Key Additions: LW Ruslan Fedotenko, LW Alex Frolov, D Steve Eminger, C Tim Kennedy, C Todd White, G Martin Biron, LW Derek Boogaard, RW Mats Zuccarello Aasen.
Key Subtractions: C Olli Jokinen, D Bobby Sanguinetti, LW Aaron Voros, LW Donald Brashear, RW Jody Shelley, RW Patrick Rissmiller, RW P.A. Parenteau, G Alex Auld, D Corey Potter, C Corey Locke.
While the 2004-05 NHL lockout provided the New York Rangers with a springboard back into prominence, the 2009-10 NHL season sent them crashing back to the outskirts of the league. The Rangers, who had developed a trend over the past few seasons of playing better in the first 20 and last 20 games rather than the middle 40, were dumped unceremoniously on the final day of the 2009-10 season by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Despite New York’s stellar late season run, the Flyers bested a burnout team by exposing their weaknesses, culminating in a shootout. What followed was an incredibly different turn of events, as Philadelphia soared to the Stanley Cup Finals while the Rangers spent the offseason tinkering with the lineup in what minor ways they could.
Strapped to the salary cap thanks to enormous contracts ...
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2010-11 NHL Season Preview: New York Rangers
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