Things remain quiet in Rangerland ten days after the opening the free agent signing period, with the club having used up most of its salary cap space retooling itself dramatically for next season. One of the players who was a…

Again, thanks to everyone for participating in the live chat. It was certainly popular, although one glaring problem was that not all of your questions got through.

With that in mind, know that we’re trying to figure out a way to avoid that moving forward, or at least to find a way to pick questions more [...]

Thanks for joining us for our inaugural Rangers chat, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. Bear in mind this is our first go-round so we ask that you be patient if there are any technical glitches.

Should you not be able to make it live, the archive of the chat will be available immediately afterwards.

Defenseman Vladimir Denisov has represented his native Belarus in several international tournaments, including the 2007 and 2008 World Championships.

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Jaromir Jagr is gone, but his story refuses to go away with him. One reason for that is a good reason — with his NHL career at an end, paeans are coming in, as they should, the latest at NHL.com….

So the great meeting of the minds today at Journal News/LoHud.com headquarters has led us to the decision to launch our first live chat tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Tell your dog! Tell your dentist! Tell your dog’s dentist!

Actually, bear in mind that tomorrow’s chat will be something of a dry run, so while I don’t [...]

Yesterday it was the Rangers announcing they had signed on former Coyotes GM Mike Barnett as a special adviser to Glen Sather. Today I spoke to Frank Effinger, who was a Rangers pro scout until this month, but is now the Head Pro Scout for Phoenix (Frank, as I’ve written about before, also has the [...]

A number of you have contacted me asking when the Rangers’ next major move is, the thinking being there’s no way this is the roster they’re pushing forward with in September.

Well, you’re right in that the odds are decent something else will happen, especially when you consider that there are still some restricted free agents [...]

If the season were to begin tomorrow, the Rangers are a drastically different team than last season. Over at The Hockey News, I spoke not too long ago about the possibilities going into Free Agency of the Rangers changing their culture and identity.

That clearly happened.

Assuming both Nigel Dawes and Freddie Sjostrom sign (since both are RFA’s) and Dan Fritsche settles at or before arbitration, here is the projected roster:

Centers
Blair Betts
Dan Fritsche
Scott Gomez
Chris Drury
Brandon Dubinsky

Left Wings
Markus Naslund
Petr Prucha
Lauri Korpikoski
Aaron Voros
Nigel Dawes

Right Wings
Nikolai Zherdev
Patrick Rissmiller
Ryan Callahan
Colton Orr
Freddie Sjostrom

Defense
Wade Redden
Michal Rozsival
Dan Girardi
Marc Staal
Dimitri Kalinin
Paul Mara
Tomas Pock

Notice too many players? Well in fact the Rangers will still need to make some moves. Perhaps Aaron Voros gets sent down to Hartford, but I would think that the likes of Betts and Hollweg are probably going to be shown the door.

Who could they fetch for them? If they are able to move them for non-roster players then there still remains some free agents worth considering. Ladislav Nagy, unless I am missing something, is still unsigned and may be worth a shot as a second line winger. A less expensive option could be a player such as Mike York, who could play wing or center. If not via free agency, you have to think some teams are going to be willing to move players.

Tampa Bay seems to be over-stacked a bit. Could Jason Ward make a comeback on Broadway? I wouldn’t mind that. Unless of course the Rangers could package for Martin St. Louis. Hollweg and Betts make a combined $1.2 million. Sweeten the deal with a Dawes or Prucha and you could free up another $1.5 miillion plus, making the deal swapping $5.2 in St. Louis for $2.7. Add a higher round pick and it could be interesting.

Other teams needing forwards include Chicago, San Jose, Calgar, and Anaheim. You could potentially swing a couple roster players for one in return.

Nonetheless, the Rangers still have work to do and with limited cap space. What do you forsee?