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Video- Dominic Moore With Two Minutes For Roughing?

by Paul on 02/10/12 at 01:53 AM ET
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Ruslan Fedotenko was the recipient of the hit. 

You can be the judge, multiple angles of the hit in the video.

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Get The Call Right

by Paul on 02/09/12 at 06:19 PM ET
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from Katie Strang of ESPNNewYork,

New York Rangers coach John Tortorella wants hockey to adopt an NFL-style review system for the last minute of a game, he said in a pregame news conference Thursday.

The Rangers saw their late-game rally fall short in Tuesday’s 1-0 loss to the Devils after a goaltender interference call against them negated what would’ve been the game-tying goal with less than four seconds to play. Tortorella was careful not to link the suggestion with criticism of that particular play—he was fined $30,000 last month for ripping officials after the team’s 3-2 win over the Flyers in the annual Winter Classic—but said he supports a system that would require any questionable call to be reviewed by the league’s nerve center in Toronto in the last minute of regulation.

In the NFL, calls and plays are reviewed “upstairs” in the last two minutes of the game.

“I’m not questioning the call, but it brings up a discussion and I think the NFL gets it right,” Tortorella said before the Rangers hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning at MSG. “In the last two minutes, it’s a booth replay to get the call right. I haven’t thought it all through. But maybe the last minute of an NHL hockey game, get that call right. Maybe you do have to go upstairs and make sure it’s the right call.”

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The Rangers Could Own The City

by Paul on 02/09/12 at 09:03 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

The Rangers may skate under the radar through most of the calendar, but they have the pedigree that grants them the ability to own this city the way they did when they won it all in 1994 and even when they went to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1979.

The way they have a chance to own this city this spring.

Look, this is not a powerhouse team. This is not a group glittering with stars like the one featuring Mark Messier, Brian Leetch, Mike Richter and Adam Graves that put an end to the 54-year Stanley Cup drought by looking history in the eye until it blinked.

But it is a team that is greater than the sum of its parts operating in a sport that rewards fabric more than any other. There are talents who do get their name above the title on the marquee, specifically Henrik Lundqvist and Marian Gaborik, and that is required of teams that go all the way, but more than the commitment to grind on every shift, to block every shot and to finish and play through every check, there is the commitment to one another.

All In, on the field.

All In, on the ice.

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Video- Rangers Thought They Tied The Game

by Paul on 02/07/12 at 10:09 PM ET
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But goalie interference was called on Marian Gaborik of the Rangers with four seconds left.

Devils win 1-0.

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Bad Goal Hurts Flyers

by Paul on 02/06/12 at 09:49 AM ET
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from Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull,

Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov was having a terrific game Sunday until he allowed a brutal wraparound goal to Marian Gaborik, giving the Rangers a 2-1 lead with 5.1 seconds left in the second period.

Bryz said the puck took a “funny bounce” off his stick and that it was like “somebody sucking the puck with a vacuum behind the net.”

more on the Flyers and watch the Gaborik goal. Score tied 1-1, 6 seconds left in the 2nd period and now the Flyers must go into the dressing room down by 1.  They did lose the game 5-2.

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Dan Girardi For The Norris Trophy

by Paul on 02/05/12 at 09:12 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

Submitted for your approval in this season during which there has been no offensively dominant defenseman: Dan Girardi for the Norris Trophy.

It certainly would be a twilight zone of a choice, given the throwback nature of the bedrock Ranger’s game, but hockey people have argued for years that if the worth of strict defensive play has not quite been ignored in the voting for the prestigious trophy, it certainly has been overshadowed by the value of dynamic offense from the blue line.

Girardi, who has gotten more ice time per game at 27:34 than any player in the NHL in five years — since Zdeno Chara averaged 27:57 in 2006-07 in his first year in Boston — is the personification of the defensive defenseman who does all of the grunt work all of the time matched against every opponent’s top line while also possessing the ability to make the outlet pass and get up on the play in joining the rush.

No one will be blinded by Girardi’s offensive stats. At the same time, the modesty of his 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) should not blind anyone to his value on the club with the best points-per-game record and second-best goals-against average in the league.

more plus opening NHL season in Europe may be in jeopardy…..

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Rangers/Wild Trade

by Paul on 02/03/12 at 11:09 AM ET
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via New York Rangers tweet,

the #NYR have traded Erik Christensen and a 7th round pick to the Minnesota Wild for forward Casey Wellman who is being assigned to @CTWhale

The pick heading to Minnesota in Wellman deal is a conditional 7th round draft choice in 2013

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Report- Rangers, Ryan Smyth Have Mutual Interest

by Paul on 02/03/12 at 10:23 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

If Rangers general manager Glen Sather is interested in reuniting with Ryan Smyth by acquiring Edmonton’s veteran left wing to bolster the attack, the feeling may well be a reciprocal one, The Post has learned.

A well-placed source told The Post that Smyth, who was drafted sixth overall in 1994 by Sather and then played the first five years under his direction while he was general manager of the Oilers, would give serious consideration to waiving his no-move clause in order to pursue a Cup on Broadway.

The Eastern Conference-leading Rangers, who have scored 17 goals in their last nine games and have been limited to two goals or fewer in 20 of their 49 matches, are seeking to add both scoring punch and a defenseman in advance of the Feb. 27 trade deadline.

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Video- Andrew Ference Five Minutes For Charging And A Game Misconduct

by Paul on 01/21/12 at 04:10 PM ET
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For this hit on Ryan Mcdonagh.

Costly penalty, the Rangers scored in OT while on the power play.

added 5:01pm, another video below, this time with the Boston TV crew…

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Tortorella Puts Stanley Cup Talk To A Quick End

by Paul on 01/17/12 at 11:47 PM ET
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via Katie Strang of ESPN New York,

Rangers owner James Dolan upstaged coach John Tortorella at his post-game press conference, making a rare appearance in front of the media.

Dolan, who seemed giddy following the Rangers’ 3-0 win over the streaking Predators, said he feels the Rangers are “pretty close” to winning the Stanley Cup.

After Dolan dismissed himself following two questions, Tortorella good-naturedly countered that he’d like his 29-11-4 team to keep their focus.

“I have my owner up here talking about the Stanley Cup. I think that’s a bunch of bullshit. We need to take one game at a time.”

added 11:56pm, additional information from Dave Lozo of NHL.com.

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