Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars: The Morning After
Hockey Wilderness — ... G A P +/- PIM 2008 - Marian Gaborik 11 7 18 2 2 Look at those ...

The Ultimate Game Day Preview: Nashville @ Minnesota
On the Forecheck — ...  is their best two-way player, a legitimate Selke candidate who also has 63 points on the season. Gaborik can play like a bolt of lightning, but is constantly hobbled by groin and hip injuries.  ...

To Sign or Not to Sign, That is the Question
Hockey Wilderness — ... Marian Gaborik #10 / Right Wing / Minnesota Wild Height: 6-1 Weight: 199 Born: Feb 14, 1982 ...

Kings Off-Season Preview: Major Addition
Battle of California — ... 2008 - Marian Gaborik 17 13 10 23 3 2 2 1 2 0 68 19.1 The most important number with regards to ...

Escape from SoFla? Not so fast: Jacques Martin's sunset on Sunrise may say more about Panthers' intentions
Litter Box Cats — ... 's ex-coach/defensive mastermind Jacques Lemaire and sniper Marian Gaborik. On any other club Gabby's a dozen points higher by years' end - every year's end - regardless of the inevitable and expected groin injuries to the porcelain superstar. Make it eighteen points once he's outfitted with suitable linemates. In any event, he wasn't remaining with the club until a more offensive-minded coaching staff is installed. And even that may not be enough. ...

An Offseason of Opportunity
Blueshirt Banter — ... Look, although it may sound that I'm more worried than excited with what Sather does to this roster over the next three months, it's quite the opposite. The fact of the matter is that the Rangers have their core players for the coming seasons; for better or worse. For Glen Sather, this offseason should be about finding the best players for the least amount of money. Sure, every Ranger fan would love Mike Knuble, Marian Gaborik, and Marian Hossa (a little shot at Joe there), but in all reality they are not the answer if you ask me. This ...

Heatley Could Be Moved Sooner Rather Than Later
Blueshirt Banter — ... Those who question his character have good reason. But the Rangers have put themselves in a situation where their won't be a perfect solution. Heatley has a big contract and has demanded trades from two teams. But then again, Marian Gaborik has a ticking time bomb for a groin and a deal with him could be even more worthless than ...

The NHL Awards Show - Winners and Losers
Canes Country — ... I give this award every year to Marian Gaborik, until he proves me wrong.  This guy allows a groin injury to sideline him all season.   ...

The History of all Other First Round 28th Overall Picks of the NHL Draft
Second City Hockey — ... thanks Wikipedia. also, Pavel Vorobiev - RW (11th From Canucks) The Hawks also had the rights to the Canucks first round pick that year - they used it to pick another real winner in Vorobiev who did have 25 points in 57 games but left to return to Russia after claiming that Americans, and the Blackhawks especially, had a bias against Russians.  Sure, whatever you say Comrade Other notable first-rounders.  Rick DiPietro, Dany Heatley and Marian Gaborik were taken 1-2-3 by the Islanders, Thrashers and Wild.  ...

Gaborik Buys a House in Vancouver?
Nucks Misconduct — ... in the beautiful southern interior of BC, but also that Marian Gaborik has bought a house in Vancouver. A few things (regarding Gaborik): ...

Top Avs Of All Time: #4 Adam Foote
Mile High Hockey — ... But even with the missed time, Foote could always be counted on for his solid positioning, his scrappy demeanor and his tough love leadership style as a long-time alternate captain for the Avs (and captain for the Blue Jackets).  Consistently on the ice with the opposition's top line, Foote was feared around the league for years as the guy most able to disarm the other team's best scorers.  In recent years, his complete and total ownage of Marian Gaborik in the 2007-08 playoffs (one assist in six games, Colorado beat the ...

Thursday Links
St. Louis Game Time — ... ... [ESPN] ... and goalies. [ESPN] Chris Chelios: You're done. Take the hint. [ESPN] Draft storylines that don't have to do with young boys. [ESPN] Alex Daigle is John Tavares and Victor Hedman is Chris Pronger? Interesting comparison. [TSN] Should Eric Lindros be in the Hall of Fame? As long as his bust has little birdies flying around his head, I'll vote yes. [Puck Daddy] Marian Gaborik is tight with Pavol Demitra and is home shopping in ...

Minnesota Wild 2009 NHL Draft: The Morning After
Hockey Wilderness — ... The sales calls will soon go out fast and furious. The Wild is going to advertise the arena, the passionate Minnesota fan base and the offensive -- stress on the word offensive -- system that will be installed by a young, innovative coach. Free agency opens Wednesday, and Leipold says the Wild has the loot to throw at upper-echelon players. "We want to be a team that's competing next year and we're going to have money available to sign one of those top guys, and I'm including Marian Gaborik in that," Leipold said. "Gaborik can still be the guy. If not, ...

2009 NHL Free Agency: Minnesota Wild Needs v. Wants
Hockey Wilderness — ... It's the most wonderful time of the year! Every team can improve in a hurry through free agency. Sure, the draft is sexy and fun. It's nice to look at the new models and dream about what could be, but when it comes down to it, that's more of a pipe dream. When you really want to see the future, you look at July 1st. Pending UFAs: Marian Gaborik, Stephane Veilleux, Krystopher Kolanos, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Kurtis Foster, Martin Skoula, Tomas Mojzis, Nolan Schaefer Pending RFAs: Dan ...

2009 Free Agency: Where the Canucks stand
Nucks Misconduct — ... Potential targets: The Sedins are the X factor. If they stay, I can see a run at maybe one high end forward like Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Martin Havlat, Marian Gaborik or Alex Tanguay. Middle range guys like Kyle Calder or Erik Cole could be targeted as well. Cheaper pivot options like Nik Antropov, Manny Malhotra or Samuel Pahlsson could work on the second line at the right price. On defense, you'll hear rumblings about Scott Niedermayer but maybe (hopefully?) a stronger ...

Kings Free Agency Cheat Sheet
Battle of California — ... Here's a quick look at what the Kings will be doing for free agency.  Glance over it, print it out, and throw it in your wallet to show ladies.  It's a great conversation starter!* RK: Hey, don't you think signing Marian Gaborik would be cool? Woman: *throws drink in my face   Pending UFA's: Derek Armstrong, Kyle Calder (hooray!), Denis Gauthier (double hooray!) Pending RFA's: Jack Johnson, Ted ...

NHL Free Agency: Cheat Sheet for the Hawks
Second City Hockey — ... Potential targets:  As said above - Havlat should be the main target.  Try to get him to a one-year deal or something ridiculously low long term.  The one year thing is more likely, if anything is.  If you can't there are options.  One might be a one-year deal to Marian Gaborik thought taking a gamble with another injury prone winger might not be the best option. There isn't a lot since the Hawks can really only offer the one-year deal.  Check out Mirtle's list of ...

2009 NHL Free Agency: What the Ottawa Senators need
Silver Seven — ... cap), and possibly a top-flite defenceman if one's available--and that all depends on what comes back in any Heatley trade. Potential targets: Marian Hossa*: Hossa will likely re-sign with the Red Wings, or find a lucrative offer than something the Senators can afford. Still, if he's somehow able to fit under the Senators' salary structure, he's an immediate improvement in the Senators' scoring depth. Marian Gaborik*: See above; it's pretty much the same ...

Heatley Is The Sniper The Rangers Need
Blueshirt Banter — ... as to why Murray has been unable to establish fair value for Heatley: Heatley made his trade demand public He has a large contract w/ over $30 million remaining, in a recession that is a very bad thing (obviously). His contract eliminates a number of trading partners due to it's sheer size. The $7.5 million cap hit is too much for many teams to accommodate Alternatives, why pay more when Marian Gaborik, Marian Hossa, and the Sedin Twins are avialable ...

Top 30 Unrestricted Free Agents 15-1
Die By The Blade — ... Marian Gaborik #10 / Right Wing / Minnesota Wild Height: 6-1 Weight: 199 Born: Feb 14, 1982 ...

Beyond the Wildnerness: Free Agency Edition
Hockey Wilderness — ... While Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher and agent Ron Salcer had a lengthy conversation Tuesday, it's unclear as to whether Fletcher extended an 11th-hour contract offer to Marian Gaborik. What is clear is that Gaborik will hit the free-agent market at ...

Where Vancouver Stands Now
Nucks Misconduct — ... lots of names are still out there. On defense there's still guys like Derek Morris, Paul Mara, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Francois Beauchemin and Jordan Leopold (come on back to the NW sir!). Up front there's still some potential deals to be made with Kyle Calder, Travis Moen, Ruslan Fedotenko, Mikael Samuelsson, Manny Malhotra and Jason Williams. Or larger gambles on Nik Antropov, Saku Koivu, Marian Gaborik, Martin Havlat, Brian Gionta and Alex ...

2009 NHL Free Agent Tracker: Four Habs Signings and Big Hossa Deal Highlight Day 1
Habs Eyes On The Prize — ... For Minnesota Wild forward Marian Gaborik has found a new home with the New York Rangers. The often injured Gaborik breaks the bank with a five year contract, paying him $7.5M per season. ...

RANGERS NEWS: GABORIK SIGNS WITH RANGERS
Blueshirt Banter — ...   As per TSN: Former Minnesota Wild winger Marian Gaborik has agreed to a five-year contract with the New York Rangers. The Slovakian forward will earn $5.75 million per year. Gaborik played his entire seven-year career with the Wild, scoring 219 goals and 437 points in 502 games. Injuries limited Gaborik to just 13 goals and 23 points in 17 games this season. Gaborik set career highs in goals (42), assists (41) and points (83) in 77 games during the 2007-2008 campaign. The ...

NHL News: Fredrik Sjostrom signs with the Calgary Flames
Blueshirt Banter — ... signing Marian Gaborik, word came down that speedster Freddie Sjostrom had agreed to a 2 year deal with the Flames for $750K per year. After speculating on our radio show that the Rangers may just be waiting to determine the market value for a player like Sjostrom, it looks like he figured it out on his own. I really thought he would sign for more than this. ...

Free Agency, day one: Florida Panthers lock up Booth
Litter Box Cats — ...   A most strange day when compared to previous free agency orgies: Not one team overspent, per season. A few years late, but the lockout finally affected managerial behavior in the NHL. The union's gotta be thrilled. As expected, the Rangers busted it up by signing Marian Gaborik for a paltry five years ($7.5M per). The Canucks held on to their dynamic Sedin duo, and Montreal made huge waves by ignoring the cap and inking everyone available (short ...

July 1 Roundup: 46 players signed, $406-million spent
From The Rink — ... Marian Gaborik, NY Rangers, five years, $7.5-million per ...

Free Agency LHinks: Neil re-signs, Moen knocking at Islanders' door?
Lighthouse Hockey — ... and Islanders fan reactions begins here and continues after the jump. Big Movers Q: How big of a tool is no-trade trade-me Dany Heatley?  A: An even bigger tool than he was the day before. You know what they used to say about types like him? "He couldn't pour water out of a boot with the directions written on the heel." Ah, but Dan(n)y is the victim. Czech and Slovak winger musical chairs: The Wild lose Marian Gaborik to the Rangers but grab Chicago's Martin ...

Day 2: 2009 NHL Free Agency Live Thread
Mile High Hockey — ... probably something about Ambien, too, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Oh wait, he also confirmed for us that Michael Vernace and Jason Bacashihua were not given qualifying offers (a bit of a head scratcher, that). Clearly, NH grows some talented Avalanche writers. Around the NW, the Canucks lost Mathias Ohlund (as expected) but retained the Sedins and still have plenty of money left over to give to Mats Sundin next February. The Wild replaced Marian Gaborik with a cheaper Martin Havlat (a move that I like). ...

NHL Free Agency - Day One Recap
Canes Country — ... refused to re-sign Marian Gaborik because of his injury issues, but replaced him with another injury prone player.  We will see what happens there. ...

Beyond the Wilderness: The Haves and the Havlat's
Hockey Wilderness — ... and team's career leader in virtually every offensive category is in fact ... history. Marian Gaborik's Wild career officially ended Wednesday night when the gamebreaker signed a five-year, $37.5 million ...

Are the Nashville Predators done with free agency?
On the Forecheck — ... (who went to Montreal for $5MM/year) and "he who shall not be named" even threw out the ridiculous notion that the Preds were looking at Marian Gaborik (who went to New York for $7.5MM/year). Sorry, but that's as absurd as the "Ovechkin to the Preds" rumor that got floated just before Ovi signed his long-term contract in Washington. ...

Rangers Updates: Marian Gaborik speaks, Rangers sign Chappell
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik spoke to the media on his first full day as a New York Ranger, Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants has the full story. Some of the highlights: Gaborik said the Rangers pursued him heavily the moment the free agent market opened. He added the Wild made no attempts once noon struck yesterday to retain him. Gaborik said he spoke to several players and ex-players about playing in New York, including current Rangers Chris Drury and Aaron Voros (his former teammate in Minnesota) ...

Atlantic Division Roundup
Broad Street Hockey — ... New York Rangers  The Blueshirts have been busy making their usual big-name, question-mark news so far.  They lost Nik Antropov, Fredrik Sjostrom, and Colton Orr while bringing in Donald Brashear and Marian Gaborik.  In the biggest news the day before FA opened, the Rangers were able to drop Scott Gomez (along with Tom Pyatt and Mike Busto) and his enormous salary ($7.3 million) and still pick up Christopher Higgins, Doug Janik, Ryan McDonagh, and ...

Marian Gaborik Highlights: Get Ready Ranger Fans
Blueshirt Banter — ... Here is a pretty good highlight film someone put together of Marian Gaborik. Please God let this man stay healthy. ...

2009 NHL Free Agency: Which teams have cash to burn?
From The Rink — ... Marian Gaborik may have gotten a deal for $7.5-million a season this summer, but about $1.5-million of that is funny money which really isn't his. And the real cap, in terms of real dollars, is actually only about $45-million. ...

Beyond the Wilderness: Saku it to me?
Hockey Wilderness — ... no decision is imminent and he’d reserve comment until "the situation is resolved." Wild waiting on decision from Saku Koivu One day after signing winger Martin Havlat to a six-year, $30 million deal, General Manager Chuck Fletcher spent much of Thursday trying to fill another significant hole in the Wild's lineup. Fletcher said "negotiations are ongoing with Saku" Gaborik turns page on his Wild years One day after his Wild career ended, Marian Gaborik turned the page and focused on his new team, the New York ...

Why the Rangers don't need Saku Koivu
Blueshirt Banter — ... to be Marian Gaborik's pivot. Just as it's prudent to 'just say no to Redden(or drugs)' please for love of Wayne leave Koivu out of it. The Rangers do not need to pursue a number one center, just as last year they didn't need to pursue an aged ...

Beyond the Wilderness: Holiday Weekend Edition
Hockey Wilderness — ... received a phone call from now-former Wild star Marian Gaborik, who not only welcomed him to hockey-mad Minnesota but offered to sell Havlat his posh downtown Minneapolis condo. ...

Ranger Analysis: Who gets the "A's", revisting a previous topic
Blueshirt Banter — ... upside would be that Avery leads by example. The downside would be that Avery leads by example. The fun part would be that I think we all know that love him or hate him, the "A" would have double meaning for Avery. Blair Betts: (If he returns) I think we all agree we love Blair Betts and what he does for the Rangers, but unfortunately you can't give the "A" to a guy that plays 8 minutes a game, less if the Rangers are staying out of the box. Marian Gaborik: The Rangers latest addition wore the Captain's ...

NHL News: Flyers Sign Pronger To 7 Year Extension
Blueshirt Banter — ... Then again, let's hope he doesn't break Marian Gaborik with a flying elbow at some point in his tenure in the Altantic Division. I guess it's good the ...

Pronger Signs 7 Year Extension With Flyers
The Manic Ranger - A New York Rangers Blog — ... Then again, let's hope he doesn't break Marian Gaborik with a flying elbow at some point in his tenure in the Altantic Division. I guess it's good the  ...

Beyond the Wilderness: Foster, Koivu and Gaborik speak
Hockey Wilderness — ... Marian Gaborik wanted to talk, wanted to say a proper goodbye to Minnesota. He walked into the lobby of the St. Paul Hotel on Wednesday wearing khaki clam-digger pants and a T-shirt, looking fit, and took a seat in the lobby. ...

Too Little, Too Late From Gaborik
Hockey Wilderness — ... , Marian Gaborik decided it was finally time to speak directly to the fans, the people who indirectly paid his millions for years. Some of my fellow ...

Friday fun: "Commando" Zach Budish, and Sully in the Soo
On the Forecheck — ... blog says "good riddance" to Marian Gaborik, the elite (but brittle) offensive dynamo who signed a contract with the ...

Rangers Salary Cap Situation
Blueshirt Banter — With the additions of Marian Gaborik, Ales Kotalik, Chris Higgins and Donald Brashear you may be wondering what the New York Rangers cap situation looks like. Well, I used CapGeek to punch in some salaries to see how close to the salary cap the Rangers are. As you'll see below, I've removed Nik Zherdev from the roster, demoted Rismiller, Arnason and Voros to the AHL and awarded Callahan ($2.3M) Dubinsky ($2M) and Korpikoski ($1.1M) new contract extensions. This leaves the Rangers a roster of 19 players about $3M under the ...

Third Worst in the West?
Hockey Wilderness — ... Who cares what a healthy Marian Gaborikcan do. He is a Ranger now. Not that it matters much, since he was barely a member of the Wild. Fletcher replaced Gaborik with a prolific scorer in ...

The 10 Most Exciting Kings, 1992-Present
Battle of California — ... Ziggy was by far the most electric player I ever saw in a Kings uniform.  You can kind of forget about him since he got hurt so much, but he really was an insanely talented player.  I think Marian Gaborik is a good comparison for Ziggy, albeit Ziggy was a little smaller.  I have a friend who used to play pick-up in El Segundo and he said Ziggy showed up once after he left the Kings and scored a goal on a slap shot from behind the red line.  He swears to this day that it was the hardest shot he's ever seen.  Plus, Ziggy celebrates ...

Ranger Analysis: Where is the Youth?
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik: No prospect can do what he will do day in and day out.   ...

Where will Tanguay land?
From The Rink — ... sense, but how about Columbus, Edmonton, Minnesota, Nashville or New Jersey?  Those six teams' ranks in goals scored last season? 17, 21, 18, 22, 24 and 14. Their additions in terms of forwards? Florida gains Steve Reinprecht, loses Richard Zednik, Ville Peltonen Columbus gains Sami Pahlsson, loses Manny Malhotra, Jason Williams, Mike Peca Edmonton gains no one, loses Ales Kotalik Minnesota gains Marty Havlat, loses Marian Gaborik Nashville gains no one, loses Vernon Fiddler, ...

Taking a look at some other opinions on Marian Gaborik
Blueshirt Banter — ... {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} So while most of us are pretty excited about the signing of Marian Gaborik, I came across a few other "sides of the story" I thought you might want to ...

All Sides in the Havlat Story are On the Record
Hockey Wilderness — ... I do not like loud mouthed athletes. I detest them. Latrell Sprewell, Randy Moss, Terrel Owens, Marian Gaborik... if they don't have something constructive to say, I wish they would just shut their yaps. ...

Rangers News: Rangers 2009-2010 Schedule Announced
Blueshirt Banter — Here is the 2009-2010 Schedule for the New York Rangers: Rangers Schedule from NHL.com Just a few notes from a quick glance: Marian Gaborik makes his MSG Debut October 3rd against Ottawa John Tavares makes his Fish Stick debut at MSG December 16th Scott Gomez returns to the Garden January 17th 7 of the Rangers last 9 games are on the road, including the season finale, the back end of a home and home with the Flyers. ...

Banterings: Zherdev saga, Dany Heatley, Gaborik and more
Blueshirt Banter — ... have been interested in Heatley since the night the Gomez deal went down, despite what you've read. I think the minute they signed Marian Gaborik, they moved on. ...

A Quick And Early Look At The Northwest Division Rivals
Nucks Misconduct — ... in those 2 defencemen. Madness I say. Up front they have a lot of young guys who may find their stride after sophomore seasons and what-not. Are they going to add Dany Heatley or not? He could change the Coilers' fortunes. Better or Worse? About the same. MINNESOTA WILD IN: F Martin Havlat, potentially F Kyle Brodziak (RFA), D Greg Zanon, G Wade Dubielwicz OUT: D Marc-Andre Bergeron, D Kurtis Foster, F Marian Gaborik, F Krys Kolanos, F Corey Locke, F Bryan ...

Is Brad Richards An Option For The Rangers?
Blueshirt Banter — ... Sure Richards is a Torts favorite and he would be a nice fit with Marian Gaborik, but it's a bad idea. Acquiring Richards spits in the face of the Rangers NY style youth movement. Brandon Dubinsky deserves a shot at pivoting Gabs, he should be given the opportunity for good of the organization. If it doesn't work out, then next summer the Rangers can look for ...

Anyone Else?
Battle of California — ... Alex Tanguy is kind of like a less extreme Marian Gaborik: he's not quite as talented, he's not quite as injury-prone, and he's not quite as desirable.  But still, he's a pretty damn good player that would fit in well with what the Kings are trying to do.  I'm not advocating a multi-year deal, but if Tanguay were to realize that he needs a one-year deal to try to establish his value then I would be acquiescent to a one-year deal of, like, $5 million dollars or so.  What the hell do I care, it's not my money.  The Kings would be tight up ...

Atlantic Division off-season midterm grades...Who's trending up, who's trending down
PensBurgh — ... player like Laperriere adds more gasoline to the fire of abrasive players that borderline harmful, given the PIMs they rack up. Excessive penalties could be the unraveling of the Flyers, given the goaltender is the biggest question mark on the team and the netminder has to be the best penalty-killer.   New York Rangers (95) Retained: Ryan Callahan (2 years, $2.3 million per) Said Hello To: Marian Gaborik (MIN), Chris Higgins (Trade - MTL), Ales Kotalik ...

The Atlantic Division's Top 10 forwards
PensBurgh — ... Gagne has some injury question marks but has made it mostly intact through three of the past four seasons.  Here's his goals/points stats in those three seasons: 47/79, 41/68, 34/70.  That's big time.  There's little doubt that when healthy, he'll fill the net. #7 - Marian Gaborik - Left Wing, New York Rangers ...

Quick Hits and Tidbits - August 10th
Canes Country — ... When the Boston Bruins traded Aaron Ward so that they could sign Derek Morris, Cory and I both questioned the move and the amount of money paid to Morris.  It seems that Adam Proteau of The Hockey News agrees as he gave the signing a "dishonorable mention" in his article titled the "Worst UFA Signings of 2009".  Number one on the list?  Nick Khabibulin.  The New York Rangers made the list three times with the signings of Marian Gaborik, Ales Kotalik, and Donald Brashear ...

More reasons to be optimistic about the upcoming Ranger season...
Blueshirt Banter — ... The most immediate inspiration for this post is the strong feeling that I have that we will see the longest, and most productive season from Marian Gaborik yet.  My other reasons for optimism are (the obvious one) the new coaching staff, and the possible chemistry of what I feel should be the second line. ...

Erratic August Thoughts
Blueshirt Banter — ...             "Why: This is a max-spending team with just one skater worthy of max money - and Marian Gaborik can't stay healthy. The ...

Ranger Analysis: Why all of the fuss over Gaborik?
Blueshirt Banter — ... made a splash in the free agency by signing Marian Gaborik to a 5 year deal work 7.5 per year. Now why everyone is under the assumption that the Rangers were stupid for signing Gaborik is anyone’s guess, but today I found something that I just cannot ignore. Thehockeynews.com writer John Grigg wrote an article that claimed that ...

Friday fun: Southern college hockey in jeopardy, Predators get no respect, and don't trust those official scorers
On the Forecheck — ... Joe Fortunato tries to sell the Marian Gaborik signing as much savvier than most people portray it. Sorry, I'm not buying! ...

Daily News: Chris Higgins comes home to firefighter dad and cop brother
Blueshirt Banter — ... While obviously Marian Gaborik is the flashy player everyone is looking forward to seeing play, I'm really excited to see Higgins with the Rangers. I think we will see big things from him. ...

Chris Drury: His team, his time
Blueshirt Banter — ... That was then, this is now. Jagr has gone off to play in the KHL, and Gomez has been traded, and while the Rangers have signed superstar Marian Gaborik, this may finally be Chris Drury's team. ...

Blueshirt Banter Musings 8.22.09
Blueshirt Banter — ... Personally I would love to see a first line of Callahan-Gomez-Parise. I would love to see Callahan and Parise on a line together. Say what you want about Parise he is a hell of a hockey player and quite the goal scorer. Not as good as Marian Gaborik but that is a different argument for a different day. ...

Ranger Analysis: Where is Dubinsky?
Blueshirt Banter — ... on the home front, and to be honest I can't figure out why. It has been exactly 121 days since the New York Rangers 2008-2009 season ended with a 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals. In those 122 days the Rangers have traded Scott Gomez and acquired Chris Higgins and Ryan McDonagh. The Rangers said goodbye to Nik Antropov and Nik Zherdev. The Rangers drafted Ray Bourque's son along with Chris Kreider and Ethan Werek. They have signed Marian Gaborik, Ales Kotalik, Donald Brashear and Vinnie ...

Rangers News: Rangers host "Meet the Blueshirts" season kickoff event
Blueshirt Banter — ... Theater Lobby on Wednesday, September 2nd at 7PM New York, August 31, 2009 - New York Rangers season subscribers will have the chance to get up close and personal with the 2009-2010 New York Rangers as they prepare for the upcoming season.  On Wednesday, September 2nd from 7 to 9p.m. at the Madison Square Garden Theater Lobby, Rangers Captain Chris Drury will introduce fans to some of the exciting additions to the Rangers' roster including Marian Gaborik, Christopher Higgins, Donald Brashear and ...

2009 Buffalo Sabres Fantasy Preview
Die By The Blade — ... +Marian Gaborik). The belief that if he stays healthy he could post big numbers. No chance! Two seasons ago, I made the decision that I could live with no regret when Connolly does have his healthy season (and he will have an 80 game season), because I will not have to deal with the headaches of the other 6-7 where he doesn't. I love his game, but unless he borrows  ...

Summer Hockey Fill: Get to know the Minnesota Wild
Blueshirt Banter — ... Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} BSB: The injuries to Marian Gaborik are well documented, but after Gaborik left to sign with ...

Better Know an NHL Blog: Blueshirt Banter Edition
Hockey Wilderness — ... hockey decided to do our best Colbert Report impression and devise our own "Better know an NHL Blog." We've paired up with another blog and have exchanged a couple questions to really get to gist of what the other fanbase is thinking about their squad. Of course it wouldn't be Wild hockey without a cruel twist of fate. And yes, we were paired with Jim and the excellent crew over at Blueshirt Banter, the  blog for the New York Rangers and Marian Gaborik. You can check out their questions for me and my answers over at ...

Rangers News: Sounds like Marian Gaborik is healthy, and ready to go
Blueshirt Banter — ... Andrew Gross over at Ranger Rants was able to talk to Marian Gaborik at the MSG Practice Facility, and here is some of what Gabby had to say: ...

2009 Minnesota Wild Fantasy Preview
Hockey Wilderness — ... . It is funny that as the Wild sent founding member Marian Gaborik on his way, that he would be replaced by the other founding member and a player just as injury prone in ...

Saying goodbye to summer, and hello to hockey
Blueshirt Banter — In some ways, the summer has gone very fast, and in others, not fast enough. I can't wait to have other things to talk about besides Brandon Dubinsky, Dany Heatley, Nikolai Zherdev, and Marian Gaborik's creaky crotch. I can't wait to talk about who Avery's ticked off, how Chris Higgins is becoming a star, and Lundqvist being the lead candidate for the Vezina. I can't wait for the daily debate that will take place on Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, and Chris Drury. I can't wait to hear ...

View From The Frontier - Season Warm Up
Hockey Wilderness — ... era begins in earnest and while the exhilarating frustration of Marian Gaborik goes off to New York City, a lot of the same issues may dog the Wild this year.  Thankfully, this is where new head coach Todd Richards comes into play.  It's somewhat difficult to guess what the Richards reign will bring about, but there's one thing that's been guaranteed from those who have watched his teams in the AHL: ...

Rangers Analysis: 5 issues the Rangers face heading into training camp
Blueshirt Banter — ... has been mentioned) at the point. With the additions of Kotalik, Chris Higgins, Vinny Prospal, and of course Marian Gaborik, there will be no excuse for an unimproved power play. ...

How the Conferences Shake Down
Blueshirt Banter — ... The Rangers:  New York can only improve with the additions they have made on the offensive end.  The defense has a solid top four.  Redden and Roszival will get better numbers under Torterella.  I know this is being very optimistic but with a 3 time Vezina Finalist in net and a "healthy" Marian Gaborik. The Rangers are a threat for the division. ...

Erik Johnson: The World's Hardest Dick (continued)
St. Louis Game Time — ... The woman behind the desk swiveled and uncrossed her long tan legs as she rose to greet me; that was strictly for my benefit, and, let me tell you, I was one lucky boy.  True, she had hair the color of underwear skid marks, but she had more curves then a year’s supply of Marian Gaborik’s sticks. ...

Rangers News: Rangers go to camp
Blueshirt Banter — ... after the jump! Here is the tentative schedule of events (Thanks to Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants) Day 1 (tomorrow): meeting at 7 a.m. and then into medicals. On ice for sprint testing - three-lap sprints with the players broken into groups repeated six times with the rope (check yesterday's stories, blogs, tweets) stretched to 150 feet. Sprints should be in the 40-second range. Three-mile run in the evening except for players such as Ales Kotalik and Marian Gaborik who are being protected against potential injury such as ...

Rangers News: Gaborik does not skate at opening day of training camp
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik went through the medical testing today but did not participate in the sprint tests. Gaborik has taken part in some of the ...

NHL News Around SBN
Nucks Misconduct — -The Heatley saga finally, mercifully ends and now we have to put up with him more often. Heatley to San Jose for Milan Michalek, Jonathan Cheechoo and a 2nd round pick. (Battle Of California) and (Silver Seven). Is this the shakeup move the Sharks needed to get over that playoff hump? -No sprinting or skating for Marian Gaborik on day 1 of Rangers training camp. They are calling it precautionary. Yeah, you don't throw a crystal wine glass into an empty sink without breaking it. (Blueshirt ...

Rangers Training Camp Updates: Alexei Semenov invited to camp, Gaborik sits
Blueshirt Banter — ... skate yet but I can report he's tall, about 6-5. The Rangers were looking for a veteran who could compete for that sixth or seventh blue-line spot, a la Jason Strudwick. Kyle McLaren was originally invited but was forced to bow out due to injury. And a few things from Andrew off the "tweets": Enver Lisin on Torts "encouraging" players as they skate: "It helps because on the ice you are out of your mind." No Marian Gaborik on the ice for the second straight day. Like yesterday, ...

Tuesday links: New faces in camp, Petr Sykora to tryout for Wild, Tyler Kennedy looking for promotion
PensBurgh — ... are treating Marian Gaborik like the fragile piece of glass that he is.  Even coach John Tortorella said Gaborik is "tender."  Puck hasn't even dropped on the preseason and already Gabby is skipping out on team drills and getting looked over by doctors.  Oh New York, New York.  [ ...

Tuesday links: How much longer until the regular season starts edition
St. Louis Game Time — ... might have a shot at playing in the NHL this season.(Thanks to Susie) [ajc.com] TSN releases its fantasy hockey rankings. Shockingly, Sidney Crosby is not No. 1. [TSN] Andreas Lilja is going to be out for some time. I know he's a Red Wing, but damn, PCS (post concussion syndrome, not Poor College Student) sucks. [Winging It In Motown] Dennis Seidenberg has been signed by the Panthers. [TSN] Marian Gaborik has a sore groin. He's day to day. Who had Day fucking 1 ...

Rangers News: Rangers trim training camp roster by 20-NY Rangers Press Release
Blueshirt Banter — ... Michael Del Zotto, Matt Gilroy, Dan Girardi, Ilkka Heikkinen, Corey Potter, Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, Bobby Sanguinetti, Alexei Semenov, Marc Staal Forwards:          Artem Anisimov, Tyler Arnason, Sean Avery, Brian Boyle, Donald Brashear, Dane Byers, Ryan Callahan, Paul Crowder, Chris Drury, Marian Gaborik, Evgeny Grachev, Christopher Higgins, Ales Kotalik, ...

A Little More About Matt Gilroy
Blueshirt Banter — ... , he scored a goal in the third period that looked like something you'd expect out of superstar forward Marian Gaborik. ...

Rangers News: Thoughts from Coach Tortorella on first cuts
Blueshirt Banter — ... I think everyone knew this, but Marian Gaborik will not play tonight, but may see the ice tomorrow against the Chowds. ...

Rangers News: Rangers trim roster to 25 players
Blueshirt Banter — ... Michael Del Zotto, Matt Gilroy, Dan Girardi, Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, Bobby Sanguinetti, Alexei Semenov, Marc Staal Forwards:              Artem Anisimov, Sean Avery, Brian Boyle, Donald Brashear, Ryan Callahan, Chris Drury, Brandon Dubinsky, Marian Gaborik, Evgeny Grachev, Christopher Higgins, Ales Kotalik, Enver Lisin, P.A. Parenteau, ...

Rangers Analysis: Putting the Lines together: Forward Edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... The biggest question since we signed Marian Gaborik this summer was did we have anyone that was capable of being an adequate center for him.  Well, that is the biggest question other than could or would he stay healthy.  What is sometimes forgotten is that the talent level of our centers while maybe not prototypical number 1 center material is at least equivalent in potential to what surrounded Gaborik in Minnesota.  For a while I had assumed that Dubinsky would be the player that got the shot with Gaborik more out of a lack of other options ...

The Official "On the Forecheck" Fantasy Hockey League draft is complete
On the Forecheck — ... Caps Fan #8 1. (3) Sidney Crosby - C 2. (22) Marian Gaborik - RW 3. (27) Dion Phaneuf - ...

Predictions sure to go wrong: 2009-10 Western Conference preview
PensBurgh — ... 4g, 0a] 9. Minnesota Wild Outlook: Long last, the days of trap hockey are done in Minnesota. With Chuck Fletcher and Todd Richards about to take what they learned in Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and San Jose, expect the Wild to start playing a more aggressive brand of hockey. Through free agency they swapped high-profile European oft-injured skill wingers welcoming Martin Havlat and bidding farewell to Marian Gaborik. How they could make this prediction ...

Rangers News: Updates on Avery, Gaborik, and tonight's game
Blueshirt Banter — ... From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: (click link for full story) No real update on Sean Avery yet. He left the ice and went to have his right knee examined and tested by the Rangers assistant team doctor, Dr. Anthony Maddalo. Avery was to have played tonight. Instead, Aaron Voros will take his place on Artem Anisimov's left wing along with Ryan Callahan. And now that Marian Gaborik is in tonight's lineup against the Red Wings - his first preseason game after experiencing ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers defeat Red Wings 4-2
Blueshirt Banter — ... New Roman","serif";} POST-GAME QUOTES John Tortorella on tonight's game... "I thought we played a really good first period and probably played one of our worst periods in the second, but we found a way to win. Third period I thought we grinded it pretty well but still struggled with turnovers. They had more NHL players in there. It was good for our guys to play against (them)."   John Tortorella on Marian Gaborik... "I thought he did some good things. Obviously, you ...

Tuesday's news: Bouillon added to the Predators mix as sore groins plague the NHL
On the Forecheck — ... site. Sometimes when people try to appear witty, they cross the line of good taste. King just what the doctor ordered - The Globe and Mail About the only thing that has gone right for the Phoenix Coyotes lately is their hiring of Dave King as assistant coach. He's a long-time NHL'er who should be a stabilizing force during this turbulent time. Gaborik has healthy debut - The Battle of New York Rangers fans rejoice in the fact that Marian Gaborik played an entire pre-season game. Wild Players ...

Rangers News: Roster Update
Blueshirt Banter — ... Lundqvist, Steve Valiquette Defense:          Michael Del Zotto, Matt Gilroy, Dan Girardi, Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, Bobby Sanguinetti, Alexei Semenov, Marc Staal Forwards:         Artem Anisimov, Sean Avery, Brian Boyle, Donald Brashear, Ryan Callahan, Chris Drury, Brandon Dubinsky, Marian Gaborik, Evgeny Grachev, Christopher Higgins, Ales Kotalik, ...

Daily Links: Wild cut 7; Cuma to Juniors; Koivu frustrated with injury; Havlat interview and more
Hockey Wilderness — ... game last night in Nationwide Arena, it was the Blue Jackets' No. 1 line -- Brassard, flanked by wingers Kristian Huselius and Rick Nash -- who gave a small but throaty crowd of 10,058 much to cheer during a 5-1 Blue Jackets victory over the Minnesota Wild. Gaborik proves to be worth the wait for Rangers - NHL.com - In The Spotlight In two quick plays Monday night at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers got a glimpse of exactly what Marian Gaborik can do for them. ...

2009-10 New York Rangers Season Preview
Blueshirt Banter — ... ineptitude again betrayed them, and the Capitals came roaring back to take the series in 7 games. The obvious bright spot last season was the birth of Blueshirt Banter, the SBNation Community for the New York Rangers, on March 19th, 2009. Who's In: The Rangers turned over a huge part of their roster, as the team is remade to fit Tortorella's style.  You may want to grab a cup of coffee and settle in, this is going to be a long list. Marian Gaborik (RW, free agent signing) ...

2009-10 NHL Season Preview: New York Rangers
From The Rink — ... Who's in: Tyler Arnason, Brian Boyle, Donald Brashear, Marian Gaborik, Matt Gilroy, Christopher Higgins, Ales Kotalik, Enver Lisin, Vinny Prospal Who's out: Nik Antropov, Blair Betts, Scott Gomez, Doug Janik, Lauri Korpikoski, Paul Mara, Derek Morris, Markus Naslund, Colton Orr, Patrick Rissmiller, Fredrik Sjostrom, Nikolai Zherdev Outlook: Another off-season, another overhaul for ...

SBNation NHL Season Preview: Your 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings
Battle of California — ... Surprise, cockfags!  SBNation has been running season previews for every team in the league, and now it's Los Angeles' turn.  Read this and then head over to Blueshirt Banter to hear how the Rangers aren't completely screwed paying Chris Drury, Wade Redden and Marian Gaborik $21 million dollars a season the next 3 seasons... haha just kidding, they're screwed.   2008-09 Season Review:   Drew ...

Daily Links: NHL.com Wild Season Previews; Cal Clutterbuck; Brent Burns and more.
Hockey Wilderness — ... franchise, Jacques Lemaire, is gone. Same for the club's first and only general manager, Doug Risebrough. The last remaining original Wild player, Marian Gaborik, also left. And the Wild's current regime is ready to -- gasp! -- open the throttle. ...

Blueshirt Banter talks with Rangers radio analyst Dave Maloney
Blueshirt Banter — ... there was any lingering effect. Brandon Dubinsky had a plan, he and his people thought he was worth, and how he was going to go about doing it. One on hand, you give the kid credit for having a set of "cojones" to take the stance that he did, because at the end of the day, he got himself two years at $1.85, and that's not such a bad deal for a kid coming off an entry level contract, who has had the fortune to play with Jaromir Jagr, and will probably get the opportunity to play with Marian Gaborik. It's good to have him back ...

Rangers Analysis: Updates on today's skate
Blueshirt Banter — ... Zotto, don't quote me but I think Del Zotto might just make this team out of camp. Just a guess, he is my dark hose pick. On Lundqvist: Also, it appears Henrik Lundqvistwill play the full 60 minutes (or longer) both tomorrow and Sunday in the preseason finale at Washington. Gross also put up the line combinations from today's skate: This morning's lines and defense pairings: Enver Lisin-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik Christopher Higgins-Brandon Dubinsky-Ryan ...

2009-10 Minnesota Wild Season Preview
Hockey Wilderness — ... December was the worst month in the short history of the Minnesota Wild, and paired with the increased expectations based upon the start to the season, and the continued injuries to Marian Gaborik, set in motion the beginning of the end for Doug Risebrough and Jacques Lemaire. ...

2009-10 NHL Season Preview: Minnesota Wild
From The Rink — ... Who's in: Kyle Brodziak, Martin Havlat, Shane Hnidy, Petr Sykora, Greg Zanon Who's out: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Kurtis Foster, Dan Fritsche, Marian Gaborik, Martin Skoula, Stephane Veilleux Outlook: Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE ...

Rangers News: Bobby Sanguinetti Assigned to Hartford
Blueshirt Banter — ... Henrik Lundqvist, Steve Valiquette Defense:           Michael Del Zotto, Matt Gilroy, Dan Girardi, Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, Alexei Semenov, Marc Staal Forwards:         Artem Anisimov, Sean Avery, Brian Boyle, Donald Brashear, Ryan Callahan, Chris Drury, Brandon Dubinsky, Marian Gaborik, Evgeny Grachev, Christopher Higgins, Ales ...

Rangers Pregame: Lines for tonight
Blueshirt Banter — I think Steve Zipay had these as well, but from Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants, here are the expected lines to start things off tonight: I figured I would put this in a brand new thread, since it overshadowed poor Bobby Sanguinetti. Offense Christopher Higgins-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik Enver Lisin-Brandon Dubinsky-Ryan Callahan Evgeny Grachev-Chris Drury-Ales Kotalik Donald Brashear-Artem Anisimov-Aaron ...

Game Day Open Thread - Capitals @ Rangers
Japers' Rink — ... Quintin Laing-Jay Beagle-Brandon Sugden Defense: Jeff Schultz-Karl Alzner; John Erskine-Mike Green; Tyler Sloan-Milan Jurcina Rangers lineup Goal: Henrik Lundqvist, Forwards: Christopher Higgins-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik, Enver Lisin-Brandon Dubinsky-Ryan Callahan, ...

Recap: Rangers 3, Capitals 2
Japers' Rink — ... If Marian Gaborik's groin can hold up on MSG's ice, he'll have a huge year. But it won't, so he won't. ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers defeat Capitals 3-2
Blueshirt Banter — ... After a scoreless first period, Marian Gaborik opened the game's scoring with an unassisted shorthanded goal in the opening minute of the middle frame; He finished the contest with a game-high, two goals and three points, and now has four points (two goals and two assists) in two pre-season games; Gaborik also registered a team-high, four shots on net and logged 19:41 of icetime, a team-high among forwards. ...

Rangers Recap: Capitals 4 Rangers 3
Blueshirt Banter — ... at center and Marian Gaborik on the right. "We didn’t support our goalie and didn’t have enough shots. Then we got our (butts) kicked between periods." ...

Evgeny Grachev reassigned to Hartford Wolf Pack
Blueshirt Banter — ... - which means reassignment if done later on can be done without waivers. This leaves the Rangers with 13 forwards: Marian Gaborik, ...

Predictions sure to go wrong: 2009-10 Eastern Conference preview (part 1)
PensBurgh — ... How they could make this prediction wrong: Marian Gaborik, though immensely skilled, has been impossible to keep healthy, with a history of hip and groin problems. Throw in that Madison Square Garden has some of the league's choppiest and worst rated ice and there's a recipe of disaster to be found. If Gaborik stays healthy, he'll pot 40+ goals and the Rangers are in the post-season. However if he doesn't play 40 games, their offense is going to be in big trouble, with a repeat of last spring's difficulty to score goals. ...

Daily Links: Bouchard back; Who backs up Koivu?: Wild players generous; Johnsson a family man and more
Hockey Wilderness — ... star Marian Gaborik, five Wild players have purchased three of the 66 Xcel Energy Center suites and are dispensing tickets for those suites to charitable causes this season. Goalie Niklas Backstrom, who joined ...

Canes Country Clash: Atlantic Division Predictions, 2009-10
Canes Country — ... A full year of John Tortorella should help the Rangers, but there was big turnover again due to trade and free-agent signings. If newcomer Marian Gaborik can stay healthy, the Blueshirts could be very dangerous. But that's as big as an "if" can get. ...

Off the Post - September 30
Fear The Fin — ... goods in epic proportion - see below (and below, and...). Team Teal's final cuts and the captaincy await... Sharks sign goaltender Thomas Heemskerk to an entry-level contract. Four Anaheim Ducks players roll sushi in southern California -  expect the "When You're Finnish You'll Want More Saku" Roll to be a top seller (or not...). Ten of the New York Rangers, including Marian Gaborik and Sean Avery, will be on David Letterman tonight doing the Top ...

Forecasting the NW Division
Matchsticks and Gasoline — ... are a) will they be able to play a more up-tempo style under Todd Richards and still be relatively stingy in terms of GA and b) can Marty Havlat play more games than Marian Gaborik? I love Havlat as a player, so if he if can play 70 games or more, the Wild will be in the mix for the play-offs, and might give the Flames a run for 2nd. ...

Rangers Notes: Recapping our interview with Andrew Gross
Blueshirt Banter — ... in net, if he's having a decent season, and with a healthy Marian Gaborik this is going to be a team that's going to score 5 goals a game, or at least have the potential to. My long rambling answer I'll say they are back in the playoffs. ...

Rangers Spotlight: Donald Brashear and Ranger fans
Blueshirt Banter — ... That statement, combined with the big Marian Gaborik splash made later that day, did seem to calm some fans down, and many understood that as an enforcer goes, Brashear is an upgrade over Orr. The more pragmatic Ranger fans also realized that while there were still ill feelings towards Brashear, it probably wouldn't take long for him to endear himself to Ranger fans with his style of play. ...

Rangers Notes: Afternoon Updates
Blueshirt Banter — ... visiting bench. Michael Del Zotto has been assigned No. 4, the number he wore in juniors in tribute to Bobby Orr. (Note from Jim: Also following in the steps of a few other Rangers defensemen who wore this number and were pretty damn good: Arnie Brown, Bill Gadsby Ron Greschner, and Kevin Lowe) From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: Plenty of work on the power play during this morning's skate: Michael Del Zotto-Ales Kotalik, Marian Gaborik-Vinny Prospal-Ryan Callahan comprised the ...

Gasoline on the Bonfire: It Was a DRAFT
Matchsticks and Gasoline — ... All in all, the draft was a fun experience with fun people.  Vees Voice was talkative, Kent informative (as usual), and Marian Gaborik probably got hurt by someone thinking about him long enough to click "draft". ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers fall to Penguins 3-2 in season opener
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik potted his first goal as a Ranger and took tons of shots. He looked like the game breaker that the Rangers were looking for. ...

A look at Max Talbot's rehab from the voice of Max himself
PensBurgh — ... We expect some very intense games from the very start of the season.  The Rangers will obviously be eagerly awaiting us and will try to ruin our party with their new player Marian Gaborik.  Oh yes,  and I can assure you that ...

Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers: Home Opener Open Game Thread
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik #10 / Right Wing / New York Rangers Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 Born: Feb 14, ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers defeat Ottawa Senators 5-2 in home opener
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik added a goal and an assist and now has three points in two games since signing a free agent contract with the Rangers, who were defeated by the Stanley Cup champion ...

Ottawa drops season opener 5-2, but it's only the first game
Silver Seven — ... A bit of controversy, at least in my mind, about New York's fourth goal. Dubinsky broke in all alone, and rang a shot off the crossbar. The referee, thinking Dubinsky's shot went in, signaled a goal, and appeared to blow the play dead; however, Marian Gaborik put the puck in the net, anyway, and the goal counted. Realistically, the play was dead before the puck went in the net, and a consultation to video review should have demonstrated that fact. It may not have been the decisive goal in the game, but it put it out of reach. Not sure if Cory ...

Game 2 Preview: New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers - 10/5/2009
In Lou We Trust — ... and Marian Gaborik had strong games against Ottawa, combining for 3 goals and 9 shots (out of 34 for the team) in that game.  The Devils defense should be especially careful where they are when they attack.   And even if the Devils can breakdown an overpaid Rangers defense, they still have to deal with ...

Rangers News: Game Day updates
Blueshirt Banter — ... Tortorella hasn’t quite settled on a power-play first unit just yet, though the forward combination of Marian Gaborik, ...

Daily Links: Washington Capitals lead power ranking. Marian Gaborik fitting in in New York. Brent Burns Olympian?
Hockey Wilderness — ... No one disputes Marian Gaborik's skill. It's his health that always seems to be the main topic when it comes to the sublimely skilled Slovak forward. ...

Rangers News and Notes: Afternoon Edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... Sorry this is late, but we've had some site issues today, as you have probably noticed. Andrew Gross confirms what Joe had for us earlier: No Avery tomorrow. (click link for full story) Some other notes from the story: First off, today's lines stayed the same: Vinny Prospal-Brandon Dubinsky-Marian Gaborik Christopher Higgins-Chris Drury-Ryan Callahan Enver Lisin-Anisimov-Kotalik Donald Brashear-Brian Boyle-Aaron Voros Wade ...

Rangers News and Notes: GameDay Edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... Rick Carpiniello did a little story analysing which Rangers would take a seat when Avery comes back. Needless to say I think there would be riots if this happened: Artem Anisimov. I suppose, if Anisimov is scratched, Vinny Prospal could slip down to play third-line center and Avery could move to the first line. Or Avery could play on the second line and somebody else move up to Prospal’s spot on the left of Brandon Dubinsky and Marian Gaborik… if Tortorella wants to break up the top line’s ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers defeat Capitals 4-3: Streak at 3
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik scored 2 goals to rally the Rangers from a 3-2 deficit and the Rangers held on to defeat the Washington Captials 4-3 tonight at the Verizon Center. Ryan Callahan and Ales Kotalik were the other goal scorers for the Rangers. The Rangers were excellent on the penalty kill tonight, and held Alex Ovechkin off the scoresheet. Rangers vs Capitals coverage Full recap coming up soon......

Rangers Recaps: Rangers 4 Capitals 3
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik. There is a huge difference between having a perennial sniper on your team and a wanna be. You saw that difference tonight. Two brilliant goals from the slot, one game tying and one game winning, giving him 4 goals and 2 assists in 4 games. And don't tell me he hot lucky because the puck trickled into the net. The reason why that happened is because his shot was so quick that before ...

Recap: Rangers 4, Capitals 3
Japers' Rink — ... The margin for error in the NHL is small no matter who you're playing and you're simply not going to win when you make as many mistakes as the Capitals did tonight.  You can't take penalties in the offensive zone when your team's on a 5-on-3 advantage; you can't take bench minors when you're on the powerplay.  You can't let in two five-hole goals off snap shots from between the circles, even if Marian Gaborik's doing the shooting.  You can't find yourself in a 4-on-4 situation without a single defenseman on the ice, even if it's right after a ...

Minnesota Wild @ Los Angeles Kings: Game Recap
Hockey Wilderness — ... Will Martin Havlat continue to be an assist machine? Havlat is fantastic with the puck and in the offensive zone, but he needs someone who backchecks like crazy because he may be worse defensively (at least tonight) than Marian Gaborik ever was. He needs to be with Koivu and maybe Clutterbuck. ...

Friday's news: Preds celebrate a win, but have busy days ahead
On the Forecheck — ... We Lose - The Copper & Blue The Edmonton Oilers (who come into town on Monday) lost in a shootout to Calgary, and there more than a few reasons for discontent... Chris Chelios to skate with AHL's Wolves - Detroit Free Press Chris Chelios goes from Nashville's greatest rival to Milwaukee's greatest rival, the Chicago Wolves. Gaborik steals show from Ovechkin - The Battle of New York They're giddy in Manhattan, after Marian Gaborik scored twice and the Rangers kept Alex ...

Rangers News and Notes: Avery, Valley on deck, Del Zotto and more
Blueshirt Banter — ... I can’t help but wonder how much worse (or maybe some of you think better) the Rangers would have been if they’d gotten Heatley July 1. Because if they’d gotten Heatley they probably wouldn’t have signed Marian Gaborik, and they probably would have had to give up ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers win 4th in a row, Valley shuts out Ducks 3-0
Blueshirt Banter — ... made a triumphant debut, after missing the first four games of the season with a knee injury. The Garden faithful cheered every time Avery was on the ice, and Avery responded with an assist on Anisimov's goal. Marian Gaborik also added an assist on Kotalik's goal to keep his point streak alive at five games.  ...

Rangers News and Notes: GameDay Edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... I know the Rangers also got off to a good start last season (5-0) but I’m starting to think this Rangers’ team, assuming Marian Gaborik’s health, is going to surprise a lot of the "experts" this season. Sure they played a dog-tired Ducks team, skating on fumes at the end of a four-game road trip and off yesterday’s emotional 3-2 shootout win at Philadelphia. But I really liked the victory at Washington and I’m impressed the players seem to have a fairly good grasp of what Tortorella is teaching this quickly. The key, to me at ...

Dear God Let the Hurting Stop
Pension Plan Puppets — ... This is going to be a tough game, the Rangers beat Washington in a weird game with some flukey goals on both sides, but until Marian Gaborik's groin explodes with a noise like a giant rubber band snapping (twaaaaaang) the Rangers are a serious team. ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers 7 Leafs 2
Blueshirt Banter — ... , one by Marian Gaborik and one more by Girardi. The Rangers were relentless they were fierce and they were gritty. Make no mistake the Leafs might be a bad team but that does not mean they weren't dangerous. This is a game the old Rangers would have found a way to lose, so it's nice to see them win. ...

Rangers News: Notes and Quotes from the Rangers on last night's win over the Leafs
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik tallied two, third period points (one goal and one assist) and registered a game-high, plus-three rating; he has now recorded at least one point in each of the Rangers six games (five goals and nine points) this season. ...

Maple Leafs 2 v. Rangers 7: Confidence In Short Supply
Pension Plan Puppets — ... , trying to be the only one in blue and while to play goalie, makes a glove save but the deflected puck lies in the crease for a few seconds before a falling Marian Gaborik reacts first and slots home . ...

Wednesday links: Still one day away from an actual game
St. Louis Game Time — ... That's fine, but what's really cool is the blog authors hate Detroit. So, I say: Welcome. [Anaheim Calling] Surprise: The Leafs penalty killing sucks. [Behind the Net] Ignoring small sample sizes, Broad Street Hockey looks at some early-season Fylers' trends. [Broad Street Hockey] Sami Salo will be out four-to-six weeks. [TSN] Thomas Vanek is going to be out a few weeks, maybe. He's becoming a bit Marian Gaborik-esque. [TSN] Georges Laraque is sorry for ...

Wednesday's news: The Predators lines, they are a-changing
On the Forecheck — ... are one of the hottest teams in the NHL right now, but with John Tortorella at the helm and Marian Gaborik up front, things are different from last season. ...

Rangers News and Notes: GameDay Edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... on fourth line. Brashear skated briefly, but is sore, according to coach John Tortorella. IMO, why not give Brash a breather? Again curious to see Voros getting some time, but apparently John Tortorella likes what he sees from them. Click after the jump for more news and notes. Our good friend Andrew Gross has given us some line combinations for tonight: Vinny Prospal-Brandon Dubinsky-Marian Gaborik Christopher Higgins-Chris Drury-Ryan Callahan ...

Kings Gameday: Litmus Test
Battle of California — ... .  Ersberg hasn't played yet this season; he's mostly kept busy by perfecting his bored back-up goaltender face.  (Imagine a cow but with wide eyes.)  I wasn't too impressed with him in training camp and still think he's mostly up because the Kings don't care about his development, but now that's he's getting in a game I hope the Kings can give him a lot of support.  He's going to need it against Marian Gaborik. ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers 4 Kings 2
Blueshirt Banter — ... (finally) and another goal by Marian Gaborik. Prospal also added an assist, you think Tampa Bay is mad they bought him out or what. Gaborik's shot was incredible and his play is just fantastic. He is truly clutch, all of his six goals have come in the third period. ...

Rangers Recap: News and Notes from last night's win over the Kings
Blueshirt Banter — ... /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} POST-GAME QUOTES John Tortorella on Marian Gaborik in the third period... "That is where game ...

Rangers Analysis: Getting to the point about the power play
Blueshirt Banter — ... and last years. You could start with the perennial superstar in Marian Gaborik, a talent that the Rangers have missed for far too long. You could look at the coaching staff with the no nonsense John Tortorella behind the bench. You could even look at the hunger that this team possesses with young talent in ...

Rangers News and Notes: 10.16.09
Blueshirt Banter — ... Schmiedeberg, The Fourth Period has the Rangers number one in their power rankings. I know these things are purely opinion, but still nice to see the boys getting props] Okay, back to Joe: Right after my story airs on my loving the Kotalik signing Wes Goldstein from CBS Sports echos my sentiments! He does a top 10 signings of this off-season and the Rangers have two players--Vinny Prospal and Ales Kotalik--on the list. He also mentions some guy names Marian Gaborik. Here are the Ranger highlights from the full story ...

Rangers News: Early Morning Edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Rangers have posted a record of 32-16-8 against Original Six teams since the 2005-06 season, including 9-6-2 vs. Toronto Looks like we may see a line of Avery-Anisimov-Kotalik tonight, I think those three will be fun to watch, and we can call them the "AAK" line. Everyone has been talking about Vinny Prospal, Michael Del Zotto, and of course Marian Gaborik, but have you noticed Brandon Dubinsky very ...

Rangers News and Notes: GameDay Edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... For all the talk about how good Marian Gaborik - who has a seven-game point streak - has been and what a difference he’s made both five-on-five and on the power play (not to mention the penalty kill), it’s been the addition of Gilroy and fellow rookie ...

Rangers News and Notes from last night's win over Toronto
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik tallied two assists in a team-high 21:21 of icetime; he has now registered at least one point in each of the Rangers eight games this season (six goals and 12 points), his longest point streak to begin a season in his career and best start through eight games since he recorded 13 points (five goals and eight assists) through eight to begin the 2002-03 season. ...

NJ Devils & Atlantic Division Weekly Snapshot: 10/18 - 10/24
In Lou We Trust — ... The New York Rangers took all the points last week and have won their last 7 games.  Yeah, they're doing pretty good.  Marian Gaborik has been a revelation with 6 goals and 6 assists - tied third in the league overall in scoring with LA's ...

Coverage of Kobasew Trade; Jaime Sifers on Waivers; Marian Gaborik's Hot Start, Martin Havlat's Weak Groin: Daily Links
Hockey Wilderness — ... GM Brian Burke said: "There are only a handful of guys in the League that when they get the puck I get nervous, and Marian Gaborik is one of them. He's always had electric talent." ...

Trade Alex Frolov
Battle of California — ... , not Russians who are great at puck possession.  That's why Brown can have an atrocious game and get lauded for the one thing he does right while Fro can shut down Marian Gaborik for 2+ periods in one game and then get slammed for one mistake in another.  It's ridiculous.  Murray and Lombardi are asking Fro to play against another team's top line, score 40 goals a season while playing with ...

Rangers Analysis: How will the Rangers respond?
Blueshirt Banter — ... When the Rangers lost two days ago against the San Jose Sharks the Rangers lost a lot more than just two points. In fact there five streaks broken last night when the final buzzer went off. Here they are: The Rangers had their 7 game win streak snapped Vinny Prospal had a 7 game point streak snapped (3g 8a) Marian Gaborik had an 8 game point streak snapped (6g 6a) Steve Valiquette had no longer shut out every team he has played The Penalty Kill no longer looked ...

Game 8 Preview: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers - 10/22/2009
In Lou We Trust — ... That sounds fairly boilerplate yet it's quite accurate.  It fits in well as the Rangers have been nothing but hot before their 7-3 loss to San Jose.  Their power play is tied with San Jose for 6th highest in the league at 26.8%. In terms of for/against ratio in even strength play, the Rangers rank 8th with a ratio of 1.33.   While their point streaks snapped, Marian Gaborik and ...

A Change Is Gonna Come: Uncovering Early Season Frauds
Canes Country — ... You can have Milan Lucic — I'll take David Clarkson any day of the week. Right here we're putting an end to the idea of Clarkson as a fighter. No one does more with 14 minutes a night than this Devil. New York Islanders: Easy pickings here. Forward Matt Moulson has benefitted from playing with phenom John Tavares. Don't expect him to continue his point-per-game (4-3-7 in six games) pace. New York Rangers: Marian Gaborik has played in every game. You know that won't continue. ...

Rangers Pregame: Scouting the Devils
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik has 4 goals and 2 assists in his last 4 games against the Devils, dating back to his time in Minnesota. ...

Rangers News: Lines shuffled for tonight, Torts wants more from Cally and Higgy
Blueshirt Banter — ... -Marian Gaborik will remain intact but Tortorella seemed to put second line right wing Ryan Callahan on notice by saying he hasn’t gotten quite the offensive production he wants out of him. At the same time, Tortorella acknowledged Callahan’s importance to the team and said he has to be counted on as one of the top players, which, in Torts’ speak, means a top six forward. Callahan has two goals and three assists this season and has two assists in his last three games, though he’s gone three games without a goal. ...

Brodeur leads Devils past Rangers 4-2
Blueshirt Banter — ... picked up his 4th goal of the season. The Blueshirts got on the board early in the period with a goal from Marian Gaborik. Gaborik's goal was his 7th of the season, with Prospal and Kotalik assisting. Kotalik's two point night gives him ten on the season. ...

New Jersey Devils Get Revenge Over Rival New York Rangers, Winning 4-2 at MSG
In Lou We Trust — ... got caught with a high stick near a Ranger and so he sat for 2 minutes.  About 7 seconds later, the Rangers scored.  In that time frame, the Rangers won the faceoff, made one pass to the point, one pass to Marian Gaborik at the top of the circle, and one killer shot through a ...

Rangers Analysis: Who has disappointed you so far?
Blueshirt Banter — ... (4 goals 6 assists 10 games) and Vaclav Prospal (3 goals 9 assists 10 games) have all been shockers thus far. Marian Gaborik has come as advertised with 7 goals and 6 assists and ...

Wild @ Blues GDT
St. Louis Game Time — ... four points, tied for second fewest in the NHL. By the way, the Leafs still only have one single point. WIN A HOME GAME. It's important to win at home. Because it's supposed to be easier to win there, right? The crowd gets the team pumped. The atmosphere can influence the officials. There's an advantage on line changes. There's a pants-less blue bear to root them on. Of course the escalators in other cities haven't attacked Blues fans. Yet. The Wild. So they don't have Marian Gaborik and his wonky groin anymore. They pretty much replaced him ...

Cam Ward to Start 10th Game in a Row - Canes at Wild Game Preview
Canes Country — ... The Wild are a different team from previous years with a new coach and new philosophy.  Marian Gaborik left for New York, leaving the team with players like Eric Belanger to hold the fort.  ...

Rangers Recap: Cammalleri's hat trick leads Canadiens past Rangers in OT
Blueshirt Banter — ... After a strong second period against NJ the other night, the Rangers reverted to their previous trend of playing bad hockey in the middle frame. Matt D'Agostini cut the Habs deficit to one early in the second, but Marian Gaborik continued his torrid scoring pace with a goal at the 11:56 mark to put the Rangers back up by two. Gaborik now has eight goals in eleven games. ...

Rangers News: Team notes on last night's loss to Montreal
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik led the Rangers with two points (one goal and one assist) in the contest to improve his season totals to eight goals and 15 points. ...

Rangers Analysis: Time to worry about Higgins?
Blueshirt Banter — ... moved a huge contract and an underachieving player for a young hungry winger and a brilliant defensive prospect. In the end the Rangers saved almost 5 million dollars in cap space for the next five years--money which undeniably allowed the Rangers to obtain Marian Gaborik--and obtained a top-flight prospect to boot. The deal was incredible, Rangers nation rejoiced. ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers down Coyotes 5-2
Blueshirt Banter — ... tonight. Marian Gaborik had two goals and an assist to help lead the Rangers (8-3-1) to their first win in over a week. ...

Minnesota Wild @ Chicago Blackhawks: Game Recap
Hockey Wilderness — ... G A P +/- PIM 2009 - Marian Gaborik 10 8 18 6 4 ...

Waiting to Exhale
Hockey Wilderness — ... Now. On to my favorite topic right now. Mr. Marian Gaborik. The guy is having a stellar season. I congratulate him on that. I am happy for him in a basic human way. Other than that? Screw him. He had no intention of playing here this season. Havlat is not the replacement for Sally Sore Sac. He is to the fans, but he is not to the team. If they wanted a replacement for Gaborik, they could have hired me. I can sit and do nothing for $7.5 million per, too. If he had a red jersey on, he would have one goal and four assists right now and everyone would be ...

Tuesday links: Welcoming back Yan Stastny to the healthy scratch list edition
St. Louis Game Time — ... Steen, recovering from a broken wrist, took his dog out for a walk on Monday. [KTVI] Hockey news Dutchie sighting: Lee Stempniak gets the game-winner for the Leafs in its first win of the year. Other results? Rangers beat Phoenix, Montreal tops the Islanders and Chicago beans Minnesota. [Yahoo! Sports] Boy, the Vancouver/Detroit game sure looks interesting. Go natural disaster?[Yahoo! Sports] Marian Gaborik had a game that sums up his career: He scored twice and ...

Rangers Notes and Quotes from last night's win over Phoenix
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik led all skaters with two goals and added an assist to earn First Star honors; he is currently tied for the league lead in goals (10) and ranks second in the NHL in points (18). ...

Tuesday's news: Predators to get Hamhuis back tomorrow against struggling Wild
On the Forecheck — ... Folks were nervous last night in New York, as their shiny new toy Marian Gaborik limped off the ice during a game against Phoenix. Given his injury history with Minnesota, there's natural concern about his durability. ...

Islanders Links: Battle of New York, episode 1 edition
Lighthouse Hockey — I figured I'd save the today's game preview for any updates that come out after the morning skate, so check back later for a proper preview plus the game thread. Meanwhile, some links to chew as we begin three games in four nights, also seven in 11: Are you sitting down? Gaborik is doubtful for tonight. (I know, right?) [Star-Tribune, clearly relishing it] Or, if you prefer the Obvious Headline version [NY Post] If you missed it in comment threads, BC shared this link on the Islanders role in playoff beards ...

Islanders-Rangers Gameday: It. Is. On.
Lighthouse Hockey — ... It's Islanders-Rangers. It's just different.                 Short Island Smurfs (8-3-1, 2nd/Atl) at New York Islanders (1-4-5, 5th/Atl) 7 p.m. EDT | Nassau [gloriously unsponsored] Veterans Mem. Coliseum | MSG+ Lost, Misguided Souls: Blueshirt Banter Lineup news: As you likely know, Marian Gaborik is probably out. It strikes me that he's like Radek ...

Rangers News: Gaborik out tonight
Blueshirt Banter — ... Stick salute to HeartOfARanger for breaking this on the site. Like we all speculated Marian Gaborik will not play tonight against the New York Islanders. Andrew Gross reported the story on his blog "Rangers Rants," here are some highlights: Marian Gaborik will miss tonight’s game against the Islanders with an injury that the Rangersare still not specifying other than to say it’s unrelated to Gaborik’s hip or groin. Since Gaborik also ruled out his torso and was seen ...

Thursday Morning Fly By: Setting records, selling loyalties, and cancelling off-days
Broad Street Hockey — ... Gagne was sent to long-term injury reserve, and the extra salary cap room allowed the team to put Randy Jones on re-entry waivers. Also, we learned that Brendan Shanahan is not on the Flyers' radar, as previously reported. [BSH] First, Gagne: team doctors have recommended surgery for the two hernias that were found in his groin. He's going to get a second opinion, but it looks more than likely that surgery will happen. [Gormley] Marian Gaborik almost held out longer than Gagne on the injury front. ...

Rangers News: Gaborik Update
Blueshirt Banter — ... This from Steve Zipay's blog today. Here are the highlights on Marian Gaborik's situation. Personally, I believe the Slovakian right winger isn't playing until Sunday afternoon against Boston in the Garden, but there's a chance he'll dress in Minnesota, where he played eight years, on Friday night. Standing in the locker room with reporters after another practice in which he did not participate ---he was receiving treatment on his right leg, possibly thigh or hamstring, the club is not disclosing---he called himself ...

Rangers News: Friday stuff
Blueshirt Banter — ... The Pioneer Press, which does not seem to be the biggest fans of Marian Gaborik, say that although he is injured, ...

Rangers Analysis: Gaborik's injury is not a big deal
Blueshirt Banter — ... With the news coming in that Marian Gaborik might be out again against his former team the Minnesota Wild I want to address something. This is not a big deal. When Glen Sather made the announcement that the New York Rangers agreed to terms with Gaborik Rangers nation rejoiced. Finally a sniper. Finally a game breaker. Finally a lethal threat who is without question a top 5 player in the league. The fans had what they wanted, and so did Glen Sather. As the dust settled fans finally started talking about his injuries ...

Marian Gaborik Out
Hockey Wilderness — ... G A P +/- PIM 2009 - Marian Gaborik 10 8 18 6 4 In addition, ...

Minnesota Wild vs. New York Rangers
Hockey Wilderness — ... What was supposed to be the triumphant return of Marian Gaborik to Xcel Energy Center ended up instead being the triumphant return of ...

Some Notes For Sunday November 1st Game vs. Boston!!
Blueshirt Banter — ... The biggest storyline is that both teams are dealing with injuries;  The Rangers have injuries to top forwards Marian Gaborik(lower body injury, unknown if he will play yet), ...

Rangers Recap: Lundqvist and Gaborik lead Rangers past Bruins, 1-0
Blueshirt Banter — ... did his part, and Marian Gaborik made sure he left with a W, scoring the only goal in the Rangers 1-0 win over the ...

Bruins fall to Rangers 1-0
Stanley Cup of Chowder — ... Marian Gaborik scored the game's lone goal on a one-timer from the slot off of a feed from Vaclav Prospal at 15:51 of the second period. ...

Rangers Analysis: Should Gaborik see less PK time?
Blueshirt Banter — ... Well Ranger fans you just got over your first (and hopefully only) Marian Gaborik injury. His absence revealed a few major flaws in this ...

Look, this is my serious face: Canucks & Rangers Game Thread
Nucks Misconduct — ... That is from CDC. They don't really mean all that much, but are eye-openers. What really matters to the Rangers is having Marian Gaborik in their lineup. The king of soft has 11 goals and 19 points in 13 games for the Rangers this season, as he has broken free of his defensive shackles in Minnesota and appears to be loving it in NY. That's all cute and stuff and gives me goose bumps, yadda yadda (I'm kidding). This was a huge risk for the Rangers to take a chance on this guy. If Gaborik can play 80 games this season, which could be asking for a lot, he ...

Canucks Stay Defensive Course and Beat Rangers 4-1
Nucks Misconduct — ... I'll try keep this brief as most of you saw what happened. If you missed the game...well you missed a beauty. There was so much talk about Marian Gaborik pregame and now it's all about ...

Rangers Analysis: The Chris Higgins effect
Blueshirt Banter — ... over. Higgins has been one of the biggest eye openers--negatively--thus far this season. I hate to beat a dead horse but him only having one goal in 15 games needs to be addressed again here, especially since before the season started there were whispers that he was going to find himself on the first line.   I have called for secondary scoring on this blog for about a week now, and I think that Thursday night proved my point. The Canucks kept Marian Gaborik off the score sheet (and effectively out of the game) and the ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers 4 Oilers 2
Blueshirt Banter — ... and Marian Gaborik were the goal scorers for the Rangers. The power play woes (0 for their last 15) ended last night with the Rangers converting 3 of 5 opportunities. The Rangers played a good defensive game but you really need to tip your cap to StephenValiquette who had an unbelievable game. He really bailed the Rangers out when they needed it. ...

View From The Frontier: Season Warm-Up
Hockey Wilderness — ... era begins in earnest and while the exhilarating frustration of Marian Gaborik goes off to New York City, a lot of the same issues may dog the Wild this year.  Thankfully, this is where new head coach Todd Richards comes into play.  It's somewhat difficult to guess what the Richards reign will bring about, but there's one thing that's been guaranteed from those who have watched his teams in the AHL: ...

Flames Game Day: Shot by both sides
Matchsticks and Gasoline — ... The Rangers, as mentioned, have been winning without out-shooting, although they aren't in the ditch at anywhere near Calgary's level. Like the Flames, they aren't the Corsi-happy crew of last season, but adding Marian Gaborik has put a bit of sting in their tail. He's been mostly healthy so far, and already has a dozen goals. They also feature a couple of young men on the back end, with Del Zotto and Gilroy soaking up some decent minutes. Del Zotto is also a major part of a good power play, which is 6th by percentage to this point. One thing that was ...

Rangers Analysis: What now?
Blueshirt Banter — ... Peter Forsberg: A lot of you were down on Forsberg as soon as the story that the Rangers were scouting him hit the fan. I don't understand why. Yes, Forsberg makes Marian Gaborik look like the man made from impenetrable steel, but when Forsberg does play he is a monster. Scouts say that his foot is much healthier than it was a year ago, and if the Rangers deem he is good to go then Glen Sather might make a serious move for him, depending on his asking salary. ...

Where Is Martin Havlat?
Hockey Wilderness — ... 2009 - Marian Gaborik 16 12 10 22 6 4 5 0 2 0 59 20.3   Ahem... So what ...

Rangers News: Long break couldn't have come at a better time
Blueshirt Banter — ... Henrik Lundqvist: His injury really did come out of left field, and scared alot of people (me included). If you had to chose between Lundqvist going down for an extended period of time and Marian Gaborikgoing down an extended period of time (God forbid either happens) I am sure many of you would chose Gaborik. Henrik Lundqvist is the backbone of this team and, at least in my opinion, the most important member of this team. His injury just seems to be a nagging one that needs some rest. ...

Rangers Analysis: Should Chris Higgins see 1st line duty?
Blueshirt Banter — ... John Tortorella currently has access to a weapon that few other coaches in the NHL have, a top-5 player. Marian Gaborik has made a huge difference with this team, and has truly made the Rangers more dangerous all around. Many times this season Tortorella has put players on the top line to help bolster their performance. ...

Rangers Notes: Higgins at Center, Parenteau back
Blueshirt Banter — ... From Ranger Rants: (click link for full story) Here’s how: the left wing’s presence will allow coach John Tortorella to move Christopher Higgins from left wing to center on a line with Parenteau and Ales Kotalik (at least based on today’s line rushes). Tortorella also had Vinny Prospal centering Enver Lisin and Marian Gaborik and Brian Boyle back on the fourth line after he lost eight of 10 faceoffs in between Donald Brashear and Aaron Voros. Artem ...

Rangers GameDay: News and Notes
Blueshirt Banter — ... for a bargain-basement, one-year deal has been nearly as important as committing $37.5 million over five seasons to goal machine Marian Gaborik. ...

Senators fall 2-1 to Rangers in shootout
Silver Seven — ... Ottawa actually had more powerplays than penalties this game, which has got to surprise plenty of people. Unfortunately, in the end, all it amounted to was a short-handed goal against when Vinny Prospal converted a Marian Gaborik pass in the second. Ottawa did end up with some pretty good pressure on the PP, getting six shots on net during their five powerplay opportunities, but couldn't cash in. The overtime powerplay was particularly aggravating, when five straight Alfredsson shots were all blocked (two by ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers defeat Senators in shootout, 2-1
Blueshirt Banter — ... scored the first shorthanded goal of his career, converting a pass from Marian Gaborik in the second period to tie the game at one. ...

Rangers News: Afternoon Updates, Peter Forsberg staying in Sweden
Blueshirt Banter — ... (click link for full story) The Rangers were put through a very lively 50-minute practice today in advance of tomorrow’s game against the Capitals, who are expected to have Alex Ovechkin back on their top line for the first time since he injured his shoulder against the Blue Jackets on Nov. 1. The lines and defensive pairs remained the same from Saturday’s 2-1 win at Ottawa: Enver Lisin-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik Parenteau-Higgins-Ales Kotalik Sean ...

Rangers Analysis: At the Quarter Pole
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik: The biggest roll of the dice in NHL free agency is paying huge dividends thus far for the Rangers. Gaborik has been the Rangers best player, already with 13 goals and 12 assists. Of course it has not been without its drama, as Ranger Nation held its collective breath while Gabby sat out two games with a knee injury. ...

Recap: Caps 4, Rangers 2
Japers' Rink — ... Okay, that Marian Gaborik guy is pretty good. His game-tying goal in the third was one that only a handful of guys in the league could have gotten - although one of them had a nice view of it from the visiting team's bench. ...

Rangers Recap: Capitals defeat Rangers 4-2
Blueshirt Banter — ... and Marian Gaborik are the only forwards making anything happen right now, and no one else is stepping up to help. ...

Rangers Analysis: When do we start blaming Tortorella?
Blueshirt Banter — ... A 7-1 start masks a lot of problems. I'm not going to mention any of them because they deserve a post to themselves but something does need to be addressed. The Rangers are 4-8-1 in their last 13 games, an abysmal record considering they lost to the likes of the Islanders and the Wild. There are very few people who are safe from blame right now. Marian Gaborik, Henrik Lundqvist, Vaclav Prospal, Michael Del Zotto and Ales Kotalik are all okay in my book as of right now. I am not going to get into the ...

Rangers Gameday: News, Notes, Scouting the Panthers
Blueshirt Banter — ... 9 7 16 6 4 Marian Gaborik #10 / Right Wing / New York Rangers ...

Florida Panthers at New York Rangers
Litter Box Cats — ... (4-6 their last ten) have been treading water recently, relying on the heroics of Marian Gaborik and his league-lead tying 15 goals. Forward Cory Stillman ...

Panthers sweep road trip, down Rangers 3-2
Litter Box Cats — ... at 10-9-2, the Cats are surprising opponents, and themselves. Tomas Vokoun's 32 saves allowed for Nathan Horton's game winner in the third to hold off a mad final period by New York. 22 Points. Notes: Who led Florida in SOG? Kamil Kreps (1a, +1) with four. League Good Guy Sean Avery paced the Rags with five(??). Steven Reinprecht and Jordan Leopold also scored for the Panthers, while Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik kept the Ranger close. Bryan McCabe (3 shots) led all ...

Rangers Analysis: Blueshirts Showing Similarities to Last Year
Blueshirt Banter — ... of the Panthers. After a goal by Marian Gaborik about four minutes later, the Blueshirts began to pick their heads up and go on the attack. Despite some exceptional effort, the Rangers continued to try the same play where they would work the boards and attempt to get the puck to the net.....Clearly it did not work out too well. The team was not shooting much, and I think that is one of the differences between the seven game winning streak Rangers and the one win in five games Rangers, but that is not my point. ...

Rangers Recap: Panthers beat Rangers 3-2
Blueshirt Banter — ... Maybe the Rangers and their fans should stop worrying about Marian Gaborik's groin, and focus on his back, along with ...

Rangers Analysis: Mistakes hurt Rangers
Blueshirt Banter — ... At the beginning of the year I commended Glen Sather. I thought that the moves that he made for Marian Gaborik, Vaclav Prospal, ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers pummel Blue Jackets 7-4 behind Gaborik and Avery
Blueshirt Banter — ... Of course, it was Marian Gaborik leading the charge, with two goals and an assist, but tonight some of the other players on the team who've been in a drought also found the back of the net. ...

A Statistical Look at the Flyers, through 16 Games
Broad Street Hockey — ... Another pleasant surprise this season has been the play of Ray Emery.  Many are still not convinced (and that's understandable) but his performance through the Flyers first 16 games was not easily topped.  He was ranked the 10th best player in the NHL - tied with Marian Gaborik - with a 6.7 total GVT.  Among goalies, he came in 7th.  He also came in 7th for save percentage and was tied for third in goals against average.  It may be a small sample size, but these rankings are relative to every other goalie, and he tied for the 10th ...

Rangers Recap: 2-1 Rangers (SO) the "we don't need no secondary scoring edition"
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik extended his 7 game point scoring streak to 8 games, scoring his 19th goal of the year off of an unbelievable pass from Drury. Gaborik took the NHL lead in goals away from ...

Rangers, Parenteau smack Panthers 2-1 in SO; Vokoun stops 27
Litter Box Cats — ... , diminutive though he may be, banged in his second goal of the season late in the third period to tie the game at one and save the opportunity to gain a point in the standings. An earlier goal by the Rangers' Marian Gaborik was now effectively negated. Until Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau became the only scorer in the post-post-regulation period, anyway. ...

Tortorella and Prospal return to Tampa for the business at hand; Rangers at Lightning preview
Raw Charge — ... Fans will be nostalgic for Prospal, as Prospal will likely be for the crowd...  and he'll likely want to prove the Bolts wrong for having bought him out this summer.  That may give him an additional spark on his shifts, and an additional reason for the Lightning to give no quarter to their friend and former teammate.  He has 24 points in 24 games this season.  He's at the top of the offensive-threat list for the Rangers, but not the absolute top.  That'd be Marian Gaborik who has 33 points in 22 games (19 goals, 14 assists). ...

Rangers Pregame: Tortorella returns, Sanguinetti arrives, Scouting the Bolts
Blueshirt Banter — ...   Ales Kotalik and Henrik Lundqvist are playing tonight, according to Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants. Lines for tonight are about the same as Wednesday night, with Kotalik sliding into Voros' spot probably: Christopher Higgins-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik Sean Avery-Artem Anisimov-P.A. Parenteau Enver Lisin-Chris Drury-Ryan Callahan Donald Brashear-Brian Boyle-Ales Kotalik/Aaron Voros The Tampa ...

Rangers Recap: Lighting 5 Rangers 1 the "we still have no secondary scoring" edition
Blueshirt Banter — ... took a perfect feed from Marian Gaborik and rang his shot off the post. Steve Stamkos snapped home his 16th of the year finishing a pretty pass from ...

Up next: Marian Gaborik and the New York Rangers
PensBurgh — ... This season Marian Gaborik's hip/knee/everything isn't as much a story as is his 33 points, good enough to put him amongst the Top 3 scorers in the league.  Gabby also leads the league in goals with 19 and has up until this point missed only two games due to injury (GASP!).  If he finishes the year off with less than 15 games lost to injury than I think it's safe to say we can put all those jokes behind us.  Maybe. ...

Up next: Marian Gaborik, Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers (again)
PensBurgh — ... Marian Gaborik didn't register a goal on Saturday's loss but did pick up two assists to pad his season total of 35 points.  He's currently second in the league in that category, two behind Joe Thornton.  Frankly ...

Rangers News: Lines for tonight, Lisin scratched (as in not in uniform this time)
Blueshirt Banter — ... From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants, here are the lines for tonight, subject to change after everyone's first shift: Sean Avery-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik Christopher Higgins-Artem Anisimov-P.A. Parenteau Donald Brashear-Chris Drury-Ryan Callahan Ales Kotalik-Brian Boyle-Aaron Voros Matt Gilroy-Bobby Sanguinetti Marc Staal-Michal Rozsival Michael Del Zotto-Dan Girardi Can't wait to see Drury ...

Rangers Recap: Penguins 5 Rangers 2
Blueshirt Banter — ... Same story, same result. No one other than Marian Gaborik scores, John Tortorella benches the wrong players and Michael Rozsival is still finding ways to screw up games. ...

A Noted hat trick fuels the Pens 5-2 over the Rangers
PensBurgh — ... Only three players would score, two of them you'd expect, and one of them that maybe you should start to expect.  Marian Gaborik gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead in the second period when he totally outclassed ...

Let's start a trade rumor: the Nashville Predators should go after Atlanta's Bryan Little
On the Forecheck — ... Over the last few days, the presence of two members of the Atlanta Thrashers organization on press row in Nashville stirred up talk of a possible trade between the two teams, with hockey's most infamous rumor-monger touting a potential deal for Ilya Kovalchuk. His reasoning was that the Predators ownership was interested in making a big, splashy acquisition to drive fan interest and ticket sales. This (like his earlier hyping of the Preds pursuing Marian Gaborik as a free agent, or trading for Alex Ovechkin) was ...

Rangers Analysis: Grading the Blueshirts thus far
Blueshirt Banter — ... Marian Gaborik : There isn’t too much more the guy can do aside from pad up and step between the pipes. His 21 goals lead the league and his 37 points are tops among all NHL players (he has only played in 25 games mind you). He is doing everything the Rangers expected him to when they gave him the 7.5 million dollar contract in July. Grade: A+ ...

Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Rangers [Game Thread]
Die By The Blade — ... Game Notes Tim Kennedy has three goals on the season and has scored in two consecutive games. Six Sabres are currently on three game point streaks...Derek Roy (2-3-5)...Jason Pominville (1-4-5)...Mike Grier (2-2-4)...Jochen Hecht (2-2-4)...Andrej Sekera (1-3-4)...Tim Kennedy (2-1-3) Marian Gaborik has scored 21 goals and has 37 points in 25 games The Sabres are 3-0-2 when wearing their third jersey The Rangers boast Chris Drury and Ales ...

Rangers Recap: Rangers Come Out on Top of Sabres, 2-1
Blueshirt Banter — ... . Well, that was exactly the case tonight in Buffalo, where the Blueshirts displayed a 60-minute effort and were able to gain a hard-fought two points in the standings.  In addition to the strong defensive play, the Rangers got something they have not had in quite a while and by that I mean secondary scoring. For once, two players other than Marian Gaborik were able to bury goals in this one. ...

Rangers 2 Sabres 1: Shooting Blanks
Die By The Blade — ... in the first period. Myers tried to skate the puck into the Rangers zone from the blueline and lost the puck to Marian Gaborik. Gaborik fed a remarkable saucer pass to ...

Garrioch: Rangers Eyeing Demitra
Nucks Misconduct — ... Of course, this juicy rumor holds legs in the fact that Demo's good buddy Marian Gaborik plays there, and hell, it's New York after all (everybody wants to play there...right?) Demitra wanted to play in Vancouver and I'm sure still does. I'm not so sure he'd want to bolt for Broadway the first chance he gets, nor am I so certain that Mike Gillis would trade him. The ...

Game Thread: Red Wings vs. Rangers
Winging It In Motown — ... The day after losing to the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in a shootout in Newark, the Detroit Red Wings will head to the other side of the Hudson to take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers come home after beating the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in Buffalo last night, as Marian Gaborik and Christopher Higgins scored for New York. Henrik Lundqvist had a sparking game, stopping 36 shots. The Red Wings came back from 2-0 and 3-1 against the Devils on a multi-point game from Patrick ...

Red Wings Knock Off Rangers 3-1
Winging It In Motown — ... And the Red Wings even did something no team had done yet all season: hold the red-hot Marian Gaborik (21 goals in 26 games) to no shots in a game. ...

Hard to Argue
Hockey Wilderness — ... .  He signed a five year contract worth $30 million.  He was intended as a replacement for NHL goal scoring leader Marian Gaborik, who had jumped to the ...

I Think of Crime When I'm in a New York State of Mind: Rangers at Blackhawks Preview/Thread/Choir Practice
Second City Hockey — ... Here's another shocker - the Rangers aren't scoring goals.  They're 17th in the league in Goals/Game despite Marian Gaborik's league leading 21 goals.  The problem is that once you go beyond their Marian, no one has more than 6 goals.  The ...

New York Rangers at Chicago Blackhawks: Open Game Thread
Blueshirt Banter — ... Fraternize with the Enemy: Second City Hockey This looks like the lines tonight: Sean Avery-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik Christopher Higgins-Chris Drury-Ryan Callahan Brian Boyle-Artem Anisimov-Ales Kotalik Donald Brashear-Erik Christensen-P.A. Parenteau ...

Rangers Recap: Blackhawks defeat Lundqvist 2-1
Blueshirt Banter — ... Chris Higgins opened the scoring with a beautiful goal off of a pretty feed from--you guessed it--Marian Gaborik. But from that point forward the ...

To The Five Boroughs - Hawks 2, Rangers 1 (OT)
Second City Hockey — ... . The one sequence that the Hawks gave Marian Gaborik any room to work with in the first he found an open Chris Higgins who beat ...

Cleary out for up to four weeks...great
Winging It In Motown — ... 2. Dan Cleary is invaluable to this team. Sure he doesn't put up the offensive numbers to warrant the same respect of a Marian Gaborik or ...

Oh My..The Canucks DO Have A Pulse!
Nucks Misconduct — ... the jump -Thanks to yoata, Steve Bernier's middle name is now "Almost". That guy just can't bury his chances lately. Not consistently anyway. He still finished with 1 assist, 3 shots and a +1. -It's all about the Sedins tonight. When they play games like that, we win. Daniel had several chances to score 4 goals. He finished with a hatty and 10 bloody shots! Whoa! -Brother Hank had 2 assists. He is now 3rd in NHL scoring with 38 points, 1 behind Marian Gaborik and 4 behind Jumbo Joe Thornton. -2 assists ...

Sedins Climbing The Canucks Charts
Nucks Misconduct — ... Only once has a Sedin exceeded 82 points in a season, and that was Daniel in 2006-07 where he scored 84 points. Henrik, if he can remain healthy, looks poised to hit the 100-point plateau or exceed it. He is averaging 1.225 points-per-game. Daniel is averaging 1.231 points per game. Gee, how identical. This was brought up last night in the comments thread: Henrik is currently in 3rd spot in NHL scoring, 1 point ahead of Sidney Crosby and 1 point behind Marian Gaborik. However, his average ice-time per game is considerably ...

Rangers News: Comments from John Tortorella on Gilroy, Heikinnen, and the goaltending "mess"
Blueshirt Banter — ... "With Gilly, this is part of the process. Don’t confuse this that he was on the ice for the last goal. Honestly the last goal wasn’t really his fault. We had a horse(bleep) backcheck by one of our top players (Marian Gaborik). Even the tying goal, we’ve got Boyle and Reds picking their (butts), too, on that play." ...