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Henrik Lundqvist, a goaltender not known for his injury history, suffered a rare injury in 2015. Against the Carolina Hurricanes on January 31, Ryan McDonagh’s stick lifted Lundqvist’s mask during play, making his neck vulnerable to a puck coming off Brad Malone’s stick. Despite the puck hitting
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The New York Rangers didn’t play as deep into the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Garden Faithful hoped they would. Their elimination felt particularly disheartening this season, especially for the man between the pipes. Henrik Lundqvist shouldered a lot of the responsibility for the Rangers’ elimination, even though
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Henrik Lundqvist, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, finished the condensed 2012-13 season with the second best save percentage (0.926) and goals against average (2.05) of his career – both of which trailed only to his 2011-12 season. Additionally, he earned an impressive 16.81 goals saved above average in
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The New York Rangers have the potential to take strides forward this season, after some much-needed offseason retooling by general manager Jeff Gorton in their rebuild on the fly. Most of their potential, however, is contingent on one key element: the coaching. Coaching can be crucial to any team’s
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It’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final in 2014. The New York Rangers have a 3-1 series lead moving into the Bell Centre in Montreal and can close out the series to clinch a trip to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1994. Except, this
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Brady Skjei’s strong rookie season inspired confidence in the New York Rangers’ defensive future. Although limited to a third-pair role, the 23-year-old defenseman made his presence known throughout the regular season and the postseason. The former first-round pick of the Rangers is in the final year of his three-year,
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It’s September and it’s another step closer to the New York Rangers 2017-18 season. To gear up for the season, Kevin had an idea for us at Blueshirt Banter for the month of September: to celebrate the Rangers’ most important player, Henrik Lundqvist. All throughout this month, we’
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For many, sports are an escape from the real world. But with the heightened political climate and growing tensions across the country, the divide between sports and politics is more blurred than ever. As professional athletes and sportswriters have used their platforms to communicate their own political opinions, the response
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A five-game playoff elimination is disheartening for any team, and the New York Rangers felt that loss when they fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the quarterfinals last year. The Rangers craved change after their elimination and the onus was on general manager Jeff Gorton to remedy it. That offseason,
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After a 2015-16 season that was widely considered a down year from his strong rookie season, Kevin Hayes turned his offseason training up a notch to help him rebound in 2016-17. He bounced back with 49-points (17 goals, 32 assists) in 76 games, a career high, after a 36-point campaign
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Mika Zibanejad is scheduled for salary arbitration with the New York Rangers on July 25 – and time is fleeting for them to get a contract done before then. Elliotte Friedman reported their asking prices this morning – with Zibanejad has asking for $5.35 million and the team offering $4.1
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Every offseason, hockey media speculates about how teams will perform in the upcoming season. Most years, the New York Rangers are labeled as a team on the decline that could fall out of Stanley Cup contention. The Rangers have been mislabeled in the past, for example when their blue line