According to Andrew Gross, Ryan Callahan has been skating in full gear for "bag skates" while being able to take his cast off and put on padded glove when on ice.
Jesse Spector adds that Callahan will have an X-ray tonight with eye on being able to hold stick as the next step in his rehab.
...nice to finally get some good news on the injury front.
Gross also reports that Eric Christensen is still wearing a brace and is hoping for big week of improvement. No timetable on his return.
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Henrik Lundqvist, Chris Drury, and Marian Gaborik discuss the upcoming game against Montreal following the Blueshirts' practice on Jan. 10.
Rangers head coach John Tortorella speaks with reporters following the Blueshirts' Jan. 10 practice in preparation for a Jan. 11 game vs. Montreal at MSG.
For Mats Zuccarello's appearance on NHL Live yesterday click here.
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NHL.com released the rosters for the NHL All Star game and both Marc Staal and Henrik Lundqvist made the cut.
Derek Stepan will also be part of the All Star weekend participating in the Rookie Skills Competitiion.
...what? No Avery? ;)
...obviously Dubi is the big snub here for the Rangers.
...i feel over the last month or so Staal has really stepped up his game and this All Star bid is an affirmation of his status of one of the top young defensemen in the game.
...would have rather Hank rested, but outstanding honor for him.
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...assuming he got in late last night and will probably get to MSG a little later.
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ESPN.com has put the Rangers in the top 10 (#7) in their recent power rankings...
7. Rangers - It's hard to imagine John Tortorella not being at the top of preliminary lists for the Jack Adams Award for coach of the year. The Rangers continue to impress and are firmly entrenched in the East playoff picture. New York also has won three in a row and has given up just four goals during that period.
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Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside of ESPN.com debate who won out in the Michal Rozsival for Wojteck Wolski trade...
Burnside: ...In Phoenix, the points have to come from everywhere in the lineup, and the bottom line is that Rozsival's 15 points is just one behind the number put up by Wolski. He joins a very productive blue line that includes Keith Yandle, Adrian Aucoin and Ed Jovanovski. I can't help but imagine both teams will wake up tomorrow a little happier than they were today.
LeBrun: There's more upside in this trade for the Rangers because of Wolski's age, but I agree both teams get better this season. Wolski had 18 points in 18 games after arriving in Phoenix last season, so you know it's there. If Tortorella can't bring the best out of him, at least the Rangers have only committed contractually to Wolski for another season and a half. It's worth the gamble.
...got to agree that on paper this looks like a win/win for everyone including the players who both seemed to need a change of scenery.
Meanwhile, Adrian Dater at the Denver Post isn't so sure Rangers made out that well.
...h/t to reader Dave S. for the link.
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I've been hearing about this new commenting system since I signed on with Bloguin now it's finally here and I'm pretty pumped.
A couple of things to get you going on the new system...
- It is a beta system right now, so it is not final and will only get better.
- You can set your avatar on the Livefyre page. Also, make sure you turn comment notifications off. Or your email will get blasted.
- You can sign in with your Facebook or Twitter account. I recommend you register via LiveFyre. Anyone with a Bloguin user name and password integration is coming, but you may just want to register a new name with LiveFyre if you don't want to wait.
- All old comments will not be lost. They aren't visible at the moment, but they will be imported into the new system soon.
- The system is in real-time. Meaning no refreshing to see new comments. This will come in real handy as I start to get game night threads going again.
- Old comments are now at the bottom, and new comments are now at the top. I may have an option to switch this, so I'll see what I like better.
- Flickr, Twitpic, tinypic, and imgur are the supported images, meaning you just copy and paste the URL into the comment box and the image shows up as a thumbnail.
- For videos, YouTube and Vimeo work. Just paste the URL, and it works.
- You can now respond directly to someone's comment starting a brand new thread.
- Right now on the main page it will just say "Add a comment" without indicating how many comments have been posted. I'm trying to see if I can get that changed so you can see if a new comment has been posted since the last time you visited the blog.
We have such a great community here at The New York Rangers Blog. Hopefully this new commenting system will make us even closer. Let me know what you think.
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Official announcement of the trade. Update, 6:33 p.m.: Just some quick thoughts. I like the move for all the obvious reasons Sather states. It is a bit of a risk to go with all youth on the defense, but the Rangers could address that at the trade deadline if needed, which right now they don't.
Wonder if Del Zotto will be back soon or they're just going to ride McD.
As far as Wolski goes, let's hope he can recapture some of the offensive talent he flashed in Colorado. Assuming he gets a shot with Gaborik, unfortunately meaning it's probably back to the fourth line for Avery.
Somehow, Sather has been able to rid every bad contract he has brought in but Drury. That is utterly amazing. Or utterly stupid by other GMs. Update, 6:29 p.m. Wolski has six goals and 10 assists this season.
"That's the other side of the coin," Sather said. "It's created another opportunity for us we didn't have with Rozsival, who was five million under the cap. We reduced our cap by 1.2, that may allow us to do some things that come up in the future. It was a situation where it was easy for us to make for a lot of reasons."
According to Gross, Wolski has a cap figure of $3.8 million this season and next before becoming a restricted free agent while Rozsival counts $5 million against the cap this season and next, though his actual salaries in the front-loaded contract are $4 million and $3 million. Thus the Coyotes save in actual money, an important consideration for that franchise.
Update, 5:00 p.m.: Darren Dreger reports that that Rangers have traded Michal Rozsival to the Coyotes for F Wojtek Wolski. Update, 4:57 p.m.: Pierre LeBrun at ESPN tweets that the announcement will be a trade, but he doesn't have the details.
...why am I scared?
Original Post: Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants tweets that Glen Sather will be conducting a conference call at 5:15 p.m.
...the buzz around Twitter is that it's going to be a big trade. Anticipation is killing me.
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Just a heads-up to anyone interested in going to the Rangers/Canadiens game at MSG tomorrow, according to TiqIQ there are plenty of tickets under face value or way below the average price.
The ticket program TiqIQ that I have a widget for on the right hand side has found these tickets at StubHub, Ebay and other ticketing sites.
I'm also seeing fans getting ridiculously low prices through EBay auctions. A word of caution on the EBay auctions, please make sure you research the seller. There are a lot of scam artists out there and the last thing you guys need is to be taken for a ride.
Just another service provided by The New York Rangers Blog.
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According to Andrew Gross, Ryan Callahan has been skating in full gear for "bag skates" while being able to take his cast off and put on padded glove when on ice.
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I've been hearing about this new commenting system since I signed on with Bloguin now it's finally here and I'm pretty pumped.
Just a heads-up to anyone interested in going to the Rangers/Canadiens game at MSG tomorrow, according to 
