The storm before the storm: Gomez a Hab, Bouwmeester says yes, Heatley says no
From The Rink —
... think Gomez could flourish. He never appeared comfortable in New York under Tom Renney's defensive system, and last year's scoring marks should be considered the very low end of his abilities.
Still not sure why the Habs had to give up recent first-rounder McDonagh though.
Before we go too over the moon for what Glen Sather pulled off here, do note that the Rangers have exactly five forwards signed and four of them are Sean Avery, Aaron Voros, Patrick Rissmiller and Artem Anisimov. There are six RFAs on the ...
2009 NHL Free Agency / Teams by Cap Space / Unsigned UFA's and RFA's
Habs Eyes On The Prize —
... (15)
RFA: Eric Perrin C 33.
UFA: Kari Lehtonen G 25, Colby Armstrong R 26, Jim Slater C 26, Boris Valabik D 23.
4 - Nashville Predators: $17.913 (16)
UFA: Radek Bonk C 33, Scott Nichol C 34.
RFA: Ryan Jones R 25, Antti Pihlstrom L 24,.
5 - New York Rangers: $16.436 (13)
UFA: Blair Betts C 29, Mark Bell L 28, Patrick Rissmiller C 30, Paul Mara D 29, Derek Morris D 30. ...
The Quiet Roster Turnover of 2009
Blueshirt Banter —
... Believe it or not, the Rangers are in the midst of a roster turnover. Doesn't seem like it right? Well, as of this moment (written on Tuesday), the Rangers have only 17 players under contract. Of those 17 players, 12 of them saw significant ice time, and that is a stretch considering I am including Patrick Rissmiller and ...
Off the Post September 6
Fear The Fin —
... exchange for a 2011 3rd round pick and a 2011 2nd round pick that originally belonged to Calgary. If you can follow all that, you're ready to take on Brian Burke at a shell game.
Jeremy Roenick mouths off about the NHLPA situation, uses the word "chickenshit." Article here, full interview here.
Kyle McLaren tries to emigrate from the AHL as he's invited to the New York Rangers' training camp. No word whether Patrick Rissmiller was allowed on the same boat (rimshot).
The ...
Rangers Training Camp: Late Morning Notes
Blueshirt Banter —
From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: (click link for full story)
Team 4 (Fs: Ryan Bourque, Artem Anisimov, Ales Kotalik, Daniel Bartek, Roman Horak, Jordan Owens, Justin Soryal, Ethan Werek; Ds: Michael Del Zotto, Dan Girardi, David Urquhart, Mike Sauer; and Gs Matt Zaba, Scott Stajcer) has just defeated Team 1 (Fs: Christopher Higgins, Chris Drury, Ryan Callahan, Dane Byers, Patrick Rissmiller, Dale Weise, Aaron Voros, Matt Maccarone; ...
Rangers News: Let's play two! AHL-NHL Double Dip at MSG West
Blueshirt Banter —
... Ambuhl Daniel Bartek-Roman Horak-Jordan Owens Trevor Glass-Sam Klassen Nigel Williams-Tomas Kundratek Ilkka Heikkinen-David Urquhart G: Scott Stajcer/Miika Wiikman
Rangers (7 p.m. game):
Sean Avery-Vinny Prospal-P.A. Parenteau Aaron Voros-Tyler Arnason-Enver Lisin Evgeny Grachev-Brian Boyle-Ales Kotalik Patrick Rissmiller-Matt Maccarone-Dan LaCouture Wade Redden-Matt ...
Rangers News: Rangers trim training camp roster by 20-NY Rangers Press Release
Blueshirt Banter —
... , and Patrick Rissmiller will continue training camp with Hartford. Including these five players, the Rangers now have 34 players remaining in training camp, including four goaltenders, 10 defensemen and 20 forwards. New York continues their exhibition schedule tomorrow, September 18 at 7:30 PM when the team will travel to Detroit to face-off against the ...
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 ...
