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New York Rangers Draft Preview: Filling The Gap

With the Rangers sitting in the middle-to-late first round once again, it will be interesting to see if management decides to roll the dice and attempt to move up the board in a draft where the talent pool is not lacking forwards (23 of the latest ISS Top 30 are

An Offseason of Opportunity

I had one of my half-hockey-fan friends ask me a very interesting question about the Rangers this past weekend that went something along the lines of "How close are the Rangers from contending and/or winning the Stanley Cup?" It was one of those questions where I answered

Reading Between the Blueline

After the news broke of the Rangers signing Michael Del Zotto, a favorite Ranger prospect of mine, a series of thoughts went through my head over the next couple of hours. My first reaction was I can't wait to see him try to make the team. Then it

Keep or Dump? - Part II

Editors note: This was a group project here at Blueshirt Banter; with Jim, Ryan, Joe, and myself all chipping in for different players. Players were randomly assigned and will be presented in two parts, with five coming in the last part and six more coming here; all in alphabetical order.

Keep or Dump? - Part I

Editors note: This was a group project here at Blueshirt Banter; with Jim, Ryan, Joe, and myself all chipping in for different players. Players were randomly assigned and will be presented in two parts, with five coming in this one and six more coming on Tuesday. - Nik Antropov: Nik

Penalty Kill Perfection (Or Close to it)

The New York Rangers Penalty Kill was one of the few reliable parts during the 2008-2009 regular season. The Blueshirts led the league with a PK percentage of 87.8; allowing only 40 goals to the 329 times they went at least a man down. What made the Penalty Killing

Resurrecting the Power Play

I gave up on the Rangers Power Play finding their stride during their miserable February run. Since then, any time the Rangers received a PP, I looked at it as an opportunity not for the Rangers to score, but for the Rangers to not get scored on for 2 minutes