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The Rangers have agreed to terms with forward Brandon Prust on a two-year deal worth $1.6 million. Prust was a restricted free agent, and the two sides worked quickly to hammer out a deal. The Rangers got Prust in a deal with the Calgary Flames that was mostly a salary dump, and Olli Jokinen was the main piece coming to Broadway. However, Prust was one of the few energized Rangers down ...

Welcome to Broadway Hockey Daily’s live blog of the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft! We’ll be updating periodically throughout the night, with the most recent update appearing at the top of the post. 7:35 PM – New Panthers GM Dale Tallon selects Erik Gudbranson, the big defenseman from the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL. I thought they’d go with Fowler, but I can see they’d want ...

According to Pierre LeBrun of ESPN, the agent for center Olli Jokinen said that the Rangers have had no contact with his client and expect Jokinen to find work on the open market. He also said that he expects Jokinen to play in the NHL and that the KHL is not an option. “They have not talked to us. I do not expect them to at this point,” ...

One of the most disappointing aspects of the 2009-10 New York Rangers season was the overall performance of superpest Sean Avery. When you strip away the layers of Sean Avery, when you remove the personality , the celebrity , the fashion designing intern , and the subject of a sure-to-be terrible Hollywood movie , what you should be left with is something pretty good, actually. What you should have remaining is ...

We were oh-so-close to finally having something to laugh about regarding “Joker” (his horrid play aside). Earlier today, Russian website Sportsdaily.ru reported that Rangers free agent center Olli Jokinen is close to signing with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Jokinen. In the Belarussian capital, he’d replace fellow ex-NHLer, fellow Finn and departing captain Ville Peltonen, who recently signed with HIFK of the Finnish League. Yet Darren Dreger, one ...

Rangers prospect, goaltender Chad Johnson , has been added to the Team Canada roster for the Worlds Championship Tournament and is expected to serve as the team’s backup. Johnson made his NHL debut earlier this year on December 30 against the Philadelphia Flyers after Henrik Lundqvist was pulled from the game. He gave up a goal just 23 seconds into his performance. Johnson is not an especially highly touted prospect, ...

Much of the hockey community was taken back last August when New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather announced that the club had signed Czech veteran Vaclav “Vinny” Prospal. At the time, Prospal himself had been taken back, not to mention embarrassed, when his then-current club, the Tampa Bay Lightning, had bought out the final three years of his four-year, $14 million contract. Some were surprised that Prospal would sign with the ...

  Last week we reported that Jaromir Jagr looked like he was on the verge of signing a two-year contract to stay with Avangard Omsk, but could not confirm it. Today we are hearing, via Laurie at Beyond the Blueshirts , that there is indeed a deal in place ,although there are still contract details to be worked out. “Jagr will be on our team next year,” Bardin explained. ...

The NHL announced the finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and former Ranger Jed Ortmeyer is among the finalists. The Bill Masterton is given to the player who “best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.” Here is the press release about Ortmeyer: The veteran forward not only has to work hard each shift to ensure he has a place in the NHL, but also battles a ...