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kenshunt · May 2007

NY PJ1 wrote:

thanx for the memories # 2

you will always be missed

and will be a blueshirt 4ever

I really enjoyed watching him play for the Leafs(even though it was only a month) i got to see his amazing talent and he was like 36 at the time, i could only imagine how much fun it was for his prime, great player.

Bathgate66 · May 2007

Coyotes select Maloney as next GM
Matt Paulson, Tribune
The Coyotes have hired New York Rangers assistant general manager Don Maloney to be their next GM, a source close to the team confirmed Monday.

The Coyotes will hold a press conference Tuesday to announce the hiring.

Maloney, 48, was with the Rangers for the past 10 seasons. Part of that term coincided with Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky's playing days with the Rangers, from 1996-99.

Maloney was also GM of the New York Islanders from 1992-1995. The Islanders made the postseason twice under Maloney and advanced to the conference finals in 1993.

Maloney replaces Mike Barnett, who was fired in April after five seasons. Phoenix failed to make the playoffs in the final four.

sad to see him leave the rangers,but best of luck to him in the dessert.

Bathgate66 · May 2007

Maloney out, Messier in ? ?

:eek:

BY STEVE ZIPAY
steve.zipay@ newsday.com

May 29, 2007

The door is open for a Mark Messier return to the Rangers.

Don Maloney - the right-hand man for Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather as the team's assistant GM during the last six years - yesterday was named general manager of the Phoenix Coyotes and officially will be introduced at a team news conference today.

The former left wing, who also was the Rangers' vice president of player personnel, had been with the Rangers' front office since 1996 after serving as Islanders assistant GM and general manager from 1990 to 1995.

The vacancy means that Messier, who in February told reporters that he was interested in the Rangers' GM job, presumably will be a leading candidate to replace Maloney.

At the time, Sather, who allowed Maloney to seek the Coyotes' job, where he will work with Phoenix managing partner and coach Wayne Gretzky, said Messier needed some apprenticeship and did not offer any public support for Maloney, who is widely credited with a key role in the redevelopment of the Rangers' farm system through the NHL's annual entry draft.

This year's draft is scheduled for June 22 and Rangers coach Tom Renney, the team's former vice president of player development, presumably will have a larger role. Hartford Wolf Pack coach Jim Schoenfeld might also be a candidate for Maloney's job.

A call to the 48-year-old Maloney, who was selected from a list of nine candidates, was not immediately returned. He is believed to have been given a deal that runs through the 2010-11 season and the Rangers will not be awarded any compensation.

Maloney's departure could mean a new division of labor in the front office. Messier, who retired in September 2005, has no front-office, coaching or scouting experience and Maloney did much of the legwork on budgeting.

That type of experience is what the Coyotes will get in Maloney. They have finished last in the Pacific Division for three consecutive seasons and fired three front-office executives, including GM Mike Barnett, six weeks ago.

Several recent Rangers prospects whom Maloney advocated drafting, such as Hugh Jessiman, a 2003 first-rounder, have struggled. But defenseman Marc Staal, drafted in 2006, was sensational in the Ontario Hockey League and could make the club next season. Goaltender Al Montoya and forwards Nigel Dawes and Lauri Korpikoski are close and last year's first-rounder, New Jersey-born defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti, has a promising future.

Maloney, a native of Lindsay, Ontario, was the Rangers' top selection in the 1978 NHL draft and scored on his first shot in his NHL debut against the Boston Bruins on Feb. 14, 1979. During his 12 seasons with the Rangers, Maloney scored 195 goals and added 307 assists.
Copyright 2007 Newsday Inc.

xavier mcdaniel · May 2007

by the way if you haven't seen this "Spring of 1994" documentary on MSG, it's a must-see.

Gary Carter · May 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

It was NYRs vs NJDs

& the famous howie rose call :

" Matteau , ...Matteau,...Matteau ,...."

cant believe its already been 13 years.

fuck im getting old .

dude u think your getting old, i was 8 when i heard that famous call. i still get chills everytime i hear that call from howie rose and im not even a rags fan.

NY PJ1 · May 2007

a friend who i work with talked to mess

its all but done kids

our new GM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET'S GO RANGER'S!!

Bathgate66 · May 2007

NY PJ1 wrote:

a friend who i work with talked to mess

its all but done kids

our new GM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET'S GO RANGER'S!!

you mean assistant GM , correct ?
Slats hasnt resigned yet,

unless theres really something happening that we are not privey to,..

NY PJ1 · May 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

you mean assistant GM , correct ?
Slats hasnt resigned yet,

unless theres really something happening that we are not privey to,..

ASSISTANT IN TITLE ONLY

the canadian society dinner is honoring slats this year,, messier was last year
my company has 2 tables but im not the biggest fan of his ,,so i think ima skip it
although mingling w/ henrik and kaspar was fun last year

anyway bring on the moose

FnCircus · May 2007

just finished the article on the sabres prospects and looked over to see this. thought I might share with you guys.......

Rangers Prospects

Bathgate66 · May 2007

F'n_Circus wrote:

just finished the article on the sabres prospects and looked over to see this. thought I might share with you guys.......

Rangers Prospects

sanguinetti is the newest of that batch,...
callahan will never go back down,
immonen made a few appearances, scored a couple , and looked very good .

i would venture to guess that staal is now ripe for the picking.

oddly enough, i heard / read they were actually dangling montoya around in trade talks , just to see what he may fetch , or maybe snag a higher draft pick for him .

cant wait for sept.

Bathgate66 · May 2007

NY PJ1 wrote:

a friend who i work with talked to mess

its all but done kids

our new GM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET'S GO RANGER'S!!

Mess Stays Clear Of Slats

Mess steers clear of Slats

Thursday, May 31st 2007, 4:00 AM

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ANAHEIM - Mark Messier knew how it would look, so he canceled a planned social outing with Rangers GM Glen Sather today.

"I was going to go play golf with Glen up in Palm Springs, but when all of this broke, I said, 'I don't think it's a good idea,' just so I can say I wasn't there with him," a laughing Messier said after the first period of last night's game between the Ducks and Senators.

With Rangers assistant GM Don Maloney taking the top management job in Phoenix on Tuesday, Messier is aware that any contact with Sather would fuel speculation about the former Rangers and Oilers great moving into the front office at Madison Square Garden. Messier said it might happen someday, but nothing is in the works yet.

"I made the comment (in February) that at some point I might like to do something like that," Messier said of taking a management position. "I know how hard Donnie and other GMs work, and the commitment it takes to do the job. Until I know one thousand percent that I'm ready to make that commitment, I'm just going to stay out of it. When I'm ready, I'll throw my name in the ring and go through the interview process and see what comes of it."

Messier, who worked last night as a studio analyst on the Versus telecast, said his post-retirement relationship with his family - he has two young children with his fiancée, Kim Clark - will weigh heavily on when or if he pursues a new hockey career.

"I'm having the best time of my life right now," he said. - Ross

orig_long red · May 2007

so when are you guys hiring Milbury?

Bathgate66 · May 2007

long red wrote:

so when are you guys hiring Milbury?

right after you guys bring back spano,....

Bathgate66 · June 2007

Blueshirt Bulletin

May 31, 2007

[size=+2]Rangers trade Russell to Montreal[/size]

"The club has traded the rights to unsigned prospect Ryan Russell to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Montreal's seventh round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft," the Rangers announced about thirty minutes ago. Unable to come to contract terms with Russell before midnight tonight, at which time he would re-enter the draft if unsigned, the Rangers got what they could for him. Presumably the Habs believe they can sign him in the next eight hours.

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[size=+2]Mess Not Ready to Apprentice With Slats[/size]

Mark Messier has not been contacted by the Rangers about the opening as Assistant GM, and he canceled a golf date yesterday with GM Glen Sather to pre-empt speculation that he was in talks with his former GM-coach in Edmonton and New York about the job. He later said that he is not yet ready to take on that kind of time commitment. See the original AP report and follow-up articles in Newsday and the Daily News. Messier also named the annual winner of his Leadership Award (Chris Chelios) -- Brendan Shanahan was the first winner of the monthly version -- and took the opportunity to make mention of the product

Bathgate66 · June 2007

Slap Shots

'FIRE' AND ICE
NYLANDER'S PRICE JUST WENT WAY UP
June 3, 2007 -- THE Rangers' expectation of getting a significant hometown discount from impending unrestricted free agent Michael Nylander has gone up in smoke, right along with the services of No. 92's club-friendly agent Paul Theofanous.

Slap Shots has learned that the invaluable first-line center, who was second on the team in scoring during the regular season before finishing atop the club charts in the playoffs, has given Theofanous formal notice of dismissal and is in the process of conducting a search for new representation as the July 1 open market beckons.

According to a well-placed source, Nylander, who as late as the May 8 break-up day that followed the Blueshirts' elimination by the Sabres stated his desire to remain in New York, decided to part ways with Theofanous the final week of the season after learning that his agent had reached an independent agreement with Glen Sather for a three-year contract worth $3.75M per.

Likely the NHL's greatest bargain the last two years in registering 162 points (49-113) in 160 games playing the role of Dr. Watson to Jaromir Jagr's Holmes while operating on a contract worth $2,026,667 per, Nylander is probably worth between $4.25 and $5M per on the open market, depending upon the contract length he seeks.

And though he will turn 35 the first week of October, Nylander is in a position of strength. The Rangers, who are expected to target Scott Gomez to fill their gaping hole at second-line center with Chris Drury running as 1A in the free-agent field, certainly don't want to be in the position of bidding simultaneously for both first- and second-line free-agent centers on July 1 in an auction that could escalate out of their control.

At the same time, they also don't want to enter into the unknown in pairing a center with the finicky Jagr, whose endorsement of his soft-spoken, modest, yet fiercely proud Swedish pivot is unqualified.

If Nylander does get to July 1, he will join Gomez, Drury and Daniel Briere - assuming the latter two become free agents - as the premier pivots available in what will certainly be a seller's market. The Rangers will be buyers, so will the Canucks, Flyers, Flames, Avalanche and likely the Stars.

Then there are the Caps - who presumably would jump head-first into the pool if given the opportunity to team utmost professional Nylander with Alexander Ovechkin - and Oilers and Coyotes, and maybe the Sabres and the Devils.

NY PJ1 · June 2007

Bathgate66 wrote:

Slap Shots

'FIRE' AND ICE
NYLANDER'S PRICE JUST WENT WAY UP
June 3, 2007 -- THE Rangers' expectation of getting a significant hometown discount from impending unrestricted free agent Michael Nylander has gone up in smoke, right along with the services of No. 92's club-friendly agent Paul Theofanous.

Slap Shots has learned that the invaluable first-line center, who was second on the team in scoring during the regular season before finishing atop the club charts in the playoffs, has given Theofanous formal notice of dismissal and is in the process of conducting a search for new representation as the July 1 open market beckons.

According to a well-placed source, Nylander, who as late as the May 8 break-up day that followed the Blueshirts' elimination by the Sabres stated his desire to remain in New York, decided to part ways with Theofanous the final week of the season after learning that his agent had reached an independent agreement with Glen Sather for a three-year contract worth $3.75M per.

Likely the NHL's greatest bargain the last two years in registering 162 points (49-113) in 160 games playing the role of Dr. Watson to Jaromir Jagr's Holmes while operating on a contract worth $2,026,667 per, Nylander is probably worth between $4.25 and $5M per on the open market, depending upon the contract length he seeks.

And though he will turn 35 the first week of October, Nylander is in a position of strength. The Rangers, who are expected to target Scott Gomez to fill their gaping hole at second-line center with Chris Drury running as 1A in the free-agent field, certainly don't want to be in the position of bidding simultaneously for both first- and second-line free-agent centers on July 1 in an auction that could escalate out of their control.

At the same time, they also don't want to enter into the unknown in pairing a center with the finicky Jagr, whose endorsement of his soft-spoken, modest, yet fiercely proud Swedish pivot is unqualified.

If Nylander does get to July 1, he will join Gomez, Drury and Daniel Briere - assuming the latter two become free agents - as the premier pivots available in what will certainly be a seller's market. The Rangers will be buyers, so will the Canucks, Flyers, Flames, Avalanche and likely the Stars.

Then there are the Caps - who presumably would jump head-first into the pool if given the opportunity to team utmost professional Nylander with Alexander Ovechkin - and Oilers and Coyotes, and maybe the Sabres and the Devils.

YIKES!!!!!!!! KCUF

Bathgate66 · June 2007

NY PJ1 wrote:

YIKES!!!!!!!! KCUF

theyd better not let him slip away

and signing either brierre and or drury ?

i know buffalo is not going to let both of them slip away, i'd be shocked if they let one of them get away.

Bathgate66 · June 2007

June 07, 2007
Rangers Connections to the 2007 Cup

This just in: Ranger prospect Bobby Sanguinetti has been traded from the Owen Sound Attack to the Brampton Battalion of the OHL, where he is likely to play next season barring a training camp performance that forces the Rangers to keep him in the NHL (he is ineligible to play anywhere other than the CHL or NHL).

You've heard this one before, but with Anaheim winning the Stanley Cup last night, it's worth repeating: Todd Marchant played his first NHL game for a team that went on to win the Stanley Cup without him, that game being his one and only game as a Ranger, in 1994, after which he was traded for a player who helped win that Cup for the Rangers. Last night, after thirteen full seasons in the NHL, Marchant finally won a Cup of his own.

The season prior to Marchant's NHL debut, Teemu Selanne won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year after scoring 76 goals and 132 points for the Winnipeg Jets. Fifteen seasons later (more of them out of the playoffs than in, having won only three of nine playoff series before returning to Anaheim after the lockout), over a thousand games and points later, over 500 goals later, he finally got his first taste of the Cup.

Congrats as well to Anaheim assistant coach Dave Farrish, who started his NHL career as a defenseman with the Rangers and played his last seven games in New York during the 1979 run to the Stanley Cup final before being claimed by Quebec during the expansion draft that accompanied the NHL-WHA merger (read about it here).

On the other side of the ledger, a pair of 21-year-olds -- Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry -- lifted the Stanley Cup in their second season in the NHL. They were two late first round picks in 2003, a draft year that has already placed 27 of 30 first rounders in the NHL, many of them stars. Every GM selecting after the Rangers' 12th overall slot benefitted from the Rangers picking one of the three players who hasn't made it.

The Anaheim GM who made those picks was behind the loser's bench last night. When ex-Ranger coach John Muckler hired Bryan Murray to coach the Senators, he called him "a man with a great desire to win the Stanley Cup." Murray has now made three trips to the Cup final without coming away with the big prize. He took the Panthers there as GM in 1996 -- one year later, the Red Wings, whom he had coached to their first 100-point season in 1993, won the Cup. Now, he has lost to the team he helped build, tying him with Roger Neilson (the coach the Rangers fired in 1993, a year before they won the Cup) for second-most seasons as a coach without a Cup (17, behind Pat Quinn's 19).

Brian Burke, the GM who took over for Murray and won the Cup last night, would have been Ranger GM the past two seasons if not for Ranger owner Jim Dolan. In another story you've heard before but which bears repeating now that Burke has his first Cup, Glen Sather was all set to kick himself upstairs to President and give his old friend the reins, but Dolan nixed it solely on the basis of title -- he wanted Sather to retain the title of GM even if Burke acted as de facto GM under the title of Assistant. Burke naturally rejected the offer and went to the Ducks instead.

We all know by now that the lockout really had nothing to do with the NHL protecting its small markets. Still, that was the party line before and throughout. And that was despite the evidence that small payroll teams like Anaheim, Carolina, Florida, Calgary, and Washington were among recent Cup finalists while frugal New Jersey and Tampa were recent Cup winners. The argument on behalf of the low payroll finalists was that they could not keep their teams together to take the next step up to a championship. Well, guess what, both post-lockout Cup winners were among those recent small market finalists, so the NHL looks pretty good for helping them stay together, right?

Wrong. Three seasons after Anaheim lost to New Jersey in 2002-03 team, the only players left to hoist the Cup are J.S. Giguere, Andy McDonald, Rob Niedermayer, and Sammy Pahlsson -- four players. Gone from that 2002-03 team, among others, are Steve Rucchin, Petr Sykora, Matt Cullen, Sandis Ozolinsh, and Jason Krog. Only nine members of the Hurricane's 2001-02 finalists won the Cup there last year -- gone from that 2001-02 team were Ozolinsh, Marek Malik, and Kevin Weekes (maybe the Rangers are now in line for a Cup win with Ozolinsh and Weekes heading out of New York, and Malik sure to follow within one year or maybe less). Meanwhile, Tampa, after winning the Cup just before the lockout, has not been able to come close again after being unable to keep its team together even under the new CBA (or perhaps because of the new CBA).

only a few weeks remain till we make a dive into the free agency pool.

lets get a snorkel !

Lets Go Rangers

xavier mcdaniel · June 2007

Since the big market Rangers won in 1994, there have been seven different franchises to win it all:

New Jersey (1995, 2000, 2003)
Colorado (1996, 2001)
Detroit (1997, 1998, 2002)
Dallas (2000)
Tampa Bay (2004)
Carolina (2006)
Anaheim (2007)

the point being that before 04, only four franchises won cups. the runner-ups have seen xx franchises.

Detroit (1995)
Florida (1996)
Philadelphia (1997)
Washington (1998)
Buffalo (1999)
Dallas (2000)
New Jersey (2001)
Carolina (2002)
Anaheim (2003)
Calgary (2004)
Edmonton (2006)
Ottawa (2007)

the small-market argument does have some validity looking at the runner-ups but at the same time it comes down to hot goaltending, getting a break here or there (such as a higher seeded team being knocked out and avoiding a potentially unfavorable matchup).

Bathgate66 · June 2007

interesting about the teams winning stanleys cup since the NYR in 94.

was just looking at the website for free agenmcy ( that hawkshore supplide here )

so we actually have nylander locked up for this season

but even tho we still have to lock him up unless theyre going to completely renovate, aand go against jagrs wishes.

and wow - look at the time we have cullen locked up for.

a couple of restricted FAs approaching - but i dont know what they even mean . " restricted " ?

anyhow still will be nice to see some new FAs signed on july 1 .

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