June 26, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff Over the last day and a half there have been a plethora of articles, blog entries, video and audio interviews, and press releases about the six Rangers’ selections in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. As part of my duties as HF’s Rangers’ writer, I will be doing an article in review myself. This is not [...]
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June 25, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff This morning the Rangers traded Evgeny Grachev to St Louis for a third round pick (#72), with which the Blueshirts promptly selected an unproven high school player. It was a sad end to a disappointing two years of development, and more evidence that high junior numbers will not automatically convert to a successful pro career. [...]
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June 23, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff The NHL Entry Draft begins tomorrow night in St. Paul, and as it stands this morning, the Rangers have the fewest picks of all 30 NHL teams–four selections (numbered 15, 105, 133, and 135). Two things need to be said about this. First, in making the June 1 trade for Tim Erixon, in which the [...]
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June 18, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff With the awarding of the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins, the clock began to tick on the first arbitration period for teams. But there appears to be some confusion as to the timing of arbitration, how many windows there are for clubs to elect it and when can a player elect, so I want [...]
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June 12, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff Since the adoption of the 2005 CBA, NHL teams have seen more advantages to the drafting of college players. Not the least of these advantages is the increased time within which the team has exclusive rights to sign such players. Covered in Article 8.6(c) of the collective bargaining agreement, NHL teams generally have until August [...]
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June 10, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff Yesterday, both Larry Brooks and Jesse Spector reported that the Rangers will buy out the contract of Rangers captain, Chris Drury, during the June 15 -30 buyout period. Drury, who only played in 24 regular season games and 5 playoff contests during the 2010-11 season due to injuries, had his least productive campaign of his [...]
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June 4, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff Today was the second day of the testing at the Combine and I spent much of the day talking to NHL folks or speaking with the EXACT Sports administrators of the physical and psychological testing. What I learned and will focus on here was very interesting. First of all, the testing can’t be looked at [...]
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June 3, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff Today was the first day of testing at the 2011 NHL Combine and it sure has changed over the years. It’s now in a big facility and quite high tech. Although the physical tests are completely the same, there is a big board announcing who is testing (there are usually six or seven players on [...]
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June 2, 2011 | Posted by Leslie Treff So, its been a long time since I posted here. Another season without a meaningful playoff run, but another season with young players making a meaningful impact on the team. A couple of pieces were still missing, and yesterday’s trade helped address one of them. So the trade that brought Tim Erixon to the Rangers [...]
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