<em> In this installment, we’re going to assess some of the relevant salary cap dynamics when evaluating the Rangers’ options and/or possible mentality when it comes to the off-season. There are endless hypothetical scenarios that could take place this summer, and without a crystal ball, the least w
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Reload, Retool, or Rebuild? Part Two (What NYR Can Do)
What can the New York Rangers do to shake up this lineup?
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Reload, Retool, or Rebuild? Part One (Where NYR Are At Now)
This is the introduction of a multi-part series this off-season, examining three varying strategic routes for the New York Rangers to take following the 2015-16 season.
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Should Henrik Lundqvist Be Considered for the Vezina? (Yes, yes he should).
Another regular season in the books, another year of hockey data finalized. I thought I’d take this time to use some key statistics and evaluate the top goaltenders, conducting our own little analytically-examined version of the traditional Vezina vote amongst General Managers.
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What Could A $74 Million Salary Cap in 2017 Mean for the NY Rangers?
Could the inflated salary cap help the Rangers?