B R O A D W A Y***B L U E S H I R T S

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7-3 ?

that sounds like a really bad football game score

Cullen , Betts & Hollweg were all stand outs last night ( this morning ) . If only all 82 games could be played against the coyotes.


Lets Go Rangers

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hope i can stay awake- otherwise it will be the rewinded Rangers in 60 for me tomm .


Well, our record on the road is pretty decent- lets hope we can keep it up. Should we win, we'll go over 500- so thats a plus .

First appearance at The Staples Center in 3 years ?

wow !


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Kaspar sent down to Hartford ? :eek:


It couldve been anyone- i think it shouldve been Malik.

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http://www.nypost.com/seven/11012006/sports/rangers/struggling_rangers_have_hawk_eye_rangers_larry_brooks.htm



STRUGGLING RANGERS HAVE HAWK EYE
By LARRY BROOKS


November 1, 2006 -- ANAHEIM - One of Tom Renney's most admirable traits is the loyalty he gives to his Rangers players. After last season, it's understandable for the head coach to have begun this year giving the benefit of the doubt to every veteran who contributed to the 2005-06 reversal of fortunes.

But it's gotten late early for the Blueshirts, who staggered through October without displaying mastery of any single facet of the game.

And as Renney well knows, his loyalty belongs to the franchise, not to any individual or collection of individuals wearing the uniform. The NHL is a tough, competitive business, made tougher by a salary cap that is brutally unforgiving.

As such, the time has come to cut the cord. Eleven haphazard games constitute a fair enough sample from which to draw valid conclusions.

Changes are necessary. The defense is a shambles without Henrik Lundqvist erasing all of the blunders. The forwards aren't collectively good enough without Jaromir Jagr consistently dominating. The team is far too slow on its feet and in moving the puck.

Fact is, the Rangers are not only 5-6 heading into tonight's encounter here with the Ducks, they are 5-15 in their last 20 games stretching back to last year's monumental season-ending collapse and playoff sweep by the Devils. Neil Diamond's sweet times never seemed so far away.

It appears that change is coming. The Post has learned that the Rangers and Blackhawks are engaged in serious trade talks. As was reported in this space yesterday, Chicago pro scout Marc Bergevin has been tailing the Blueshirts from coast to coast. Last night, the Rangers were scheduled to send two of their personnel people to the Coliseum to scout the Blackhawks against the Islanders.

Sources have told The Post that the name of veteran Chicago defenseman Jassen Cullimore has been prominently mentioned, but at the same time, informants confirm that the Blackhawks are mighty interested in Petr Prucha. The Rangers obviously aren't trading a promising 24-year-old winger coming off a 30-goal rookie season for a 33-year-old fourth or fifth defenseman.

The Blackhawks are at approximately $42 million in salary. The Rangers are close to that number. Cullimore, due to earn $1.9M this year and next, would bring a more physical presence than the Blueshirts currently possess on their blue line, but acquiring him makes sense only if the Rangers send either Darius Kasparaitis ($2.989M per through next year) - sent yesterday to Hartford on a 10-day assignment - or Marek Malik ($2.5M through 2007-08 ) to Chicago.

If Prucha, pretty much wasted this year skating primarily on a third line, is actually in play, the Rangers have to be seeking much more substantial game in return. Sources have suggested that the Blackhawks, shut out three straight times following the season-ending injury suffered by Michal Handzus and desperate for offense, might be willing to deal highly regarded 21-year-old defenseman Brent Seabrook, the 14th overall selection in the 2003 entry draft and an outstanding puck-mover, to get Prucha.

Should Prucha go, ice-time would open for Nigel Dawes, a scratch the last two games. The Rangers, who somehow are using fourth-line caliber Blair Betts as their second line center and marginal winger Jason Ward as their third-line pivot, would still need help down the middle, but the first remedy there is likely in Hartford in the person of Brandon Dubinsky.

Changes are in order. Loyalty has its place, but not at the expense of success. Renney knows that. So does Glen Sather.

larry.brooks@nypost.com


personally, i like prucha- i hope they can ship malik out instead.