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Blueshirt Banter 2024-25 Season Preview Roundtable
The Banter staff previews the 2024-25 New York Rangers season.
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Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 10/9/24
Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker suggests that the 2024-25 campaign will be the last kick at the can for this iteration of New York's core in its pursuit of a Stanley Cup (NY Post) Walker also commented on the report of
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Adam Edström Lars-Erik Sjoberg Winner
Every year, the Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award is given to the top rookie in Rangers training camp as voted on by the media. This year, the honor was given to “rookie” forward Adam Edström. Congratulations to Adam Edstrom on winning the Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award, given annually to the top #NYR rookie
New York Rangers Analysis
Drury doesn't really have options with Shesterkin
Igor Shesterkin has Drury dead to rights and they both know it. What will play out now is how much Shesterkin is willing to give in.
New York Rangers News
Shesterkin Rejects NYR Contract Offer
First, we all thought it would be challenging, but you can't blame Drury for trying. Today, Kevin Weekes reported that Igor Shesterkin had rejected the largest contract ever offered to a goaltender in NHL history. **Breaking News** 🚨 📰 I’m told the Stanley Cup contending & cap spending @NYRangers
Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 10/8/24
Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Ethan Sears relays word that although Artemiy Panarin returned to practice on Monday, Jimmy Vesey and Ryan Lindgren were both placed on injury lists that will knock them out for at least the start of the season (NY Post) Colin
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Opening Night IR & Salary Cap Gymnastics
In reading the tea leaves, it’s looking pretty clear how the Rangers will line up for opening night in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. However before we get there, the Rangers have a series of roster moves they’re going to pull off in order to take full advantage of the
Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 10/7/24
Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker points to the possibility of Braden Schneider temporarily moving to his off side as the Blueshirts look to fill the void created by Ryan Lindgren's injury (NY Post) Walker also chatted with Jonny Brodzinski about helping
Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 10/6/24
Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Zach Braziller highlights the prospects that have put together strong showings in training camp that could result in an unexpected spot on the opening night roster (NY Post) Stan Fischler lists six reasons why residents of Rangerstown might be worried
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Bantering Points: 10/5/24
Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: NYI 5, NYR 2 (5:03 video via NHL.com) Larry Brooks chatted with Sam Carrick about the "Faceoff: Inside the NHL" documentary produced by Amazon, one with the last two episodes featuring Carrick losing the Stanley
New York Rangers Game Threads
Preseason Game #6: New York Rangers vs New York Islanders Open Thread
The final game of the exhibition slate is upon us. The New York Rangers' season opener in Pittsburgh is less than a week away, and tonight's contest against the New York Islanders will serve as the final tune up before the games start to count in the
Blueshirt Bandwidth: The Pilot
As of this writing you can now access this podcast (use the new name Blueshirt Bandwidth) on Spotify. By tomorrow we should be accessible on Apple Podcasts. We had some major audio issues with this one, so excuse the lower quality of audio this episode. We'll go truly