This site/blog is not affiliated with the New York Rangers or The National Hockey League in any manner whatsoever. Some photos on this site are used w/out permission but are hosted on the blogger server, therefore not interfering with the profit or bandwidth of the original owner. If you are the owner of a specific image that we have used in our blog , please email me at amv613@hotmail.com to have it removed - we will gladly remove it immediately.
If you have a hockey blog/website and would like to place a link on our site, please contact me & we can do a link exchange (the best way to get more traffic to our blogs).
Any offer of 'tickets at cost' is exactly that -- I have season tickets and will sell them for what I paid --- so no mark-ups.
The Dark Ranger is a not-for-profit site, not officially, but we derive no income at all from anything on this site; in fact, DARK at his own expense enjoys the freedom of having no sponsors and speaking his f*cking mind.
1) Dark, your assessment is pretty true. The rangers benefited from:
ReplyDeletea) a resurgent Jagr who's salary was augmented by Cap's owner Ted Leonsis
b) A rookie goalie who's salary was a huge bargain
c) A no-name defense that played beyond expectations but who's mistakes were covered well by Henrik
2) With the 2 UFA signings Lundqvist now due a nice raise, the Rangers will have a tad less flexibility, especially since this may be JJ's last season. Replacing his production for 4 mil/year will be tough!
3) Getting Lundqvist under contract long term(5 years) for under 4 mil will be key going forward in ranger land.
It is a pleasure to see things connecting, a real faith in the team for once.
ReplyDeleteNow they could all still get on the ice at training camp and create disaster. It wouldn't the first time the Rangers acquired big names, never finding the chemistry.
But this team is different. It is not only about the money this season.
It will be fun to watch.