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NHL Trade Deadline: New York Rangers

The Rangers have played solid hockey most of the season, at least enough to stay in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. However, February has been unkind to them so far. They're 2-5-1 in the month so far and have slipped to 7th in the conference standings, only two points ahead of eighth-place Carolina. Defensively,...

Michal Rozsival Traded to Coyotes for Wojtek Wolski

In one trade, the New York Rangers moved the biggest target of their fans' derision, took a chance on a goal scorer, got younger and added $1.2 million dollars in pro-rated cap space. The Rangers acquired forward Wojtek Wolski from the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday in exchange for defenseman Michal Rozsival. The...

Inside the NHL's Facebook News Feed

Social media is all the rage these days and the hockey world is no exception. Players, media members and fans are all very active on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. That activity has helped fans get closer to players, media to break stories as they happen and given us all another reason to goof off at work. But there's...

For the Fans, Keep the Wade Redden Loophole Open

Wade Redden, signed by the New York Rangers to a six-year, $39 million contract just two summers ago, is reporting to the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. This is as it should be for all parties involved. For the Rangers, whose general manager Glen Sather rewarded Redden when almost every...

Top Five Not-So-Great Glen Sather Signings

When the Rangers bought out the contract of defender Wade Redden earlier in the week, it brought to a close the case of one of the worst free agent signings the team has made over the past decade. The Rangers have long been big players in the free agent market both under current GM Glen Sather and prior to his tenure....

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05/30/12 Sather sticking with Rangers' youth movement Source: New York Daily News - New York NY The Rangers' sudden postseason elimination is still too close for Glen Sather , the Hall of Famer and Blueshirts general manager who has never gotten used to losing since guiding the Edmonton Oilers to five Stanley Cup titles from 1984 to 1990.
05/28/12 Everyone's A Shot Blocker Source: Kukla's Korner If you're a Rangers fan, the last thing you want to see the first month of next season is Chris Kreider flinging himself in front of shots from the blue line.
05/26/12 Fiddler's Facts: Sather's head could roll with Rangers... Source: The Guardian - Charlottetown PEI - Canada Fiddler's Facts was written prior to the New Jersey Devils eliminating the New York Rangers Friday night.
05/20/12 A strange but true Ovechkin-Gomez comparison and the... Source: Kukla's Korner "I was at a sports banquet in New York and ended up sitting beside (former Habs GM Bob Gainey) and asked if he was looking for a centreman. I knew he was," said Rangers GM Glen Sather, who didn't think Gomez's whopping contract, which he signed as a free agent, was an impediment.
05/17/12 Rangers reaping benefits of focusing on draft Source: NHL The celebration that followed a beauty of a goal by 21-year-old Michael Del Zotto was a gathering of five New York Rangers who epitomize the youth movement of a franchise that once was defined as one of the oldest and least successful in the League.

Background on glen sather

Glen Cameron "Slats" Sather (born September 2, 1943) is the President and general manager of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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