How does this thread have no posts since the end of May after all that went on a few days ago!?!?!?!

In any case, Anton Stralman and the Rangers reached a settlement today on a two year deal:

The Rangers will be that much better in 2012/13.

The Nash signing is the first reason of course, but the healthy return of MIchael Sauer will be huge to this defense corps. Coupled with the re-signing of Stralman at a reasonable cap hit, the top 6 boasts McDonagh/Girardi, Staal/DelZotto, Sauer/Stralman, three excellent duos and the first two are 1/2 on many NHL teams.

But a greatly underrated signing is Aaron Asham. The loss of Brandon Prust is big, he was such a key performer on that bottom 9 and willing to drop the gloves. Asham, in my opinion, is going to be even better than Prust. He's such an underrated player offensively in this league, everyone focuses on his grit and pugilistic skills, but the guy is a perfect signing for this team. He will do very well in a 4th, and possibly 3rd, line role.

__________________

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

Twitter: @ross10019

CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers), weekly lineup changes
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Montreal Maulers - 2011/12 and 2012/13 League Champions
C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf/Granlund/Roy/Desharnais
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson/Marleau/Fleischmann/Horton/Brown/Baertschi
D: Karlsson/Letang/Byfuglien/McDonagh/Markov/Tyutin/Spurgeon
G: Lundqvist/Hiller/Brodeur

This is an excellent bit of collaboration between Rangers and Blue Jackets bloggers (Blueshirt Banter and The Cannon, respectively) to analyze the Nash trade and what each player brings to their new surroundings. It's a 4-part series, but I can't seem to locate no 3:

Part 1 http://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2012/...mors#storyjump

Part 2 http://www.jacketscannon.com/2012/7/...e-q-a-part-two

Part 4 http://www.jacketscannon.com/2012/7/...nter-part-four

__________________

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

Twitter: @ross10019

CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers), weekly lineup changes
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Montreal Maulers - 2011/12 and 2012/13 League Champions
C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf/Granlund/Roy/Desharnais
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson/Marleau/Fleischmann/Horton/Brown/Baertschi
D: Karlsson/Letang/Byfuglien/McDonagh/Markov/Tyutin/Spurgeon
G: Lundqvist/Hiller/Brodeur

Here's your part "3" http://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2012/...annon-part-two

When asked about Sauer last week, Torts replied that he is nowhere near ready to return and that they have no timetable on his recovery. As an owner, I'm especially hoping for a quick improvement in his health but I wouldn't bank on him being in the line-up from the get-go.

A few articles have floated around lately on Sauer (based primarily on Dave Malone comments who said he's making nice progress) and have an estimate of between early Jan and all star break. But you never know with his type of concussion though so it's all just guesstimates.

__________________
11 Team 1yr. daily update Yahoo Roto League (drafted 6th)
Roster: 2C, 2L, 2R, 4D, 1U, 2G, 10 B, 1IR (NO max games played)
Stats: G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, BS, W, GAA, SV%, SHO

C: J. Thornton, N. Backstrom, P. Stastny, D. Desharnais, Z. Konopka
L: J. Benn (C/L), Jo. Staal (C/L), D. Perron (C/L), S. Kostitsyn, A. McDonald (C/L), B. Prust
R: M. St.Louis, B. wheeler, J. Voracek, T. Purcell
D: S. Weber, A. Goligoski, J. Carlson, D. Seidenberg, J. Gorges
G: J. Quick, M. Smith, J. Hiller
IR: --

Hey Ranger faithful. Any thoughts on the line combos for the Blueshirts in 2012-2013?

__________________
14 team Rotisserie league (No positional requirements: 5 Keepers + 1 Rookie).

Skaters: G, A, PIM, +/-, HT, BS, SOG
Goalies: W, (.5)SO, (.5)SV

Weekly starts. Active Roster consists of 6 FW, 4 D and 2 G. Keepers are:

I'm not a faithful but I see the top 6 like this.

Callahan - Richards - Nash
Kreider - Stepan - Gaborik (Hagelin until Gaborik is healthy)

__________________
http://twitter.com/robsintheshed

ESPN - 12 Team H2H Keeper League, 25 Players - 13 Keepers
(G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, GWG, W, GAA, SV%)
Keepers
C: Tavares, Benn, Stepan
LW: Galchenyuk, Parenteau, Ryan.
RW: Brunner, Conacher.
D: Pietrangelo, Subban, Schultz.
G: Price, Dubnyk.

ESPN - 12 Team H2H Keeper League, 24 Players - 10 Keepers
(G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, PTS, W, GAA, SV%)
Keepers
C: Duchene, B. Richards
LW: Skinner, Ovechkin,
RW: Ryan, Eriksson
D: Subban, Shattenkirk,
G:Halak, Quick

Via twitter:

__________________
13 Team (30 player roster), pts only keeper (Goalies W=2,SO=3) Keep 12F 4D 1G + any Fwd prospects with <100 NHL GP & D/G prospects with <150 NHL GP

F- P.Kane, Kopitar, Giroux, Duchene, Van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Dupuis, Fleischmann, Erat, Cammalleri, Anisimov, C.Smith
D- Edler, Ekman-Larsson, Shattenkirk, Carle
G- Fleury
Prospects- M.Granlund, Baertschi, Nyquist, Grigorenko, Conacher, Niederreiter, D.Shore, Kuznetsov, Hertl, B.Smith, Orlov, Rundblad, A.Larsson

Odd... Two natural RWers practicing on Stepan's line?

__________________
WISCONSIN YAHOO! 1 yr, 12 teams, H2H
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, W, GAA, SV%, SO
Daily starts: 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 4BN, 2 IR
Used 23/25 moves
--------
C) Giroux(RW), Datsyuk(LW), Bergeron, Peverley
LW) Ovechkin(RW), Pacioretty, Stalberg
RW) Perry, Iginla, Okposo
D) Pietrangelo, Subban, Phaneuf, Karlsson
G) Rask, Khudobin
IR) Spezza