Lets Go Rangers! 2010-2011 season thread

[RhodyYanksFan]

Disappointing season is over, time to look ahead - probably to more disappointment, but I digress.

First bit of offseason news pertaining to the upcoming season:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=322640

The New York Rangers acquired defenceman Jyri Niemi from the New York Islanders on Tuesday for a sixth-round pick in this year's draft.

The trade was the first between the rivals since forward Ron Stewart was dealt to the Islanders for cash on Nov. 14, 1972, during the Islanders' first season.

The 19-year-old Niemi played in 50 games with Saskatoon of the Western Hockey League last season. He had eight goals and 21 assists with a plus-9 rating.

[CanoForPresident]

Rangers officially sign SEL MVP Mats Zuccarello-Aasen

http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530215


Hes subject to an ELC so there is no way Slats could have possibly ................ed this up. Low risk high reward signing.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Rangers website is running "20 prospects in 20 days".

http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530227

Beginning on Thursday, and running for the next four weeks leading up to the June 25-26 NHL Entry Draft at Los Angeles, newyorkrangers.com will run a comprehensive look at the highly regarded Rangers developmental pipeline with an exclusive series titled "20 Prospects in 20 Days".

Each weekday, Blueshirts fans will get an exclusive inside look at one of 20 Rangers prospects, learning extensive details about the player's career to date, getting the inside scoop, and hearing what many of the prospects themselves have to say about being part of the organization and their hopes for the future.

The series will run in alphabetical order and will include 10 forwards, seven defensemen, and three goaltenders trade bait who all hope to one day be Rangers regulars at Madison Square Garden. Get ready for this exciting glimpse into the team's future, only on newyorkrangers.com.

[RhodyYanksFan]

http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530282

Undrafted Baldwin making his mark
Defenseman's performance in BCHL, college earned him an NHL contract

Ernie Gare, a Rangers amateur scout who focuses on Western regions of Canada and the U.S., began watching Baldwin when he entered the BCHL. After seeing how well Baldwin performed with his hometown Grizzlies, Gare was convinced that the Rangers should keep an eye on him.

Both Gare and Gordie Clark, the Rangers' Director, Player Personnel, paid close attention to the defenseman's season at Anchorage in 2009-10, and they felt he could be a factor at the next level based on the way he had progressed in college hockey.

When Baldwin elected to turn pro after his freshman season, the Rangers were happy to be his team of choice.

"You never know how long anyone is going to stay in college, but he made the decision that he didn't want to go to school anymore and he wanted to be a pro," said Clark. "That's a decision that only the player himself can make, but once he made that decision, we had to decide if we wanted to make an offer, which we did."

On March 22, Baldwin agreed to terms on a contract with the Rangers. The following day, he signed a tryout deal to finish the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack.

"(Hartford) was great," said Baldwin, "Just like in Alaska, the Hartford coaches (Head coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller) gave me a lot of opportunity. The speed and everything else in the game was a lot better. It was tough the first two games, but I think I got my feet wet a little bit and felt pretty good out there for the games that I played."

[CanoForPresident]

16 years ago today

[Snatch Catch]

Goosebumps. Every time.

[RhodyYanksFan]

16 years ago today

Gotta give props to the immortal Brian Leetch who started the scoring that night with one of the most awesome goals for a defenseman.

[ZYanksRule]

16 years ago today

That's really one of the best calls I've ever heard for any big play in any sport.

The only thing that I think comes close is Mattingly's HR in the ALDS in 95, Gary Thorne just nailed it. But Howie did an unreal job on that call.

[CanoForPresident]

Ryan McDonagh will decide on whether or not to sign with the Rangers after attending the prospects camp after the draft next month

http://host.madison.com/sports/colle...cc4c002e0.html

This team does a lot of things wrong but if there is one thing they can do, it is sell a player on playing in NY for the Rangers.

That's really one of the best calls I've ever heard for any big play in any sport.

The only thing that I think comes close is Mattingly's HR in the ALDS in 95, Gary Thorne just nailed it. But Howie did an unreal job on that call.

For real. The fact that he was able to stay as composed as he did (He grew up a huge Ranger fan and idolized Brad Park) is probably the most impressive part of the whole thing for me. That and as you said, he nailed the call.

[dabomb2045]

That's really one of the best calls I've ever heard for any big play in any sport.

The only thing that I think comes close is Mattingly's HR in the ALDS in 95, Gary Thorne just nailed it. But Howie did an unreal job on that call.

Off topic....but that Mattingly HR call was awesome. To this day, it remains one of my favorite Yankee moments. I was 14, it was really the first "special" Yankee moment I experienced as fan...and Donnie was my guy growing up and why I became a Yanks fan.

Even after the championships we won after that, the Boone game, the perfect games...I still think the loudest and most crazy I've ever heard/seen a YS crowd was right after that Mattingly HR. It was like 55,000 people all at once letting out 13 years of frustration on behalf of Donnie.

[CanoForPresident]

The Salary cap is going up 2 mill next year.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=322928

More space for Slats to do something stupid

[RhodyYanksFan]

20 Prospects 20 days

Ryan Bourque

Dane Byers

[RhodyYanksFan]

20 Prospects in 20 Days - Day 4:

Brodie Dupont

Dupont said the three years in the AHL have really made a difference in his game.

"It's developed better habits of being consistent," he noted. "Mentally, it was a little hard my first year, fighting a battle with my own inconsistency. I just couldn't seem to string a group of good games together. This year, I think I did a better job. If I was having a bad game, I still found ways to contribute.”

A 37-goal scorer in his final season of junior hockey with the Calgary Hitmen in 2006-07, Dupont has been a solid two-way player ever since joining Hartford. He has also been one of the team's most versatile forwards with 44 goals, 103 points, 311 penalty minutes and a plus-9 rating in his AHL career.

[CanoForPresident]

Draft day is in 3 weeks, so I figured I'd get this up now

CFP’s New York Rangers draft guide

Recent #10 overall picks:
2009: Magnus Paajarvi Svensson (EDM)
2008: Cody Hodgson (VAN)
2007: Keaton Ellerby (FLA)
2006: Michael Frolik (FLA)
2005: Luc Bourdon (VAN)
2004: Boris Valabik (ATL)
2003: Andrei Kostitsyn (MTL)
2002: Eric Nystrom (CGY)
2001: Dan Blackburn (NYR)
2000: Mikhail Yakubov (CHI)

Analysis of picks at #10: Pretty much a mixed bag. Michael Frolik is easily the most accomplished of the last 10 picks at the spot, and hes just starting to realize how good he is. MPS looks well on his way to becoming an impact player at the NHL level, but that remains to be seen. Cody Hodgson looked like a budding future superstar before suffering a pretty serious back injury which may hinder him from becoming that player, or even possibly shortening his career. Andrei Kostitsyn has shown at times that he can be a serviceable top six forward and Eric Nystrom has turned into a very good bottom six plugger. Keaton Ellerby has seen 22 games of NHL action and should get a reasonable shot to be an NHL regular next season. Dan Blackburn and Luc Bourdon both played significant NHL minutes before their careers were cut short (injury for Blackburn, Bourdon tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 2008.) Balabik and Yakubov are both NHL busts.

Assuming that Blackburn and Bourdon don’t fall at the hand of misfortune, 8 of the last 10 picks at this spot are either solid NHL regulars, or have a good chance to be one. Those aren’t bad odds.

Players who I think will definitely be gone by #10 - Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, Cam Fowler, Erik Gudbransson, Nino Neiderrieter, Brandon Gormley, Brett Connolly.

Hall and Seguin are locks to go 1 and 2 and the rest of this group should fill out the 3-7 spots. Its possible that one of these teams goes off the board to take someone like Derek Forbort or Ryan Johansen, causing one of these guys to drop, but that’s unlikely. Maybe a team like Tampa takes a goalie like Jack Campbell but they would be more likely to trade out of the 6th spot to take him. If the Lightning are set on taking Campbell, this is the one possible slot the Rangers can trade up to so they can assure them self of landing someone who they really want.

Possible options at #10:

Ryan Johansen: Big, strong center out of the WHL who really burst onto the scene this year. Was a 3rd line player in the BCHL last year and was slated to go the NCAA route (I think to North Dakota) before deciding to play with the Portland Winter hawks instead. He played on a line with fellow 2010 draftee Nino Neiderrieter this year. He doesn’t have the pure strength or goal scoring ability of “El Nino”, but he has the type of frame that he can grow into and displays superior smarts to his line mate. Despite his size, Johansen doesn’t have a nasty streak that you’d like to see from someone as big as he is, but he doesn’t shy away from contact either. He has good speed and great vision and projects as a top line center. He is more of a projection pick at this point, but his potential will probably get him picked before the 10 spot but if he is there at #10, I think there is a very good chance the Rangers make him their selection. Johansen drawn comparisons to current NHL players such as Ryan Getzlaf and Jason Spezza.

Derek Forbort: This is going to be a very nice year for the USNDTP defensemen. Derek Forbort will be the first of the batch taken in this years draft (if you don’t count Fowler, who played with the u17 team before going to Windsor this year.) He is big, mobile and displays all the qualities you want to see from a top pairing two way defenseman. His consistency has been an issue, but that is the case with a lot of 17 year old defensemen. Hes another guy who is a projection pick and while I think hes a bit more risky than Johansen (theres always a chance that the offense doesn’t come around), Forbort should be at the least a very good top four defensemen who can eat minutes and take care of his own end. Again, for a guy as big as he is, he doesn’t have the bite to his game that you want, but perhaps that will come along (though I subscribe to the theory that if it isn’t there to begin with, it probably will never be there.) He will be attending the University of North Dakota next year, which is one of the best NCAA programs for NHL prospect development.

Vladimir Tarasenko - Speed hands and shot are off the charts as well as his head for the game. Isn’t very tall but is thick ala Martin St. Louis. If he was a North American prospect, he would be a lock for a top 5 spot right now, despite only standing in at 5’10”. Not strong in his own end but that’s something he can improve on over time. Tarasenko is signed for one more year in Russia and is coached by his father, so that will probably drop him out of the top 9 spots but if the Rangers feel that they can get him overseas (and lets face it, Manhattan is a much more attractive place to play than Tampa, Atlanta or Minnesota) he may be too good to pass up. He is the way too early pick for the player teams will regret passing on 5 years from now.

Alexander Burmistrov - The second Russian in this group. Burmistrov might be the best two way player in the draft. While he doesn’t have Tarasenko’s raw skill, Alex Burmistrov is a very slick and has first line center upside. He played the last year with Barrie in the OHL, which probably eases the cause of concern for him a little bit more because he has already shown a willingness to leave home at a young age but he may be headed back to Russia next year due to some contractual circumstance. The one draw back with Burmistrov is that despite not being short, he is rail thin. That never stopped Patrick Kane from becoming an impact player at the NHL level, but players who have succeeded at his weight are few and far between and even if he fills out his frame by adding 20 pounds, he will still be well below the NHL average weight. Still, when you hear Burmistrov draw comparisons to Pavel Datsyuk, its hard not to be tempted to take the risk.

Mikael Granlund - He along with Tarasenko spent the season playing in a professional league and Granlund produced, putting up 40 points in 43 games during the regular season. Granlund had a decent showing at the World Junior tournament for a 17 year old and dominated at the U18’s this season. While he is only 5’10, he should play at around a solid 200 pounds when he fills out. The knock on Granlund is his skating and while he isn’t a bad skater, he isn’t quick. He displays good balance and room for improvement in this area though and even if he doesn’t turn this into a strength, his playmaking ability along with his hockey IQ should serve him well in the NHL. Has a very underrated shot and could turn into a 20 goal, 50 assist player. Finland has developed the reputation of developing more pluggers than scorers over the last decade, but there is no denying Granlund’s skills. . Granlund is regarded by some as the best prospect to come out of Finland since Teemu Selanne.

Jeff Skinner - He followed up a 50 goal season in the OHL by scoring 20 in 20 games in the playoffs. Jeff Skinner may be the best pure goal scorer in the draft. Undersized and lack of mobility will ultimately hurt his draft stock but taking him at the 10th spot, while a little bit of a reach, wouldn’t be terrible. Has a filthy shot that can clip the wings on a fly from the top of the circles. You have to worry about his ability to get his shot off at the next level but again, it may be a risk worth taking. Skinner is the splitting image of Mike Cammalleri and while he doesn’t project as a go to scorer, he can be a very high level secondary scorer in the league if all breaks well for him.

Jack Campbell - Ok I had to throw one in here that didn’t make total sense because while our drafts have been much better recently, we are talking about the Rangers here. That’s not to say that Campbell isn’t worthy of a top 10 pick, his performances in big international tournaments this year have been exceptional. He back stopped the USA U18 team to a gold medal while earning all tournament honors and was the winning goaltender for team USA at the World Junior Championships. His style is a little unorthodox at times but he is very athletic and technically sound, hes a hybrid of a Dominik Hasek and Ryan Miller. I think there is like a 1% chance the Rangers pick him at 10, but I do wish they had a 2nd pick in the first round to take this guy. Who ever drafts Campbell will be getting perhaps the best American born goalie since Mike Richter, and he has the potential to be even better. Hopefully he goes out west. Campbell will attempt to backstop the Windsor Spitfires to their third straight OHL championship and another Memorial Cup next year.


Who will be the pick at #10? - Obviously, I don’t know for sure and the Rangers will have a multitude of options. They won’t get Connolly, El Nino or probably Johansen unless they trade up and I see only Tampa (perhaps Atlanta, thought I doubt it) as a team that may be willing to trade down. I don’t think they’re focusing on defense this year so that probably takes Forbort out of the mix and I think Skinner may be an option if they were to trade down a few spots.

So that leaves a trio of Europeans left on the board and in my opinion, they swing for the fences and take Vladimir Tarasenko. The Rangers have excellent connections in Russia and have had a ton of success getting these kids over to North America (Tyutin, Anisimov, Grachev, Cherepanov would have come over too if he didn’t pass) and for a team that is starving for game breaking talent on the cheap, I see no better option than Vladimir Tarasenko - A potential 80-90 Right Winger. As a Right Winger, he would also fill some much needed depth at the position, because its shallow at the NHL level and even worse below it.

Tarasenko's draft card: http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospect....htm?dpid=2493

[RhodyYanksFan]

Sather interview with Brooks. He at least says he won't do stupid things like overpay for free agents.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/range...uigapKv0AMaHuL

“We have to get better,” Sather acknowledged. “And the way we’re going to get better is by staying within our organization and giving our prospects the time to grow and the opportunity to play in New York.

“This has been a long process, and it’s ongoing, but as we go into this summer, our plan is to keep our own players. I can tell you one thing — we are certainly not going to overpay for free agents. If we can improve with a signing that makes sense, we’ll look into it, but we want to give our guys the first shot.”

Sather said that he would like to sign Wisconsin senior defenseman Ryan McDonagh and junior center Derek Stepan. The GM told The Post both players would attend the Blueshirts’ prospects camp the first week of July.

“We’d like to get them in and have them earn jobs,” Sather said of the two young Americans. “We’re excited to see whether [Evgeny] Grachev and [Dale] Weise and some of our other kids can earn jobs.

Regarding Redden:

“A player’s contract isn’t going to get him a spot on the team if he doesn’t earn it, and that goes for everyone.

[CanoForPresident]

Slats is saying all the right things.

What he does come July 1st will probably be a completely different story.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Slats is saying all the right things.

What he does come July 1st will probably be a completely different story.

Flashforward to a Hossa-type deal with Kovalchuk?

[CanoForPresident]

Flashforward to a Hossa-type deal with Kovalchuk?

I think Kovalchuk is LA bound but its almost as if the most logical destination for these guys is never where they end up going.

I'd be fine with the deal as long as the cap his is semi low, but I'd rather pass on Kovalchuk. I realize that he has all world skills and he'd finally give us someone who can play minutes and shoot it from the point on the PP (we haven't had that guy since Zubov, and hes been gone for almost 15 years!) but I'd rather risk waiting on Brad Richards to hit UFA. Richards is a much, much better fit for this team both as a guy who can run one of the PP units (put DZ on the other one), provide leadership and can carry two young wingers on a line to help/accelerate their development. Thats not to say that Kovalchuk can't make players around him better, but it really comes down to this: Would your rather have a 40-50 goal scorer or an 80-90 point center man who has won the Conn Smythe?


I think the most interesting part of that whole article is that they're pushing Stepan to go pro.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Slats is saying all the right things.

What he does come July 1st will probably be a completely different story.

Had to share this thread. Responses to this NY Post story made me LOL - especially this one.

http://rangerland.net/forum/index.ph...dpost&p=351620

[CanoForPresident]

Had to share this thread. Responses to this NY Post story made me LOL - especially this one.

http://rangerland.net/forum/index.ph...dpost&p=351620

That post and the first response to it pretty much sum up life in Rangerland

[RhodyYanksFan]

http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=531153&navid=DL|NYR|home

Zuccarello Aasen responds to fans

On the day Zuccarello Aasen agreed to terms with the Rangers, we invited fans to submit questions for him here on newyorkrangers.com, and he was gracious enough to respond to a few that we passed along to him. Here are those questions and his answers:

Kevin D. from Long Island asks:

What do you think will be the biggest adjustment you have to make playing in the NHL?

Zuccarello Aasen's response:

It's a higher level and it's a smaller rink and a different style of play, so I will have to learn how to play the Rangers game. I'll have to learn how they want to play hockey and I have to learn that as fast as possible. I guess it's maybe just the speed and the smaller rink that will be the biggest things. There's a lot of physical play, too, of course, but it's physical everywhere now, so I'm not going to worry about my ability to handle that part of the game. I'm going there more to make plays and play hockey, not to be the one making big hits.

[RhodyYanksFan]

They're still doing their 20 prospects in 20 days:

Evgeny Grachev

Carl Hagelin

Roman Horak

[RhodyYanksFan]

Chad Johnson is today's 20 in 20.

As a first-year pro this past season, Johnson's wait for his first NHL start could be measured in months -- just over two, to be exact.

Coming out of his first NHL training camp, where he was impressive in two preseason games, Johnson was assigned to the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack. By Dec. 3, he was back up with the Blueshirts and would spend much of the next three months serving as Henrik Lundqvist's primary backup with the Rangers.

It was a great 2009-10 run for a 6-foot-3, 200-pound goalie just one season removed from his four-year collegiate career at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, where he was the CCHA Player of the Year and a Hobey Baker finalist with the Nanooks as a senior. Originally picked by Pittsburgh, No. 125 overall, in the fifth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, Johnson was traded to the Rangers for a fifth-round draft pick during the 2009 draft at Montreal. Rangers scouts, who had seen Johnson perform in college, were very happy to make the deal.

[SLURPEE]

E.J Hradek reports Derek Stepan will sign a contract with the Rangers.

[CanoForPresident]

E.J Hradek reports Derek Stepan will sign a contract with the Rangers.

TOLD YOU MOTHER ................ERS!

Have to think McDonagh isn't far behind now.

[RhodyYanksFan]

E.J Hradek reports Derek Stepan will sign a contract with the Rangers.

[CanoForPresident]

Down the middle in 2 years...

Richards
Stepan
Anisimov
Who gives a f*ck

[RhodyYanksFan]

Down the middle in 2 years...

Richards
Stepan
Anisimov
Who gives a f*ck

No Grachev?

[CanoForPresident]

No Grachev?

Not a center.

Hes played LW for the last 2 seasons. I think he'd be a better fit on the right side (off wing) so he can get a better angle to the net and give us some much needed depth at that position.

[dabomb2045]

Down the middle in 2 years...

Richards
Stepan
Anisimov
Who gives a f*ck

First time I've smiled about anything Rangers related in awhile

[b_joseph]

Nice to hear..Gonna be interesting to se how he does in the AHL.

How long is Gabby with us btw? Will he be around for Stepan and the hopeful next wave?

[RhodyYanksFan]

Not a center.

Hes played LW for the last 2 seasons. I think he'd be a better fit on the right side (off wing) so he can get a better angle to the net and give us some much needed depth at that position.

Oh I thought he was staying at C.

How about a line of Grachev - Richards - Gaborik

Gabby is signed through 2013-2014.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/team.php?team=NYR

[CanoForPresident]

Oh I thought he was staying at C.

How about a line of Grachev - Richards - Gaborik

Gabby is signed through 2013-2014.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/team.php?team=NYR

I don't like the idea of playing Richards with Gaborik, kinda seems like we'd be shooting our wad on one line right?

We gotta get Richards here before any of this can really be discussed though.

[RhodyYanksFan]

I don't like the idea of playing Richards with Gaborik, kinda seems like we'd be shooting our wad on one line right?

We gotta get Richards here chore through next season before any of this can really be discussed though.

Fixed.

[CanoForPresident]

Rangers have signed Derek Stepan

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/slapsh...2nVZQoEuc88fkK

[SLURPEE]

I rather him start in the AHL rather than the WHL.

[CanoForPresident]

Yeah I have no idea why Brooksie keeps beating that drum.

If he doesn't make the NHL squad, he'll be in the A. Having him go to the dub makes no sense what so ever.

[SLURPEE]

Any chance that a year from now we're talking about Kreider signing?

[RhodyYanksFan]

Anyone think it's worth trying to trade down in the draft if it means getting rid of Redden? If Slats can do Redden & our 10th for the Sharks 28th pick (they lost an old D man already this year), would you do it?

[CanoForPresident]

Anyone think it's worth trying to trade down in the draft if it means getting rid of Redden? If Slats can do Redden & our 10th for the Sharks 28th pick (they lost an old D man already this year), would you do it?

No. Why do that when you can waive him for free?

[RhodyYanksFan]

No. Why do that when you can waive him for free?

I don't know the ins and outs of the cap. If they waive him after camp, and he clears waivers he's done? Is there an automatic buyout at that point or do they still pay him but it's not a cap hit anymore?

[CanoForPresident]

I don't know the ins and outs of the cap. If they waive him after camp, and he clears waivers he's done? Is there an automatic buyout at that point or do they still pay him but it's not a cap hit anymore?

No, but he can decline the demotion and void his contract.

Or he can play the rest of his days in Hartford, collect his money and not count against the cap.

I'm not about giving up valuable assets just to get rid of a bad contract. We're not in a position to do that.

Any chance that a year from now we're talking about Kreider signing?

I think so. When he does sign I think he'll skip the AHL all together, hes physically ready to play in the NHL right now.

[CanoForPresident]

Pavel Valentenko, the other prospect we got in the Gomez deal, is set to return to North America next year

http://twitter.com/dchesnokov/status/16418889925

He went totally under the radar. He played some in the AHL before headed back to Russia because he felt like he would never get a fair shot with the Habs.

Hed be the prefect fit for the bottom pair. He as a ton of sandpaper in his game and has a bomb of a shot that has been clocked repeatedly over 100 MPH. He won't put up many points despite that, but the dude can hammer it.


If/When we get McDonagh signed, it'll give us a ton of depth and potential at the position in the pro ranks, and perhaps even more on the way depending on what we do in the draft.

[dabomb2045]

Do you think Stepan and McDonagh (if signed) have a chance to make the team? How about Grachev or Sangs?

[CanoForPresident]

Steps will have to have one hell of a camp to make the team, Ditto Grach. I think with Steps its really a matter of how much he matures this off season physically.

I think that McDonagh, Valentenko, Sanguinetti, Sauer, Gilroy, Redden, etc. will all be battling for the bottom two spots in camp.

Valentenko has some pro experience so he might get the nod over most, if not all of those guys but it'll be interesting to see if the Rangers go with two rookies on D again. Granted, lets say hypothetically that McDonagh and Valentenko make the team next year, it'd be different than Gilroy and Del Zotto making the team this past season since McD and PV are both defense first guys, but we'd still have to live with the mistakes that they'll make.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Any way we can figure a deal to pick off Dustin Byfuglien from Chicago and their cap woes or is he an untouchable for them?

[CanoForPresident]

Any way we can figure a deal to pick off Dustin Byfuglien from Chicago and their cap woes or is he an untouchable for them?

I think he, Versteeg and Ladd are all available.

Byufglien is the one I'd want the least of those 3.

[RhodyYanksFan]

I think he, Versteeg and Ladd are all available.

Byufglien is the one I'd want the least of those 3.

Because of the money? I have a man-crush on him.

[CanoForPresident]

Because of the money? I have a man-crush on him.

Yeah and I think a lot of what he does is because of the talent around him.

Hes a great fit and complementary player on the Hawks, much like Holmstrom has been with Detroit but he wouldn't get it done with us.


Versteeg would be sort of redundant as well but hes got some untapped ability. Ladd would fill a huge need for this team.

[RhodyYanksFan]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?team=nyr

Rangers 2010-2011 schedule. I try to get to one game a year, usually on a Saturday night because that's the only feasible time for me to get there. Guess what - one home Saturday game all year and it's the season finale.