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Chris Drury named 25th Rangers captain.He played all 82 games for the Rangers last season,
scoring 25 goals and 58 points
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So the Rangers make the right decision and the "C" stands for Chris, as in Drury named Rangers' 25th team captain:32-year-old forward only second U.S.-born player to receive the "C"The Rangers made the announcement today, but their website shows that Drury has been the captain, retroactive to Tuesday, September 30th, the date of the SC Bern game.
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that center Chris Drury has been named the 25th Captain in team history. Chris Drury is no stranger to being an NHL captain. He was a co-captain of the Buffalo team that won the Presidents' Trophy as the regular-season champion.
"Chris Drury is a natural leader who possesses all of the qualities and characteristics we desire from our Captain," Sather said. "He has always been known as a clutch performer and a winner. Chris leads by example with his tireless work ethic on and off the ice, and is extremely deserving of this honor." ...
Bill Cook (1926-27 – 1936-37)
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Jaromir Jagr (October 5, 2006 – June 30, 2008)
Chris Drury (September 30, 2008 – ) ...
Do you think anyone is paying attention to the Rangers and all their goings-on in far off Prague?
NY Post: RANGERS NAME DRURY CAPTAIN
Newsday: Chris Drury named Rangers captain
NY Daily News: Chris Drury named 25th Rangers captain
NY Daily News / Photo Gallery: Rangers captains through the years
NY Times: Renney Awards the Captain’s C to Drury
AP / USA Today: Rangers name Drury captain
The Canadian Press: Veteran forward Chris Drury named captain of New York Rangers
CBC Sports: Drury named 25th captain of Rangers
The Vancouver Sun: Rangers hand Drury the 'C'
Stan Fischler / MSG Game On
Chris Drury as Rangers Captain -- Ole Reliable Gets Rewarded:
A natural "C" if ever there was oneJrnl News: Rangers Report:
Chris Drury is the 25th Rangers captain
“I think as a leader you have to be the hardest working guy on the team,” he said.NY Daily News: Blueshirts: Drury's in as 25th Ranger captain
The Record: Ranger Rants: Drury named Rangers' 25th captain
Kukla's Korner: No Surprise Here
NYRangerscast: Chris Drury Named Captain
Bring the Cup to NY!: Leader of the Pack
NYR Examiner: Glen Sather announces new Captain
Manic Ranger Fan: Rangers Name Drury Captain
NY Rangers Blog: Drury Named Captain
Rangerland.net: Drury named captain
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Chris Drury celebrates
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Get ready for a Bohemian rumble?
Chris Drury celebrates---
Slapshot checks out, What Czechs Want: N.H.L. Fisticuffs:
The other big question was asked of Tampa hitman David Koci, a Prague native. Would he wreak vengeance on the Rangers’ Colton Orr after their fight in a recent warm-up game? If so, it would be the first “real NHL fight” Czech fans have ever seen.
“I cannot guarantee a fight,” Koci said Friday night. “But you never know what happens at the end of the day.”
For what it’s worth, Lightning coach Barry Melrose confirmed that Koci will get ice time in the Prague games.
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Say it ain't so. Petr Prucha benched and PO'd. He won't even be on the 4th line for the Czech Republic opener. Ouch.Steve Zipay at Blue Notes:
Who sits for the opener and witnesses to a riot...
Let's see, five lines, one's out for Saturday:
We're thinking Rissmiller, Fritsche and, gasp!, Petr Prucha. Could the Rangers sit the Czech winger in his homeland? Don't dismiss the possibility. Or maybe Sjostrom instead. Voros-Betts-Orr seems to be a lock.
UPDATE (Prucha and Fritche were the last players on the ice after practice and Prucha later reportedly blew off a television interview request with some anger, saying that he wouldn't be in the lineup on Saturday)
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Rangers.NHL.com:Fahey, Potter reassigned to Hartford on eve of game vs. Tampa BayMitch Beck at Howlings adds:
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has reassigned defensemen Brian Fahey and Corey Potter to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL).
The Rangers now have 24 players on their opening night roster, including three goaltenders, six defensemen and 15 forwards...
No big surprises. The Rangers reassigned defensemen Brian Fahey and Corey Potter. They've held onto Miika Wiikman for now. He will probably be reassigned once the team arrives back from Europe. The only possible reason that they could extend that is if they are unsure of Henrik Lundqvist's knees which, if the persistent rumors are correct, are believed to be a bit tweaked.Blueshirt Bulletin calls these "Paper Cuts"
The moving of Fahey and Potter back to Hartford is the right thing to do. Tom Renney, in previous statements to the press, has mentioned that a possible seventh blueliner would probably see only 20-25 games of action...
... the reality is that Potter and Fahey, neither of whom would have dressed for the season opener anyway, are still with the team in Prague and could instantly be called up should a defenseman get hurt tomorrow night.
Lauri Korpikoski appears to have made the team -- he told me today that as far as he knew, he was the Rangers' third line center.
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Arthur Staple at Newsday calls out Lundqvist, Rangers are King Henrik's court now:Lundqvist's 11-9 [playoff] record the past two seasons is not up to par. The second-round losses to the Sabres in 2007 and the Penguins last year are not befitting an elite goaltender...Arthur be careful. Don't forget you're a company man now.
Lundqvist has been a key to the Rangers' success the last three seasons. It's time for him to be the key to a breakthrough.
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Notes about Tampa from Damian Cristodero at when Lightning Strikes.The GOOD:
- Vinny Lecavalier scored a goal and a shootout goal. Should provide him confidence going into the regular season.
- His linemates Marty St. Louis and Vinny Prospal skated well. - Evgeny Artyukhin is looking more and more confident.
- Rookie defenseman Vladimir Mihalik is looking more and more confident. - Power play is at least moving the puck better.
- Defenseman Andrej Meszaros becoming more and more of a force and inserting his personality into the game.
- Mike Smith is a good goaltender.
- Lightning finished preseason 5-1, and we can start thinking about the regular season. "Now," Lecavalier said, "it's the real thing."
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No 'Hockey Night in Canada' for Rangers games Blueshirt fans. You must stay true to your MSG Blue.Ken Shott:
NHL Network to carry 'Hockey Night in Canada' --
"Hockey Night in Canada" is coming to the United States. That means more Don Cherry and his between-period rants.
The NHL Network announced its TV schedule Friday and, for the first time, it will pick up CBC’s "Hockey Night in Canada" Saturday night double-headers. The first broadcast will be next Saturday, when Montreal visits Toronto at 7 p.m., and Calgary hosts Vancouver at 10 p.m.
Overall, the NHL Network will televise 75 games, all in high definition. Games involving the Devils, Islanders, Rangers and Sabres will be blacked out because MSG has the territorial rights...
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Hockey Night has its critics, such as Sean Avery, who is sour on Grapes:NHL tough guy Sean Avery reopened his feud with Don Cherry this week by stating the CBC commentator knows next to nothing about hockey.
“He's a staple as far as Canadian hockey goes,” Avery said during interview on the CBC's The Hour. “And I grew up watching Coach's Corner, and he serves a purpose. “
But he really does not know sh*t about hockey.
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Do you think the Islanders feel neglected?... if you’re looking for info on the Isles, forget it!
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Recommended reading for the Ranger Pundit. Didn't Theo hang with Beansy?The Theo Fleury Tell All Book is Coming:
Theo Fleury fans - and you still see some Avs fans with his jersey at games - might be interested in a coming book he “wrote.” It supposedly has lots of juicy stuff, and here’s an advance quote he gave to the publisher, Triumph Books:The MSG/Rangers management are professional brick makers. Bricks rhymes with Knicks.
“I think that people need to understand why. What it was that made me do what I did. I knew I was crazy insane and so did everyone else,” Fleury writes. “I didn’t hang out on the surface. I would go five, six, seven, eight levels below the streets of New York and party with people I didn’t know. Freaks, transvestites, all kinds of shady people. Or I’d be walking home from a game dressed in my custom made suit from Giovanni’s in Montreal and I’d stop and buy three or four bottles of wine. Then I’d head for the Chelsea Piers between 23rd Street and the Hudson River and hang with homeless guys around a burn barrel shooting the sh*t. I would ask them how they got there. I’ve always been interested by that kind of stuff. The Rangers must have been sh**ting bricks.”
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Scotty Gomez, an alternate captain, meets fans at a Prague practice, which fans could buy a ticket to.---
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