Dave Rosen at NHL.com finds out that at this time of year the standings are on everyone's mind including Marc Staal's...

"Now, once you get down to 20-25 games left, you obviously pay a little bit more attention to them," Staal said. "It's hard not to when it's tight like this every year. Since I've been here it's been so tight. You know what the big games are, but now every point is huge, they all count. It's that time of the year again."

...when the players start paying attention to the standings you know the games are going to start becoming more and more intense. Really looking forward to another stretch run from the Rangers. Doesn't get much more exciting than a handful of teams fighting for the final two or three playoff spots.

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Bergen Record - Marian Gaborik takes on larger role

New York Post - Rangers try to score right lineup

Daily News - Rangers hope Gabs gets on the board

Newsday - Wolski out as Rangers face Kings

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Tonight, I have the extreme honor of taking part in a round table discussion on Blueshirt Banter Radio, the one true voice of the New York Rangers fan, starting at 9 p.m.

Other bloggers taking part in the round table discussion will be Nick of the Rangers Tribine, Eric at 5-hole.com, Mike of Bleeding All Blue, David of Blue Seat Blogs and of course the hosts of Blueshirt Banter Radio Jim Schmiedeberg and Eddie Gieck of Blueshirt Banter.

The Blueshirt Banter Radio Show actually starts at 8pm, but the round table will begin around 9pm. Jim and Eddie have also setup a live chat on the show's page that listeners can participate in by registering with Blog Talk Radio.

Should be a lively discussion as we talk everything Rangers. I encourage everyone to check it out starting at 9pm. To listen click here.

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Newyorkrangers.com has a recap and numerous pictures from last night's Casino Night...

Henrik Lundqvist on the night...

"Some of these guys you don't see in a tux that often," said Lundqvist, who is known for his fashion sense. "It's always fun to meet all the guys with their families and also to meet the fans. I really enjoy it. It has been fun every time I have been a part of it."

Michael Del Zotto talks about not wearing the same white tuxedo he donned at last year's event....

"I had a blast last year, and I'm having a blast again this year," said defenseman Michael Del Zotto. "I wanted to go back with the white tuxedo, but my teammates gave me some heat about it, so I thought I'd switch it up and I went with a little chocolate brown this year. But this year I'm getting a lot of heat from the fans for not having the white tux. So I really don't know what I'm supposed to do. I don't know if I'm going to have to go with two outfits next year."

The Rangers are still running an on-line auction for numerous Rangers memorabilia.

...btw, how hilarious is Dubi in that pic.

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Video of Torts' post practice presser courtesy of Jesse Spector at the Blueshirts Blog...

 

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Kevin Allen at USA Today looks at the top 10 teams he believes will be the most active at the trade deadline and has the Rangers at #9...

9. New York Rangers: On New York's wish list is an offensive defenseman to play the point on the power play. This team has performed much better than expected, particularly given the injuries they have suffered this season.

...if Allen is right, and I don't think he will be, most Rangers fans are going to be very irritated on deadline day.

...this team is about building for the future, not quick fixes that gets them a first or second round exit.

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Update, 12:28 p.m.:
Torts on why Wolski will be scratched...

"I don't want to put (Wolski) in the lineup & have him skate 5 shifts & then he's out..it's uncomfortable for him and he can't play"

MZA will take Wolski's spot at the point on the power play

...surprised to see MZA put back on the point. Thought he struggled there when Torts tried him out.

Update, 12:23 p.m.:
Steve Zipay says Steve Eminger and Wolski will be scratches tomorrow with Kris Newbury and Michael Del Zotto back in.

...nice to see Newbury getting a second chance. I liked his "jam' as Torts likes to say.

Update, 12:16 p.m.:
Wolski says he's feeling better but will make a determination tomorrow whether he can play. No one has been recalled yet, Rangers have just 12 forwards.

Wolski adds that he's enjoying playing the point on the pp.

Original Post:
Jesse Spector reports that Wojtek Wolski (ribs) returned to practice this morning after sitting out most of Sunday's game and yesterday's practice.

Spector also tweets the line combinations...

Dubinsky-Prospal-Gaborik
Wolski-Boyle-Callahan
Avery-Anisimov-Stepan
Zuccarello-Christenen-Prust

Steve Zipay adds that the Rangers are currently working on four-on-threes and will practice defensive zone coverage later.

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In a daily debate over at ESPN.com, Pierre LeBrun feels that the Rangers are one of a handful of teams that Tomas Kaberle would waive his no-trade clause for.

Kaberle, who has 3g, 34a, is in the final year of his contract that pays him $4.25 million this season.

...i know it's hard to compare the value of forwards vs. defensemen, but last night the Senators received a second round pick from Boston for C Chris Kelly, so based on that trade I would think Burke would be looking for at least a 1st round pick and a prospect for Kaberle, who in my opinion, has much more value than Kelly no matter what their position is.

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Tickets for tomorrow's Rangers/Kings game at MSG are selling for as low as 44% below market value.

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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It took a little longer than I expected but The New York Rangers Blog finally has a mobile version. So when you visit the blog on your IPhones, Blackberrys and Androids it should load much quicker.

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Quick shoutout to Derek at Bloguin for setting this up.

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