NHL: New York Rangers Offseason Review, Roster Reaction, and My Final Prediction

October 4th, 2010 by nick p Leave a reply »
Article Setup: Free Agency 2010 (First), Training Camp (Second), Preseason (Third), Roster Reaction (Fourth), Will the Rangers make the Playoffs (Last?) (Final Prediction for the 2010-11 season)

Free agency is the second most exciting part of the hockey season, behind playoffs of course. Players find new homes, fans find new team favorites (players), and general managers (GM) make names for themselves. An offseason can make or break an NHL general manager, and Glen Sather, the Rangers GM, had a “make” offseason.

Each summer since Glen Sather became the GM of the Rangers 10 years ago, fans of the Rangers wait for something to go wrong. Either Sather makes a bad signing, bad trade (which he usually does not), bad draft pick, or anything else that would not be approved by the Rangers faithful. In 2002 it was the Holik and Kasperaitis signings, in 2007 it was the signings of Chris Drury and Scott Gomez, in 2008 it was Michael Rozsival and Wade Redden, and the most recent free-agent blunder was Donald Brashear in 2009.

This offseason it was different for the Glen Sather. He made a lot of offseason moves, and none of them join the list abov ...

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