Update:1:21AM: Christopher Botta has a take on the deal at Fanhouse.
…People hate him, but Glen Sather pulled off another EXCELLENT move here. It was getting rid of two less than EXCELLENT moves, though Higgins for Gomez which leads to Gaborik yada yada yada, but still, he made up for his mistake and has given the [...]

Larry Brooks, of the NYP, caught up with newly signed Ranger Marian Gaborik at the MSG training center and talked about the type of players he likes to play with, his health and coming to NYC.
Gaborik on the type of player he likes to play with:
“I can go one-on-one in certain situations, but I like [...]

Newly sigend Ranger Marian Gaborik has spent his entire career, up until last week, with the Minnesota Wild.
Obviously Gaborik wanted to talk about his time with Minnesota and did so with Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Gaborik on Minnesota:
I’ve been here for nine years,” he said. “I just wanted to say a few things. I felt I owed [...]

Pierre Lebrun of ESPN.com, yes ESPN does cover hockey, reports that free agent defenseman Sergei Zubov is talking to as many as six or seven teams and the Rangers are believed to be one of them.
Zubov, of course was part of the 1994 Rangers Stanley Cup champions.
“It’s a process,” Zubov’s agent, Jay Grossman, told ESPN.com [...]

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Maxime Talbot is undergoing shoulder surgery and will be four to five months.
Talbot, 25, scored both goals for the Penguins for their game seven Stanley Cup win over Detroit.
He has 80 points in over 240 NHL games.
Talbot is a pesky little player for the Pens and they have to be happy that [...]

On NewYorkRangers.com, Rangers prospect Matt Gilroy answers fan questions.
Some of the topics include:

His favorite team growing up.
His feelings on winning the Hobey Baker Award and NCAA Championship.
Coming into the league at his age.

Lots of interesting stuff in there. Especially that he has played and trained with new Ranger Christopher Higgins his whole life. Gilroy seems [...]

Larry Brooks, of the New York Post, reports that the Rangers may be done with Nikolai Zherdev because he filed for arbitration.
As it was, there was debate within the organization whether to qualify Zherdev at the required $3.25 million price tag after his uneven season that frustrated both Tom Renney and John Tortorella.
Now, with Zherdev [...]

Are you comfortable with the Rangers going with Brandon Dubinsky or another in-house option, or should they acquire another player to play with Gaborik?

(Update) The deal is reportedly one year at $2.25 million.
The Rangers have come to terms on a new contract with Christopher Higgins.
Higgins was acquired last week along with Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko for Scott Gomez.
Higgins had been a restricted free agent.
Terms of the deal have not been announced.

Second Update: The deal seems to be confirmed. Two years, $5 million per in Ottawa for Kovalev.
Update  3:25: The Fan590 is reporting that Kovalev has signed with the Ottawa Senators.
Original Post  11AM:Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey told a local radio station that Alexei Kovalev will not be back with the team next season.
A rally was [...]