Let’s start by saying what everyone knows: this team is FLAWED. It was built with no real direction and couldn’t help but fail with this collection of spare parts, playing out of position, and expected to excel. The fact that this club even sniffed the postseason is testament to the incredible talent of franchise cornerstone Henrik Lundqvist and an inspired first season on Broadway by sniper extraordinaire Marian Gaborik. Even with the huge holes that management could never fill despite making in-season moves and numerous call-ups from the minors, the team still strung together an impressive first month of the season and an exciting last few weeks to make a serious run at the final playoff spot. This team is not in need of a total rebuild and there shouldn’t be close to the wholesale turnover we saw at the end of last season but there are a few moves that GM Glen Sather must make if this team is going to make it back to the playoffs and actually be expected to make noise once it does.
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Season Preview Part 1: The Kids Are Alright
When training camp began, John Tortorella told everyone that the team was looking for a few of it’s youngsters to
Continue reading »Z Wait is Over as Rangers Walk Away
A year ago, when the Rangers acquired Nik Zherdev from Columbus, the knock on the young russian was that he
Continue reading »The Waiting Game
Yesterday, the Nikolai Zherdev situation took it’s turn into the homestretch as the arbitrator awarded the enigmatic russian sniper an
Continue reading »Checking In From AZ
Enjoying the dry 113 degree heat here in Phoenix for the week but just wanted to check in on what’s
Continue reading »Bargain Basement
While it would seem that the Rangers might be just about done dipping into this season’s free agent pool, there
Continue reading »News Round-up: Zherdev Speaks, Zubov Leaves and Potter Signs
Not much hard news today but some interesting quotes from Nkolai Zherdev to magazine Sport-Express. Zherdev talks about the Rangers,
Continue reading »Roster Reshaping Continues
In a surprising flurry of activity after a quiet weekend, The Rangers continued their recent roster overhaul by re-signing one
Continue reading »Ales Is More: Rangers Sign Kotalik (Updated)
The Rangers have come to terms with UFA right wing Ales Kotalik. Terms of the deal are not yet known.
Continue reading »Update on Zherdev (Updated)
As we reported on this site yesterday, Nik Zherdev’s decision to take the Rangers to arbitration may spell the end
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