Leave Koivu Out Of It
themanicranger.com 7/3/2009 — There has been some talk circulating that the Rangers should pursue Saku Koivu 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 ...

Why the Rangers don't need Saku Koivu
blueshirtbanter.com 7/3/2009 — More photos » by Evan Vucci - AP Browse more photos » There has been some talk circulating that the Rangers should pursue Saku Koivu to be Marian Gaborik 's pivot. Just as it's prudent to 'just say no ...

Rangers Trade Gomez To Canadiens
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — "Scott Gomez’ brief New York tenure ended yesterday when the star center was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Canadiens as part of a six-player deal. The key player coming back to New York is forward Chris Higgins, a Long Island native who is set to become a restricted free agent today ...

Rangers Agree To Terms With RFA Chris Higgins
puckcentral.blogspot.com 7/6/2009 — Looks like Chris Higgins has a few more reasons to party (seen on the right with Andrei Kostitsyn) after he agreed to terms on a contract with the New York Rangers today. As usual, terms of the contract were not released, but they will be known soon enough. The Official Rangers release from ...

Canadiens acquire Gomez, his gargantuan contract from NY
sports.yahoo.com 6/30/2009 — The first news was that Christopher Higgins , a Long Island native, was being traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the New York Rangers (via Kevin Allen of USA Today on Twitter). Then came the bombshell: Scott Gomez , signed through 2014 with a ...

GOOD-BYE CAPTAIN K
abehefter.wordpress.com 6/30/2009 — It’s over. Saku Koivu’s career as a member of the Montreal Canadiens effectively came to an end yesterday, when General Manager Bob Gainey announced that Koivu was not among the team’s potential unrestricted free agents to receive a contract offer from the Habs. That honor ...

Is Gaborik really a bonanza for the Rangers?
sportingnews.com 7/13/2009 — There are plenty of questions to be asked about the New York Rangers. Among them: a leaky defense, penalty-kill problems, prospects for another season of gross of Henrik Lundqvist and Glen Sather's latest disjointed roster seems to have more bad parts ...

Rangers News: Christopher Higgins signed...
blueshirtbanter.com 7/6/2009 — The report from the Rangers main page...   " New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Christopher Higgins . Higgins, 26, was acquired by the Rangers, along with Ryan McDonagh and ...

The 2009-10 New York Rangers: Sure, Why Not?
5-hole.com 7/3/2009 — Woo! Back to serious sports-blogging, a nice break from Rory Photoshopping Wade Redden’s face onto Lucifer’s crotch and the like (although that is awesome, admit it). So, this coming offseason, before the start of the 2009-2010 season, there are some serious issues facing the New York ...

GAINEY WORKS PLAN TO PERFECTION
abehefter.wordpress.com 7/2/2009 — It was a brilliant strategy on the part of Canadiens’ General Manager Bob Gainey. Whether or not it pays off on the ice, however, remains to be seen. After striking out time and time again in his efforts to lure big-name, free-agent talent to Montreal, Gainey went out and locked up ...

Rangers Lose Antropov, but Could Come Out Ahead — NYT > Hockey 7/3/2009
Despite losing Nik Antropov to the Thrashers, the Rangers cleared a logjam at center by trading Scott Gomez to the Canadiens, and picked up the high-scoring Marian Gaborik.

One and done: Selanne says next season is his last — FOXSports.com News for NHL 7/3/2009
Anaheim forward Teemu Selanne says his next NHL season will be his last. Selanne, a 10-time all-star, celebrated his 39th birthday Friday. He told the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper in Finland that a man his age doesn't belong in the NHL. Selanne ...

New Faces, New Questions: My "New" Montreal Canadiens Review — Bleacher Report - NHL 7/4/2009
Well. Gainey must be sweating right now for two reasons. First, he's never been so active on the free agent market and has to be trying to catch his breath right now. Second, he just took a huge risk by spending 107M$ on four players over five years. ...

Is Marian Gaborik Paying for the Player He Is or the Player He Can Be? — Bleacher Report - NHL 7/4/2009
When healthy, it goes without saying that Marian Gaborik is one of the NHL's most prolific goal-scorers that poses just as much of an offensive threat as players like Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Dany Heatley. When healthy . You see, ...

Glen Sather's Prayer for the 2009-10 Season — Bleacher Report - NHL 7/4/2009
As many Ranger fans lament about the lack of a true first line center, a big nasty defenseman, and the contracts of Wade Redden, Michael Roszival and Chris Drury, the following thoughts came to mind. if you only think that filling a team's holes ...