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[mnwildgophers]

Young Grachev Leads Rangers to Better November



Grachev helped the Rangers to a 9-6-1 record in the month of November.

-Sage Froinker

Young Evgeny Grachev was said when he was called into GM Rigernaz's office earlier in the season, he knew that this was bad news. He had been sent down to Hartford to star the season, but he went down there and dominated. He posted 6 goals and 6 assists in 11 games down there thus earning his call-up on November 3rd when the big club was struggling.

Head Coach John Tortorella instantly inserted him to the top line with Brandon Dubinsky and Marian Gaborik. He has posted 4 goals and 9 assists in 15 games. It's truly been a great month for him and helped the Rangers to a much better November slowly climbing up the ranks of the Eastern Conference. There's still a chance to make the playoffs as the Rangers currently find themselves only 1 point out of a playoff spot.

There was many other transactions that happened over the month. First off, Grachev was called up. LW Aaron Voros was waived and claimed by Dallas. The Rangers were able to strike a trade to obtain D Vladimir Mihalik (playing in the AHL) and D David Hale in exchange for LW Brodie Dupont, LW Justin Soryal, and a 2013 5th round draft pick. David Hale has been playing some time on the 3rd pairing at the NHL level, but has recently been spelled by the signing of Mathieu Schneider. He was brought in to bolster the Ranger's league worst power-play. Other veterans that were signed were LW Raffi Torres and C Manny Malhotra. Malhotra has been great on the PK and slotted in well with as the 3rd line center role. Torres started on the 4th line, but has recently been bumped to the 2nd line after many great games. Andrew Cogliano was also picked up off waivers and the Rangers hope that he can turn it around this time after not posting a goal all year yet to date, but obtained a young asset for next to nothing.

The last couple of moves were to clear out bodies for the incoming ones, LW Sean Avery was sent to the Ducks in exchange for a 2011 3rd round pick and C Brian Boyle was sent to the Avalanche for a 2011 3rd round pick also. GM Rigernaz has not been afraid to make changes, but now he must hope that some chemistry develops and they can continue to play well.

Game 11: 3 @ 1 L
Game 12: 3 @ 4 L
Game 13: 7 @ 4 W
Game 14: 2 @ 3 W
Game 15: 1 @ 3 W
Game 16: 2 @ 4 W
Game 17: 3 @ 2 L
Game 18: 4 @ 2 W
Game 19: 5 @ 3 L
Game 20: 2 @ 3 L
Game 21: 1 @ 2 OTL
Game 22: 2 @ 4 W
Game 23: 2 @ 0 W
Game 24: 2 @ 3 L
Game 25: 6 @ 4 W
Game 26: 3 @ 4 W

Here is the statistical breakdown for the Rangers:

New York Rangers Stats - 2010-11
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	ATOI	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Marian Gaborik	26	14	9	23	4
Brandon Dubinsky	26	3	17	20	-2
Evgeny Grachev	15	4	9	13	9
Michael Del Zotto	26	2	11	13	2
Artem Anisimov	26	6	6	12	4
Marc Staal	26	3	9	12	0
Dan Girardi	26	1	10	11	7
Dan Hamhuis	26	3	7	10	-8
Enver Lisin	26	4	6	10	-1
Chris Drury	26	3	7	10	5
Ryan Callahan	26	5	3	8	7
Ray Whitney	24	6	2	8	2
Andrew Cogliano	24	0	8	8	-4
Raffi Torres	13	3	4	7	5
Andy Sutton	23	1	5	6	0
Manny Malhotra	13	3	3	6	3
Mathieu Schneider	4	2	3	5	5
Erik Christensen	25	2	3	5	4
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Henrik Lundqvist	19	8	9	2	2.76	1153	498	.904	1
Karri Ramo	7	3	3	1	3.30	418	187	.890	0

Standings:

NHL Standings - Updated: Dec 1, 2010
East Playoff Race	W	L	OTL	PTS	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA
Buffalo Sabres	17	7	1	35
Carolina Hurricanes	15	9	0	30
Pittsburgh Penguins	14	10	2	30
Florida Panthers	14	6	2	30
Atlanta Thrashers	13	10	2	28
Philadelphia Flyers	13	10	2	28
Washington Capitals	13	12	0	26
Montreal Canadiens	12	10	2	26
Tampa Bay Lightning	12	11	2	26
Ottawa Senators	12	11	2	26
New York Rangers	11	12	3	25
New York Islanders	11	10	1	23
Toronto Maple Leafs	10	12	1	21
New Jersey Devils	9	12	3	21
Boston Bruins	8	11	3	19
West Playoff Race	W	L	OTL	PTS	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA
Chicago Blackhawks	17	8	2	36
Colorado Avalanche	17	5	2	36
Anaheim Ducks	16	10	0	32
Calgary Flames	12	10	2	26
St. Louis Blues	12	9	2	26
Dallas Stars	11	9	3	25
Los Angeles Kings	11	10	2	24
Detroit Red Wings	11	9	2	24
Phoenix Coyotes	10	9	4	24
Columbus Blue Jackets	10	9	3	23
Minnesota Wild	10	11	2	22
San Jose Sharks	10	12	1	21
Edmonton Oilers	9	11	3	21
Nashville Predators	9	13	1	19
Vancouver Canucks	8	13	1	17

Leaders from around the league:

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Dec 1, 2010
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Rick Nash	24		1. Nikita Filatov	24
	2. Marek Svatos	15		2. Evander Kane	22
	3. Simon Gagne	15		3. Matt Duchene	22
	4. Thomas Vanek	15		4. Jeff Carter	20
	5. Alexander Frolov	14		5. Johnny Oduya	20
Points		P	Goalie Wins		W
	1. Rick Nash	37		1. Ryan Miller	15
	2. Evander Kane	31		2. Jonas Hiller	14
	3. Nikita Filatov	30		3. Craig Anderson	13
	4. Thomas Vanek	29		4. Marc-Andre Fleury	12
	5. Alexander Frolov	28		5. Tomas Vokoun	12
Save %		SV%	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Jaroslav Halak	.940		1. Jaroslav Halak	1.81
	2. Hannu Toivonen	.927		2. Hannu Toivonen	2.26
	3. Antti Niemi	.923		3. Antti Niemi	2.34
	4. Tomas Vokoun	.923		4. Tomas Vokoun	2.37
	5. Ryan Miller	.922		5. Ryan Miller	2.38

Some transactions from around the league:

Signs free agent D Adrian Van De Mosselaer to a 3 year deal.
Claims G Patrick Lalime off waivers.
Signs free agent D Alain Goulet to a 2 year deal.
Claims LW Aaron Voros off waivers.
Signs free agents C Manny Malhotra, LW Raffi Torres, and D Mathieu Schneider to 1 year deals. Claimed C Andrew Cogliano off waivers.
Signs free agent C Derek Mackenzie to a 2 year deal.

Notable Trades:

Gets D Vladimir Mihalik and D David Hale

in exchange for

Gets LW Brodie Dupont, LW Justin Soryal, and 2013 5th round pick (NYR).


gets 2011 3rd round pick (ANA).

in exchange for

gets LW Sean Avery


gets 2011 3rd round pick (COL).

in exchange for

gets C Brian Boyle.


gets C Jay McClement and D Roman Polak.

in exchange for

gets D Sami Vatanen, D Tim Erixon, and RW Ryan Jones.

And lastly, here is the updated lines:

Evgeny Grachev - Brandon Dubinsky - Marian Gaborik
Ray Whitney - Chris Drury - Raffi Torres
Andrew Cogliano - Manny Malhotra - Artem Anisimov
Enver Lisin - Erik Christensen - Ryan Callahan

Dan Hamhuis - Marc Staal
Michael Del Zotto - Andy Sutton
Mathieu Schneider - Dan Girardi

Henrik Lundqvist
Karri Ramo

DOWN ON THE FARM:



Leading Scorers:
Mikko A. Lehtonen 8G, 14A, 22 PTS
Pat Rissmiller 3G, 9A, 12 PTS
Corey Locke 3G, 9A 12 PTS
Kris Newbury 3G, 8A, 11 PTS
Mattias Tedenby 3G, 7A, 11 PTS

Goalies:
Chad Johnson 5-7, 2.15 GAA, .923 SV%, 1 SO
Joacim Eriksson, 3-9, 2.98 GAA, .897 SV%

[mnwildgophers]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Woe, you must be desperate if your trying to move your franchise players (Lundqvist and Staal). I know lots of people like gaborik but to be honest you can do better, get rid of that over paid (seems like a constant in NYR, over paid crap-artists) scum, sign Marc Bergeron for cheaps from FA and live better.

I always like to see what I can get for a very highly rated goalie, but then I realized Lundqvsit was 28, so I'm not trading him. I love Gabby and hate him (I'm a Wild fan). He is good in this game, so I need him otherwise no one else can score seriously, although Grachev has been so good for it's crazy.

I was able to get rid of Redden and Rozsival off waivers so thats $11.5M off the books, I'm looking forward to next year's FA crop headlined by Thornton, Chara, Parise, Richards, and Koivu. I'm really hoping I can nab a high profile player in that time. I have quite a few picks now, so I may have to just sell off a couple of vets to try to restock, I had a good draft last year, but I think I need some more young talent coming in. I'm only 1 point out of a playoff spot, so there's a chance that I make the playoffs.

[bthomp05]

I can appreciate loving a player.. :-) Good work in restocking your trade board, it will help either at the TDL in Mar or come draft day.

With 56 games left I`m sure you will make the playoffs. God luck with January.

[devo22]

Great example of how a call-up can spark your offense great work with the FA additions, I like it. Good luck for the rest of the season, there's plenty of time to secure a playoff spot.

BTW, what is going on with Nash sensational numbers with Filatov on the other wing.

[mnwildgophers]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

I can appreciate loving a player.. :-) Good work in restocking your trade board, it will help either at the TDL in Mar or come draft day. With 56 games left I`m sure you will make the playoffs. God luck with January.

Yeah, I was thinking of trying for a 2nd for Avery, but figured I can't have enough picks especially relatively early. I think that I'll either try to move up, or if I'm doing better at the deadline, I can package them for a higher-rated player. Like I said, it's a big FA period coming up next year, so maybe I'll try to get ahead of the curve.

I think I should be able to make the playoffs, but the goals are super hard to come by, I've changed my strategies and I'm out-shooting other teams by a lot, the goals just aren't coming.

Quote: Originally Posted by devo22

Great example of how a call-up can spark your offense great work with the FA additions, I like it. Good luck for the rest of the season, there's plenty of time to secure a playoff spot. BTW, what is going on with Nash sensational numbers with Filatov on the other wing.

Thanks for reading! I really appreciate it. Yeah, I just had to do something, add some more speed, better faceoff guys. The good part is I have a lot of cap space, but I'll have a ton of FA's at the end of this year though.

Nash and Filatov are doing great, but the team isn't doing so hot in the standings, but there seems to be barely any separation between the best teams and worst teams in terms of points.

[bthomp05]

Quote: Originally Posted by mnwildgophers

Yeah, I was thinking of trying for a 2nd for Avery, but figured I can't have enough picks especially relatively early. I think that I'll either try to move up, or if I'm doing better at the deadline, I can package them for a higher-rated player. Like I said, it's a big FA period coming up next year, so maybe I'll try to get ahead of the curve. I think I should be able to make the playoffs, but the goals are super hard to come by, I've changed my strategies and I'm out-shooting other teams by a lot, the goals just aren't coming. Thanks for reading! I really appreciate it. Yeah, I just had to do something, add some more speed, better faceoff guys. The good part is I have a lot of cap space, but I'll have a ton of FA's at the end of this year though. Nash and Filatov are doing great, but the team isn't doing so hot in the standings, but there seems to be barely any separation between the best teams and worst teams in terms of points.

Thats how it always seems. Teams are too close in regards to ratings.

[mnwildgophers]

Rangers Have Mediocre December, Gaborik on Fire


Gaborik scored 15 goals in 12 games this month.

-Sage Froinker

The Rangers this month went 6-6-0, but a lot of that was thanks to Marian Gaborik who is officially listed as hot. He scored 5 goals in a 12-1 rout of the New York Islanders on December 27th.

There was also a lot more movement as GM Rigernaz continues to make his mark on the team. Here's an updated look at the moves that happened to the Rangers.

NYR gets D Brad Stuart

in exchange for

DET gets C Andrew Cogliano, and 2011 3rd Round Pick (COL)


NYR gets RW Steve Bernier, and 2011 2nd Round Pick (VAN)

in exchange for

VAN gets D Daniel Girardi, and 2011 4th Round Pick (NYR)

NYR gets C Claude Giroux

in exchange for

PHI gets RW Ryan Callahan, and 2011 3rd Round Pick (ANA)


I talked to GM Rigernaz yesterday, and he hopes to not have to keep moving people, but will pull the trigger if he thinks there is a deal to be struck. The most likely next spot for a deal will be at the trade deadline to acquire more picks or to upgrade the team in any way possible.


Game 27: @ NYI 1-3 L
Game 28: vs. NYI 2-4 W
Game 29: vs. OTT 1-5 W
Game 30: @ OTT 3-4 L
Game 31: @ CLB 1-2 L
Game 32: vs. WSH 3-5 W
Game 33: @ PIT 1-3 L
Game 34: vs. PHX 4-8 W
Game 35: @ PHI 2-1 W
Game 36: vs. TBL 5-3 L
Game 37: vs. NYI 1-12 W
Game 38: @ NJD 2-3 L

Top 5 Scorers:
Marian Gaborik - 29G, 13A, 42 Pts.
Brandon Dubinsky - 4G, 25A, 29 Pts.
Marc Staal - 8G, 16A, 24 Pts.
Evgeny Grachev - 6G, 17A, 23 Pts.
Michael Del Zotto - 3G, 19A, 22 Pts.

Goalies:
Henrik Lundqvist - 12-15-2, .904 SV%, 2.70 GAA, 1 SO
Karri Ramo - 5-3-1, .894 SV%, 3.24 GAA, 0 SO

Record: 17-18-3, 37 Pts. 12th in Eastern Conference

Notable Transactions:

ANA claims LW Matt Cooke off waivers.
BOS signs free agent RW Stefan Ruzicka to a 2 year deal.
DAL claims D Brett Clark, D Roman Hamrlik off waivers.
EDM signs free agents C David Gilbert, C Dave Labrecque to 3 year deals.

Notable Trades:

WSH gets D Landon Oslanski, 2012 2nd Round Pick (STL), 2011 3rd Round Pick (STL)

in exchange for

STL gets C Anton Gustafsson, 2011 3rd Round Pick (WSH), 2012 3rd Round Pick (WSH)


PHX gets D Mark Fraser

in exchange for

NJD gets LW Brett MacLean.


Lastly, here's the updated lines:

Evgeny Grachev - Brandon Dubinsky - Marian Gaborik
Ray Whitney - Chris Drury - Claude Giroux
Raffi Torres - Manny Malhotra - Steve Bernier
Enver Lisin - Erik Christensen - Artem Anisimov

Brad Stuart - Marc Staal
Michael Del Zotto - Dan Hamhuis
Mathieu Schneider - Andy Sutton

Henrik Lundqvist
Karri Ramo


DOWN ON THE FARM



Record: 16-13-7 39 Pts.

Leading Scorers:
Mikko A. Lehtonen - 8G, 17A, 25 Pts.
Corey Locke - 4G, 20A, 24 Pts.
Pat Rissmiller - 8G, 14A, 22 Pts.
Bryan Bickell - 14G, 7A, 21 Pts.
Kris Newbury - 8G, 13A, 21 Pts.

Goalies:
Chad Johnson - .923 SV%, 2.15 GAA, 1 SO
Joacim Eriksson - .902 SV%, 2.82 GAA, 1 SO

[mnwildgophers]

Went a little bit different way with my updates, less photos.

It was taking a little too long to do my updates, so I'd rather just stick to text, but most of the same information is displayed.

I plan on doing league leaders at the end of the year along with standings then too.