league
NHL

Brendan Smith

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Player Bio
HT/WT
6' 2", 200 lbs
Age
35
Born
02-08-1989
Handedness
Left
Brendan Smith, the Rangers’ grand old defenseman, does the gritty work to keep playoff hopes alive

“Smitty’s meant a lot to us for a long time,” Rangers coach David Quinn said. “I thought that might have been his best game of the year."

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Brendan Smith, the Rangers’ grand old defenseman, does the gritty work to keep playoff hopes alive
Carpiniello: Brief return to Garden brings Rangers back to Earth

NEW YORK – Back to normal. The Rangers, after winning three in a row in Western Canada – largely because Henrik Lundqvist played out of his mind in the first two games (100 saves) — returned to the Garden and returned to Earth in a 3-0 loss to Winnipeg Tuesday. It was a game where the...

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Carpiniello: Brief return to Garden brings Rangers back to Earth
Carpiniello mailbag: Nash's trade value and more Rangers' rebuild questions

Thank you all for the questions, and apologies that I couldn’t possibly answer all of them. We’ll do this again after the deadline and discuss the moves the Rangers make. Then we’ll do it again when we can talk about more general stuff, like the question about my all-time favorite Rangers to...

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Carpiniello mailbag: Nash's trade value and more Rangers' rebuild questions
Carpiniello: How the Rangers' system went completely off the track

Regarding this trouble with the Rangers, where the whole train is now completely off the tracks, it didn’t start this month or since the calendar flipped to 2018. It’s been coming for a few years now, where the Rangers’ defensive play – not just their defensemen, though that corps has...

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Carpiniello: How the Rangers' system went completely off the track
Carpiniello: A trade deadline primer to the rebuilding Rangers

Early last season, I asked Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton if he had considered, in the summer following a dreadful 2015-16 stretch drive and a quick five-game playoff exit, tearing down his roster and rebuilding. He admitted that he most certainly had. So after last season, with many of his...

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Carpiniello: A trade deadline primer to the rebuilding Rangers