2009-10 In Review

Marian Gaborik, signed by the Rangers for five years last July, was undoubtedly the best player on this team other than goaltender Henrik Lundqvist in the 2009-10 season. Aside from minor injuries here and there, Marian was able to stay healthy for a majority of the year, playing in 76

Since 2005 Michal Rozsival has been a mainstay on the Ranger blue-line. A true puck-moving defenseman, Rozi likes to play a simple, quiet, and responsible game especially in his own zone. He was a consistent 20-minute d-man for the Blueshirts this past season and unfortunately only registered 23 points, which

Since the passing of Alexei Cherepanov, Artem Anisimov has been considered the Rangers best European prospect in the organization. Before this season, Anisimov put in two solid years in the AHL with the Hartford Wolfpack where he performed well and proved to the Rangers that his game could translate from

December 2, 2009. Things for the Rangers began getting hectic on this date as they were in the middle of a drought and just waived long time back-up netminder Stephen Valiquette. Then, in the midst of it all, general manager Glen Sather announces that he has picked up forward Erik

A contract negotiation that dragged on far too long. A week long holdout, trade rumors, a mid-season position change, the first injury of his NHL career, and a career year points-wise. Add it all up, and it was a very busy year for Brandon Dubinsky. What We Liked: When Brandon

Many of these player reviews won’t be very pleasing, but one that will be is mine: Marc Staal. Staal has been a bright spot on the Rangers blue line for years now, but this year was particularly trying for the young defenseman. With Wade Redden, Matt Gilroy, Michal Rozsival