Beyond the Blueshirts

Zherdev discusses his future as arbitration date looms

laurie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:22:20 +0000

As New York Rangers General Manager Glen Sather continues to collect similarly-skilled wingers — the latest being speedy Russian Enver Lisin — it would appear that Nikolai Zherdev’s days in Ranger blue are all but numbered. In an interview with Sport-Express, the restricted free agent discussed his current contract situation, the possibility of playing [...]

Rangers and Coyotes trade flight risks

laurie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:28:26 +0000

Last week, while I was relaxing in the mountains of upstate New York, I tweeted about a story in the Russian press that cited Swedish web site Aftonbladet as saying KHL champions AK Bars Kazan were interested in signing New York Rangers 2004 first round draft pick Lauri Korpikoski, a restricted free agent. The same [...]

Rangers interested in Anton Babchuk

laurie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:36:36 +0000

According to the 25-year old defenseman himself, the New York Rangers are interested in acquiring restricted free agent Anton Babchuk. In an interview with Russian paper Sports Day by Day, the Kiev native confirmed that he will not sign the $1 million qualifying offer he received from the Carolina Hurricanes and revealed that the Rangers [...]

Programming Note

laurie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:30:28 +0000

Just a quick note to say I’ll be celebrating the one year anniversary of Beyond the Blueshirts (I can’t believe it’s already been a year!) by spending the week in the Adirondacks. So don’t look for much in the way of postings this week unless something really important happens, in which case I’ll either drop [...]

Atlant Mytishchi pursuing Zherdev, or “let the games begin?”

laurie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:38 +0000

KHL team Atlant Mytishchi has let it be known that they’d like to lure Rangers restricted free agent Nikolai Zherdev from North America by publishing a story on their web site in which they make their interest in the 24-year old clear, while admitting they haven’t talked to him and that the likelihood of the [...]