The First Cuts
Breathe easy Ranger fans, the Petr Nedved experiment is over. The center was among the cuts today, ending his attempted third stint with the Rangers. That’s not to take anything away from Nedved. Actually, I thought he played quite well in the pre-season. But signing Nedved would have signaled a throw back to the dark ages otherwise known as 1998-2004. To block the surplus of young kids vying for a spot, would have been going against the philosophy of the post-lockout Blueshirts.
Others reassigned included Artem Anisimov, Thomas Pock, Greg Moore and Dale Weise.
In other news, it looks as though the Rangers coaching staff has seen what everybody else has: Brandon Dubinsky is an absolute stud and deserves top 6 minutes. In today’s practice Dubi moved up to the second line centering Zherdev and Dawes, while Drury moved into the first line wing spot formerly occupied by Zherdev. Whether or not that’s the correct way to shuffle those six forwards remains to be seen, but moving Dru to the wing and elevating Dubi is the right way to go.
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Tags: Anisimov, Dawes, Dubinsky, Moore, Nedved, Pock, Steven Gelbs, Weise, Zherdev
2 Responses
Michael September 26th at 6:28 pm
Fair enough about Nedved, and I also agree with the move to cut him. By your same logic, then, Steve, there’s no place on this team for Shanahan either. You can’t have it both ways; you can’t say Nedved will block the young kids but Shanahan won’t, especially with the talent this team has on the wing right now.
Gabbi R. September 28th at 7:10 pm
well, now the rangers gave him an opportunity, so maybe if a team needs veteran leadership and scoring and aren’t interested in Shanny (i dunno why.) then he’s proven himself.
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