http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/2010/09/video-games-not-the-same.html

….NHL 94 was the best hockey game ever. 

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http://www.theprospectpark.org/?p=948

…Dylan McIlrath and Ryan McDonagh will get the spotlight but there are a lot of other intriguing players that the Rangers are sending to traverse city on the defensive end

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Update: 3:44PM:

Steve Zipay tweets that the two sides are talking and that “where there is smoke, there is fire”

…That is the one thing to take away, even if it takes another week or so to get done. There is smoke between the two sides and certainly the Rangers want him in camp when that starts next Friday.

Hopefully he doesn’t sign when I am in Temple the next two days. And Shanah Tovah

Update: 3:38PM

Gross tweets that another source has told him that the two sides have made progress, but that nothing is ready to be signed yet.

…Am I the only one who was convinced that if Staal at least didn’t start training camp he would be there soon after? I get the feeling that people think he was gone from the Rangers just because they hit an early snag.

Update: 3:32PM:

Andrew Gross writes at Ranger Rants that an NHL source has told him that the two sides are getting closer on a contract.

…That is a nice to see, someone connected with the team reporting that they are getting close. They should be getting close, training camp starts in nine days.

Update: 3:28PM:

According to Cassie Campbell of CBC, a Calgary radio station doesn’t think that the Staal contract is likely but is still looking into it.

….And the refuting begins. Call me crazy but with all the nonsense that people put out on twitter and other stuff, is it wrong to want to see a report from Darren Dreger of Bob McKenzie. Again, I am not saying that this original Sportsnet report is wrong, just that I want to see more confirmation

Original Post:

According to Sportsnet in Canada, the Rangers and Marc Staal may be close to a new contract.

…I can’t in any way confirm if this is true or false right now. All it says is that “they are said to be close.” That doesn’t do much for me and while its Sportsnet, a TV Station in Canada, its not coming from Nick Kypreos or Darren Millard who have both broken news before.

I saw this about a half-hour ago or so and was sort of waiting on anyone else to confirm or give further information on it. That hasn’t happened yet and while  I can’t refute the report right now, it doesn’t appear that anyone else is confirming this. At this point in the social media news game, you have to take everything with a grain of salt. The Bobby Ryan thing exploded yesterday that he signed and only minutes later it was refuted and shown that the Ducks and Ryan aren’t close to a deal.

At some point, either this report will go by the wayside or someone else will have more information on it. This could be the beginning of a bunch of Staal news though. Everything has to start somewhere and hopefully this is an indication that the two sides have at least bridged some of the chasm that has been between the two

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At his blog for Newsday, Steve Zipay spoke to Rangers Captain Chris Drury who spoke about how the team needs to be better at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers were 18-17-6 at MSG last season.

…I would think that would need to change. The team has such a nice home ice advantage but never really utilized it last season often coming out flat at MSG and then having to battle back late in the game. Home ice needs to be at the top of the Rangers issues to fix for this season.

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Update: 1:58PM:

Steve Zipay says that Steve Eminger will wear #44 and Todd White #12

Original Post:

Jim Cerny tweets that according to the numbers placed on their lockers, Alex Frolov will wear #31, Derek Boogaard will wear #94, Tim Kennedy will wear #13 and Martin Biron will wear #43

It had been previously written that Frolov would wear #31

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http://nhlhotstove.com/top-10-penalty-killing-forwards-in-the-league/

…As he should be. Drury is a top defensive forward and if it wasn’t for his insane contract, people would see him for that and not as a guy to score 40 goals.

via ESPN

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@thenyrangers: Marian Gaborik arrived in NYC yesterday and is on the ice with 25+ of his #NYR teammates this morning for informal workout

Sep 8, 2010 @ 02:13:29 PM, UTC from TweetDeck

Erik Christensen has also arrived for informal practice.

Alex Frolov, the last player not to arrive besides Marc Staal, is reportedly due in camp on Friday.

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http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/2010/09/08/steppin-it-up/

…This is great news, coupled with Jesse Spector joining the beat and Rangers coverage could be at its highest level in a long time. It’s a shame that the Journal News hasn’t been on the beat as much recently but any change to that and getting Carp to practice more will do wonders for the coverage of the team

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“I really think that it’s a great opportunity for me to show everyone that I can play,” said Boogaard, 28. “Everyone will see that I work hard night-in and night-out, and that starts right from training camp.” ~ Boogaard to Jim Cerny Of The Rangers Website

….Boogaard is the punchline of every joke about the Rangers now and his word against others is that he can play while others say he can’t. Truthfully, I haven’t seen enough of him to really know what he can do other than MASH people but he will be certainly a player everyone has their eye on. Can he play well enough to warrant the fourth line getting regular minutes which the end of the season showed that helped the team the most? Hopefully? His salary is really too much to make him situational for when they play the Flyers, Isles and others, but they may need to suck it up and do that if he can’t play.

You would hope, you really would, that after the Donald Brashear fiasco last year, they would do their homework on a guy like this and know that he is more than just a fighter. The way that they talked about him after he was signed made it seem like they had him in their sights ahead of Jody Shelley to a degree. So you would hope that it works out in the best interest of the team

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"I know, when I was going through it, I wanted to be in with the guys," Dubinsky said. "We've still got a couple of weeks, and hopefully something gets done. I think all of us in here know the type of guy Marc Staal is, and the type of teammate he is, and we know that he wants to be in here with us. Time just needs to play its course, and eventually, he'll be in here helping us win some games here." ~ Brandon Dubinsky to Jesse Spector

…It’s the truth. When it comes down to it, no one wins if Staal doesn’t play this season. He gains a terrible reputation and doesn’t get any money, while the Rangers lose their best defenseman. There was a time where it seemed like the Jets and Revis were $40 million apart on money and that came to an end. The same will happen with Staal. Something will have to go terribly wrong for Staal not to be in the lineup the Rangers’ first game. Maybe he misses some training camp, like Dubinsky did, but in the overall sense they just need him back in the lineup.

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