On Tuesday night, I was a guest on WCWP internet radio, the home of CW Post University on Long Island, to discuss the Rangers and trade deadline happenings. Here's the audio for anyone interested....


....and yes I know Montoya was part of the Sjostrom trade not the Morris trade. Got confused with all the transactions the Rangers have had with Maloney and the Yotes.

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...not exactly the news we were hoping for. Guess they should have kept him up with the Rangers. ;)

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With the Madison Square Garden renovation expected to hit the bottom bowl this summer here is the seating chart for next season...


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...h/t to Scotty Hockey.

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Update, 1:27 p.m.:
Andrew Gross reports that Ruslan Fedotenko will return to the Rangers lineup tonight, while Kris Newbury has been sent back down to the CT Whale.

Update, 11:46 a.m.:
Gaborik, who is expected to travel with the team to Ottawa, says his headaches are less and less intense, and he describes them more as pressure. No dizziness.

...still don't care, get him at 100% then talk about his return date.

Update, 11:38 a.m.:
Jesse Spector reports that Gaborik felt worse today than yesterday after waking up this morning with a headache, but he saw it as a positive that he was still able to skate.

...if Gaborik is still getting headaches they have to shut him down for another week. He needs to be 100% symptom free before the Rangers even think about getting him back in the lineup.

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Andrew Gross tweets that Marc Staal says he will play tonight against the Wild at MSG.

...giddy-up. Assuming Eminger is the odd man out.

Gross also reports that Marian Gaborik skated for second straight day. However, Tortorella said yesterday he won't play tonight.

...giddy-up again.

Finally, Gross notes that Derek Boogaard will start skating regularly on Monday, but would not say if he was traveling with team to California.

...i thought the Rangers were shutting this guy down? Or at least I was hoping they were.

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Laurie Carr at Beyond the Blueshirts reports Andrei Nazarov, head coach of the KHL's Checkhov Vityaz, who is known for giving NHL/AHL-rejects such as Chris Simon, Darcy Verot, Brandon Sugden and Josh Gratton a chance was recently in New York to check-in on Artem Anisimov as the Russian National team is interested in him playing for them.

However, during an interview Nazarov, who previously played in the NHL, said he spoke with former teammate Derek Boogaard and may have had a secondary motive for being in New York...

And how would you comment on your interest in Boogard?

- It's clear that nothing has been decided yet, and that general manager Alexei Zhamnov is ultimately in charge of personnel questions for Vityaz. But I've known Derek ever since we played together for Minnesota, when he was taking his first steps in the NHL. Even then I guessed that Boogard would make some noise in the League. And that's happened.

I'll phrase the question in another way: during your trip through the NHL are you searching for a fighter for Vityaz?

- First of all I'm here on national team business. But — I won't hide — the problem you mentioned is solved...

...if Sather is somehow able to unload Boogaard to Russia he is officially a magician.

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TheNYRBlog reader Coleen S. sends this pic of her father and nephew, who she was able to turn into a Rangers fan despite him growing up in the non-hockey friendly Florida area, on the youngsters 10th birthday. Way to carry on the family tradition Coleen...


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Bergen Record - Gaborik practicing but won't face Wild

New York Post - Rangers' slip is showing again

Daily News - Staal 'hopeful' to return for Rangers

New York Times -Many in N.H.L. View Fighting as Necessary

Wall Street Journal - Too Bad the Rangers Can't Play Them All on the Road

Newsday - Gaborik making progress toward return

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Update, 10:29 p.m.:
Mitch Beck at Howlings Today says Del Zotto was wearing a splint on his injured wrist after the game.

Del Zotto said it's going to be examined tomorrow by a hand specialist

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...a lost season for Del Zotto just got worse.

...its gotten so bad the injury bug is following Rangers down to the Whale now.

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Update, 2:41 p.m.:
@thenyrangers posts video of Gaborik talking about concussion here.

Update, 2:00 p.m.:
Per Torts, Gaborik is out tomorrow, while Staal and Fedotenko are game time decisions.

Prust was given maintenance day today and will play tomorrow.

Update, 1:45 p.m.:
Fedotenko says he is feeling better but won't discuss if he will play tomorrow.

Update, 1:43 p.m.:
Here's Gaborik on the concussion...

"It was against Pittsburgh, I got hit by (Brooks) Orpik, and then during the shift after I kind of blacked out for a little bit," Gaborik said. "After that, I had headaches, and was dizzy and couldn't focus. I've never had a concussion, or whatever, before. I thought I was just going to play and it was just going to be a little bell-ringer, but it just kept getting worse and worse."

Update, 1:37 p.m.:
Staal plans to test his knee tomorrow to see if he can return to the lineup, while Gaborik says that he is symptom-free at the moment.

Both Staal and Gaborik are hopeful for tomorrow's game vs. WIld.

...that is outstanding news.

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Jim Cerny reports that Gaborik, Staal, and Fedotenko all will take part in practice today.

...can't get these guys back in the line-up soon enough.

However, Jesse Spector tweets that Brandon Prust will not.

...i said this a week or so ago, he needs to sit a few games to recover from his own injuries. Pain seems to be effecting game.

Lines at practice today...

Dubinsky-Anisimov-Callahan
Wolski-Stepan-Zuccarello
Avery-Christensen-Prospal/Gaborik
Fedotenko-Newbury-Boyle

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Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy passes along this video from last night's Rangers/Sabres game in which the Versus broadcast booth broke down a play in the Buffalo zone via their telestrator that resulted in an image which made me blush...



...totally did not catch that during the game. Hysterical.

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