The Brandon Dubinsky holdout is finally over.  After missing most of the preseason during a contract dispute, Dubinsky has agreed to a 2 year, $3.7M deal – a much better offer than the sheisty $522k qualifying offer that the Rangers were trying to leverage their potential no. 1 center into taking.
Now that Dubie is back [...]

Preseason Game 4
New York Rangers 5, Boston Bruins 2 — 19 Sept 2009 — TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
Rangers (1-2-1) in Preseason.
The Rangers finally cracked the win column in the 2009-10 preseason, and finally netted a power play goal.  Newcomer Ales Kotalik kicked off the scoring with the Rangers first power play goal of the [...]

Preseason Game 3
Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Rangers 3  — 18 Sept 2009 — Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Rangers (0-2-1) in Preseason
For the third straight game, the Rangers failed to score on the power play (0 for 4).  And Marian Gaborik didn’t play.  And the Rangers lost.  Not that the last bullet really matters, [...]

With Brandon Dubinsky still hoping to become a millionaire, Vinny Prospal making the switch to the center position, and Artem Anisimov and Brian Boyle seemingly battling to avoid being the third-line center, Glen Sather has taken his head out of his rear and rather than bringing back Blair Betts, he is reportedly having conversations with [...]

According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Blair Betts made the most of his opportunity with the Philadelphia Flyers, providing a shining light on their penalty kill, a niche that he carved out quite well with the Rangers.  Stupidly, the Rangers let him (and Fred Sjostrom to Calgary) go from their no. 1 ranked penalty kill [...]