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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On a night when the Rangers found their offense, they completely forgot how to play defense. Leaving their franchise netminder
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On one of the most anti-climactic deadline days in recent memory, Rangers GM Glen Sather decided, surprisingly, not to jump
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The Rangers were shut out for the second straight game and Henrik Lundqvist was pulled after surrendering 4 goals as
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All the Rangers coaches were hoping for following their impressive 6-2 win over the Canadiens on Sunday was a repeat
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In yet another contest where the Rangers could not find their offense, Henrik Lundqvist once again showed why he is
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In a game that saw the Rangers blow a two goal lead late after dominating most of the matchup, Christopher
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Rangers forward Vinny Prospal tore his lateral meniscus during Saturday night’s loss to the Islanders. The 34 year old center/winger
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The Rangers once again tried to ride a spectacular effort by Marian Gaborik to victory and once again were unsuccessful
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The Rangers finally showed their fans what could be, if the team uses it’s forecheck, plays for sixty minutes and
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