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Asaeli Tikoirotuma of the Chiefs dives over to score a try during the round 15 Super Rugby match between the Blues and the Chiefs at North Harbour Stadium.

The New York Rangers were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils last Friday and now they will look towards the future.

The guy is big, physical, strong on his skates, can play center or wing, can even fight and got solid minutes with the Rangers throughout the playoffs, he could be a third/fourth line center wing player to go along with LaPierre, Malhotra and the rest - he played some great hockey for the Rangers and with the road to the Stanley Cup going through ... (more)

"If you're content that's when you go by the wayside. We have to continue to improve as an organization," he told reporters .

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John Tortorella has seen his team grow, but by no means is he happy with the way their season ended.

"There's no hard feelings in that way," said Stralman. "I was excited to try something new and Toronto was not a good fit for me.

Rangers' Eminger Expected To Play : Steve Eminger is expected to play in Friday's Game 6 against the Devils, Steve Zipay of the New York Newsday reports.

The Calder Trophy is always one of the harder ones for me because you're usually dealing with players that are either very sheltered or haven't provided full regular seasons.

It had been nearly a month since Brandon Dubinsky last put on a Rangers sweater.

It appears that John Tortorella will be switching things up once again tonight, as Brandon Dubinsky returns to the lineup for the first time since Game 7 of the first round.

Your eyes tell you that the Rangers are all but finished, outplayed decisively one period after another, one game after another.

During his meeting with the media on Tuesday afternoon, Rangers coach John Tortorella was asked what he can do to get his top-six forwards to start scoring more goals.

The Detroit Red Wings are going to be spending at the start of the NHL free agency period.

Man, this Rangers team. For twenty minutes this afternoon, they once again looked flat, losing battles for pucks and letting the Devils play more or less the type of game they'll need to play to be successful.

Emigner Active For Rangers : Steve Eminger will play against New Jersey on Saturday, NHL.com's Dan Rosen reports.

John Tortorella, on his way to a Stanley Cup championship eight springs ago with the Lightning, instructed Ken Hitchcock, the Flyers coach at the time, to "shut your yap." Only two months ago, he told Devils coach Peter DeBoer to "just shut up." Instead, it is Tortorella who now shuts his yap and just shuts up whenever the media demands what his ... (more)

April 26, 2012; New York, NY, USA; New York Rangers left wing Brandon Dubinsky handles the puck against the Ottawa Senators during the first period in game seven of the 2012 Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden.

John Tortorella wasn't making an example of Marian Gaborik on Wednesday night any more than the Rangers' coach was making an example of Brian Boyle when he kept the big center on the bench for all but 2:30 of the third period in the 3-2, Game 2 defeat to the Devils at the Garden.

Mike Rupp has anchored the fourth line of the New York Rangers throughout much of the season Rob Carr/Getty Images Usually within seconds you'll notice Mike Rupp's colossal 6'5'' figure chugging alongside Brandon Prust , motoring viciously around the ice, looking for the next opponent to throw their bodies into.