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Posted by OTG Staff ≡ 11:08:36 AM - July 2, 2009
Dany Heatley may have wanted to come to New York, but Glen Sather looked elsewhere yesterday for scoring help. The Rangers officially announced they had signed Marian Gaborik to a long term contract yesterday (5 years - $37.5M) in a move that immediately brings some scoring ability into the mix.
The Rangers finished tied for the fifth fewest goals in the league last year, and lost their leading goal scorer when Markus Naslund announced he was retiring back in May. In total, the remaining roster for the Rangers totaled just 128 goals last year, after the losses of Naslund (24), Gomez (16), Dawes (10), Antropov (7), Sjostrom (7), Betts (6), Mara (5), Prucha (4), Fritsche (1), Kalinin (1) and Kalinin (1)....more
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Active Day For Rangers
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Posted by OTG Staff ≡ 8:32:50 AM - July 2, 2009
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The Rangers opened up the 2009-10 season with a splash Wednesday, signing free agent forwards Marian Gaborik and Donald Brashear and bidding two thirds of their checking unit adieu with the departures of Colton Orr (Maple Leafs) and Fredrik Sjostrom (Flames). The moves followed Tuesday's trade of Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens, in a week that has certainly changed the tone of the organization. more
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Rangers Open Up With Blockbuster Trade
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Posted by OTG Staff ≡ 9:01:54 AM - July 1, 2009
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Glen Sather has kicked off the Rangers' summer with a blockbuster deal that has sent Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens along with prospects Tom Pyatt and Michael Busto in exchange for Chris Higgins, Doug Janik, Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko. more
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Will Sather Pull The Trigger?
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Posted by Michael M. Ramos ≡ 12/31/1899 12:16:56 AM - June 22, 2009
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Sources with ties to the Rangers have stated that Sather has decided to offer up some youth for top level talent available. There is ALSO talk about the Rangers going for free agent Gaborik while others say there are 2 trade offers that might solidify the Rangers for many years to come. more
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Rangers are going FORWARD
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Posted by Michael M. Ramos ≡ 9:41:53 PM - June 16, 2009
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When the Rangers had their end of year meeting, coach Tortorella was point blank with the players about what direction HIS Rangers are going . When Tortorella won the cup in Tampa only 5 years ago, he had solid goaltending(Khabibulin),offensive type defensemen(Boyle,Cullimore,Kubina,Sydor,Sarich along with Lukowich and Rumble), huge forwards,and a North American flavor with 19 players from the USA/Canada while only 7 were from overseas. This Rangers team is going to take the offensive attack and allout effort needed to succeed. Tortorella has no problem letting a player not doing the right thing either getting a seat or getting him off the roster by demotion and/or traded. The perfect examples are last years playoffs by sitting Avery and letting Naslund know he wasn't needed this coming season. He let him retire rather than getting cut or sent down to Hartford. This team is shaping up comparable to that 2004 team(Lundqvist-Staal,Girardi,Redden,Rozsival,Mara,and Gilroy--but forwards need upgrade and size). more
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Who Is The 1st defenseman To Go?
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Posted by Michael M. Ramos ≡ 8:21:29 AM - June 3, 2009
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It is common practice that every G.M. makes deals from a teams strengths to try to build up it's weakness. So far since the Rangers collapse from the 3-1 game lead to the offensive powerhouse Capitals in this years playoffs, the Rangers have signed 3 defenseman to make 19 signed at this moment. The Rangers signed free agent Hobey Baker winner Gilroy(6-2;205lbs),Heikkinen from Finland(6-2;200lbs),and last years 1st round pick Del Zotto(6;188lbs). Morris and Mara are UFA while Potter and Denisov are RFA this offseason. The Rangers have 4 returnees from last year under contract in Staal,Girardi,Rozsival,and Redden. The Hartford/Charlotte/Prospect contracts have at least 4 players looking to battle for NHL spots. more
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Wednesday - July 1st
The 2009-10 NHL Free Agent frenzy gets officially under way in a few minutes. The Rangers made sure they had the option to play, by clearing up over $7M in cap space with yesterday's trade of Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens.
One possible candidate to fill the free agent space would be Dany Heatley who has reportedly named the Rangers as one of the teams he'd be willing to waive his no-trade clause. According to the seldom reliable Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun, the Rangers were said to have offered up Brandon Dubinsky and Michal Rozsival, but were told it wasn't enough.
The chances of Nik Antropov coming back appear to be slight with The Fourth Period reporting he's looking for a five year deal, and Steve Zipay reporting in his blog that he's looking for over $4M a year.
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April 23rd, 2008
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CAPTION THIS
Read the submissions so far and see if you can come up with the best caption
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July 2nd, 2009
Marian Gaborik is set to become the next Slovakian to play for the Rangers, how many have already suited up for the Rangers?
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Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
Pts |
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Bruins |
82 |
53 |
19 |
10 |
116 |
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Capitals |
82 |
50 |
24 |
8 |
108 |
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Devils |
82 |
51 |
27 |
4 |
106 |
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Penguins |
82 |
45 |
28 |
9 |
99 |
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Flyers |
82 |
44 |
27 |
11 |
99 |
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Hurricanes |
82 |
45 |
30 |
7 |
97 |
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Rangers |
82 |
43 |
30 |
9 |
95 |
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Canadiens |
82 |
41 |
30 |
11 |
93 |
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Panthers |
82 |
41 |
30 |
11 |
93 |
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Sabres |
82 |
41 |
32 |
9 |
91 |
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Senators |
82 |
36 |
35 |
11 |
83 |
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Maple Leafs |
82 |
34 |
35 |
13 |
81 |
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Thrashers |
82 |
35 |
41 |
6 |
76 |
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Lightning |
82 |
24 |
40 |
18 |
66 |
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Islanders |
82 |
26 |
47 |
9 |
61 |
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