Thanks. Hope he impresses if/when he gets his chance. I had high hopes for him when I drafted him this year.

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yeah i own him in two leagues and i envisioned a better season to be sure

Wow so pretty terrible week fantasy-wise for New York Rangers players. The Big Three were anything but.

Rick Nash had a goal and an assist in 3 games being the best of the three, add in 8 hits and 12 shots for your multi-cat leagues and it was a decent week for him. Especially getting the goal as I think people expected his scoring to be more goal heavy than it has to this point. Brad Richards had and assist in 3 games this week not strong at all, however his 41 FOWs and 5 blocked shots are some consolation in leagues with those categories. Marian Gaborik put up a big old goose egg in 3 games this week which was a bit letdown after his fast start. Yes he did have 7 hits this week but let's face it you didn't draft him to fill your hits numbers.

The secondary scoring kicked in for the Rangers this week. Taylor Pyatt added two assists in 3 games was a +2 and had 6 hits making him definitely a player to continue watching and might be worth a pickup in deeper leagues as he now has 5 points in 8 games and 21 hits to go along with it. Derek Stepan finally put the puck in the net this week and while his single point in 3 games this week isn't stellar hopefully he has more confidence going forward. 11 shots and 21 FOWs plus 7 hits rounded his stats out nicely this week. Stepan now has 5 points in 8 games along with 23 shots, 51 FOWs, and 14 blocks makes him a nice depth player in extended cat leagues. Another player who finally got the goal monkey off his back this past week was Carl Hagelin, he had a goal and an assist in 3 games. Good to see his hard work and speed finally paying off this season but until he does more only the deepest of leagues should be using Carl.

Michael Del Zotto continues to produce scoring 2 goals in 3 games this week one of them a PPP and he added 5 hits to the mix. He now has 6 points in 8 games and a +5 along with 12 hits and 9 blks on the season. Marc Staal added an assist with 9 hits and 4 blocked shots and he continues to be the obvious second fantasy choice among Ranger defensemen. Dan Girardi had a tough week with a -1 and only 4 hits and 3 blocks, his 8 shots was the only saving grace. Ryan McDonagh continues to add hits and blocks getting 8 and 5 respectively this week. Unfortunately at this point Girardi and McDonagh might not be producing enough offensively even for deep extended category leagues.

Brian Boyle added an assist to go with 20 FOWs and 11 hits plus 5 blocks, very deep extended category leagues are a good fit here. Martin Biron had a nice relief and start this week allowing 3 goals and 49 saves while clocking a 1.98 GAA and 0.942 SV%. Keep in mind that while Biron can give you good numbers he just isn't likely to play many games this season.

rest him extra long. we cant have him hurt again this season. its early now and were doing ok without him.

.... hagelin has looked good every game, he just is not finnishing. they will come.

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10 team Keeper Roto League
4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.

C= crosby,m.koivu,malkin,zajak,grabovski,j.jokinen,
LW= ovechkin,nash,s.gagner,dubinsky
RW= downie,hemsky,callahan,voracek,perry,mueller
D= green,doughty,phaneuf,wisniewski,girardi,karlsson
G= rask,lundqvist,ward,price

FARM=kreider,grachev,petrov,enroth,kuznetsov,ennis ,rundblad,bjugstad,radulov,montoya, adam,t.erixon,cowan,s.elliot,j.faulk,cormier,petro v,orlov,stone,eakin,grigorenko,silfverberg,brodin, atkinson

--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blocks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO

Andrew Gross ‏@AGrossRecord

Stu Bickel wearing a red defenseman's practice jersey at #NYR morning skate.


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Ryan Callahan participating in full #NYR morning skate. In a regular blue practice jersey. Not in a non-contact jersey.


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Chris Kreider also wearing regular practice jersey.


Steve Zipay ‏@stevezipay

Appears Miller, Powe are in; Mashinter had talk with Schoenfeld, he may be going back to Hartford


Andrew Gross ‏@AGrossRecord

So Brandon Mashinter definitely not playing. He's been re-assigned to #CTWhale after morning skate. Which sounds like Kreider's ready.

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#NYR lines: Gaborik-Richards-Nash Pyatt-Stepan-Hagelin Boyle-Halpern-Asham Kreider-Miller-Powe

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#NYR D-pairs: McDonagh-Stralman Staal-Del Zotto Gilroy-Bickel


Girardi is out looks like the 'maintenance' day was a bit more than that. Would have thought they would put Staal on the top pair with McDonagh. I also hope that the 4th line is the 3rd, I would hate to see Kreider and Miller get 4th line time.

Jim Cerny ‏@JimCerny

it is an optional practice for #NYR...Girardi, Richards, and Staal all not on the ice...everyone else is out there...



Girardi is still hurt obviously and Staal logged the most ice time last night with over 26 min. Not sure what is up with Richards though.

He's got the big fat contract for life, that's what's up, to present my cynical perspective on things. Unless he's ailing, that's a pretty poor attitude, considering the Rangers' offensive struggles of late.

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i have tended to create few friends on rangers boards because i have a very hostile view towards moves they have made like the richards signing

i actually debated saying something critical about the fact that he isnt on the ice however i wanted to try to be a kinder gentler lucifer

that being said i totally agree with your post

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All 23 #NYR on ice for morning skate.


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Dan Girardi off ice early at #NYR morning skate, not participating in line rushes.


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Brian Boyle not participating among forwards in line rushes, instead, rotating in as an extra defenseman.


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#NYR practice lines: Gaborik-Richards-Pyatt Hagelin-Stepan-Nash Kreider-Miller-Callahan Asham-Halpern-Powe