Free agency very tricky for Rangers

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 Free agency very tricky for Rangers
The Rangers hit the free agent market at noon Monday with their best player (Jaromir Jagr), their top defenseman (Michal Rozsival) and their catalyzing antagonist (Sean Avery) open for business. Jagr's exit would leave the most gaping hole. [link]

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Round and round it will go...
Published 7/1/2008 by Dave & Aziz at NJ.com blog: Rangers
... this period of time could change the Rangers' look, and significantly. Gone could be Avery, Jagr and Rozsival, and they could either be replaced by names like Campbell, Hossa and Sundin, or Sanguinetti and Korpikoski. That's why this free agent period is so different from last year: last offseason you knew who the core was going to be -- Jagr, Straka, Shanny -- but this time it could be different. Very different. This is all to say that we agree with John Dellapina, who writes that the team's decisions over the next 48 hours or so will be tricky , and have long-term impact. ...

Nothing's free about free agency
Published 7/1/2008 by jim at Hockeybird.com
... . Get over it, big guy. You sucked in the second half last season. He's a good guy though, so best of luck. John Dellapina reports that the Rangers extended qualifying offers to Nigel Dawes, Freddy Sjostrom, and Hugh Jessiman (what's the point?). By the way, I am never referring to Hugh by name again. Anytime you read 'Superbust', you know who I am talking about (unless Sanguinetti and Cherepanov never make it, because then I'll have to call them 'Superbust II', 'Superbust III', etc. Actually, Montoya would probably already be 'Superbust II', no?) Anyway, it's going to be ...

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