Remembering the 1995-96 New York Rangers
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Bluenote13
Believe In Henke
Fun season to watch as a fan until those disastrous trades.
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been a fan since a kid in mid'60's, that was a top 3 worst trade
NYR94
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Was a really fun season for me as a fan until they fell apart at the end. Messier and Verbeek scoring a ton of goals, six players with more than 100 PIM, even Robitaille, who was considered a disappointment as a Ranger, scored at nearly a .9 PPG pace. Messier finished 2nd in Hart voting and Leetch 3rd in the Norris race. Kovalev had a really good season too.
Hitch16
Easily Triggered
That was such a fun season -
The cup in 94 followed by the shortened lockout season,
I loved that team before the trading deadline.
Verbeek and Messier wwere on pace for 50 goals each.
The cup in 94 followed by the shortened lockout season,
I loved that team before the trading deadline.
Verbeek and Messier wwere on pace for 50 goals each.
NYSPORTS
back afta dis. . .
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Boris Zubov
No relation to Sergei, Joe
95-96 was so promising....until it wasn't. The season ended with such an enormous thud. That trade... 
Side note...a photo in that article incorrectly identifies Pat Verbeek, but it's actually Daniel Goneau. LOL.
Side note...a photo in that article incorrectly identifies Pat Verbeek, but it's actually Daniel Goneau. LOL.
Speedtrials
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Didn't Daniel Goneau start of his career scoring a bunch of goals early? Then did he get on Messier's bad side about something. I was very young at the time, so absolutely may have the story or player mixed up.
Boris Zubov
No relation to Sergei, Joe
No, you're spot on, it was Goneau. He went on a huge hot streak then supposedly got really arrogant, taking things for granted & coasted during practice, etc. The veterans didn't put up with his antics & he was banished to the minors, basically forever.
Edge
Kris King's Ghost
1997 run aside, that season often felt like it was the Rangers last best chance to win another cup.
Injuries were a killer that year --- Richter, Messier, Verbeek.
It felt like they were one different move away from making it happen. Unfortunately, instead of Kovalev for Shanahan, you got Nedved and Zubov for Robitaille and Samuelsson. Add the deadline moves that year and it ended up being the beginning of the end instead.
Injuries were a killer that year --- Richter, Messier, Verbeek.
It felt like they were one different move away from making it happen. Unfortunately, instead of Kovalev for Shanahan, you got Nedved and Zubov for Robitaille and Samuelsson. Add the deadline moves that year and it ended up being the beginning of the end instead.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
Boris Zubov
No relation to Sergei, Joe
Unfortunately it wasn't random, it was probably the worst Rangers trade ever.
RickChartraw
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was that in play back then? I met Shanny under the Boston Garden one time when he was with the wings. very nice guy.
Edge
Kris King's Ghost
Oh god, that Kings trade.
Kurri with almost nothing left.
McSorley in one of his failed trips back east.
Shane Churla on the backend of his career.
My memory is that they signed Ray Ferarro because they said the reason why the team did so poorly the previous year was that they lacked a #2 Center and then they went ahead and traded Ferarro.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Edge
Kris King's Ghost
Shanahan was one of those guys who was almost a Rangers a few times.
In 1994/95 Keenan wanted to trade him for Kovalev. Rangers balked and Shanahan eventually went to Hartford.
A year later, Shanahan was almost traded to the Rangers again --- this time the cost was Sundstrom or Kovalev, plus Dube.
NYR94
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Kurri led the Rangers in points in their second round loss to the Penguins.
The frustrating part is Neil Smith let his fear of being eliminated by the Legion of Doom-led Flyers for a second year in a row push him to make those bad trades. Their lines after the first line were just an odd mix of too little skill and too much old grit. Yeah the Berg-Kovalev-Momesso line had some nice forechecking shifts against the Habs but that's not enough skill to go against a Penguins team playing Nedved-Francis-Jagr on the second line.
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NYSPORTS
back afta dis. . .
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McSorley didn’t even play from what i remember. Stats shows 9 games. That trade was to fight the Flyers. Ridiculous
Edge
Kris King's Ghost
McSorley was also weird in the sense that he was almost tailor made for the Western Conference. All of his stays in the east were struggles.
Crease
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Machinehead
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ElLeetch
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My daughter (then 13) and I were at a sponsor event a few days before the trade deadline. I've been to a lot of these events and something just didn't feel right that day. I clearly remember talking to Ferraro and my impression was he wanted to be anywhere else on earth than that banquet hall. Several other players much more uncomfortable than you would expect.
The only good thing that came out of that day was my daughter brought a Mike Richter game stick and had it autographed by every player and coach who was present.
The only good thing that came out of that day was my daughter brought a Mike Richter game stick and had it autographed by every player and coach who was present.
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