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The Rangers dropped their preseason opener, falling to Ottawa 3-2.
The unofficial start to the ‘08-’09 season didn’t go the way of the Blueshirts, who were missing a plethora of talent.
Tonights lines and pairings were as follows:
Offense: Dawes-Drury-Prucha
Voros-Dubinsky-Callahan
Byers-Betts-Orr
Sjostron-Rissmiller-Moore
Defense: Staal-Rozsival
Del Zotto-Fahey
Mara-Potter
Goalies: Valiquette, Wiikman
So, without names like Lundqvist, Gomez, Redden, Zherdev and Naslund just [...]

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The players are back in the Big Apple and it is just about time to watch the Rangers suit up for their first preseason game, which will come on Saturday the 20th as they travel to Ottawa to take on the Senators. 
Of the Rangers 8 preseason contests, 6 will [...]

Lace up those skates, it’s almost time for hockey.
The Rangers begin their preseason slate just 2 weeks from Saturday, when they head to Ottawa to take on the Senators on the 20th.
The last two seasons both saw similar ends for the Blueshirts who lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs twice, to Buffalo and to Pittsburgh last year.   This year, Tom [...]

Over the last few years the Rangers, as a team seemed to lack one major thing, chemistry.
Well, its time to hit the lab to see if this years team can do any better, –test tubes and a periodic table not required–
One of the major concerns for the Blueshirts when it came to team chemistry was Jaromir [...]

Simply (and emphatically) put… NO.
You can’t ignore Sundin’s accolades, he is a 9-time All-Star, and Olympic Gold Medalist with over 500 goals and 1300 points in his NHL career, that said- the Rangers would only be asking for trouble if they were to add the 37 year old to their roster.
Everyone already knows that the Blueshirts [...]

When the free agent period started, the Rangers knew they were in no hurry to re-sign Brendan Shanahan. Glen Sather made it very clear that they would address bringing Shanny back after the majority of f/a’s were off the market…
Well Slats, that time is now.
The Rangers gave big money to guys like Wade Redden and [...]

 ”Whatever happened to Hugh Jessiman?”-
That is a question I would constantly ask my friends when we go to Ranger games, when we drafted this guy in the first round (pick 12) of the 2003 Draft, he appeared to have a bright future as it wouldn’t take very long before he brought his game to Broadway. 
He [...]

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The NHL has changed its scheduling for this coming season.  Teams will play division rivals 6 times as opposed to 8 and all Eastern teams will play all Western teams as opposed to just a handful.
While I am going to run [...]

Priorities for the Rangers (according to me)…
1- AVERY
2- Brian Campbell
3- Marian Hossa…
Well, after the first 2 days of free agency, those 3 guys are off the market and none of them will be wearing Broadway Blue next year.
Avery will take his game to Dallas, Brian Campbell got quite the deal to go to the Blackhawks [...]

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Jaromir Jagr, Sean Avery and Michal Rozsival are all slated to hit the market come July 1st
As the July 1st Free Agency period gets closer and closer, Rangers GM Glen Sather has already said that he will not re-sign any of the Rangers UFA’s prior [...]