Looks like Fedor Fedorov will get a chance to skate on the second line in place of fellow younger brother of a star Marcel Hossa when the Rangers retake the ice tomorrow night at the Garden. He was on Steve Rucchin's right wing at practice yesterday, and coach Tom Renney was apparently happy with what he saw. That must mean that Renney was not all that thrilled with what he saw from Jeff Taffe the day before (or from Jason Ward as a second liner). Stories today on Fedorov in Newsday, the Journal News, Star-Ledger, and Post.
Tom Poti's meeting with the coach was the story in the Daily News. John Dellapina's story doesn't really change our perception that Poti has taken his benching completely the wrong way, failing to look at his own on-ice culpability in the matter. He used the meeting, which he said should have taken place before his second benching not after, to vent about how he felt, and he complained that it ruined his confidence. Nothing however about learning what the coach wants of him from the video session held during the confab. Nothing about working harder to regain his and the coach's confidence. No reason not to expect more of the same from him when the Islanders come back to town tomorrow evening.
New Blueshirt Bulletin subsciber Oleh Posnachiwsky may have a good motivational tool for Poti: Pick up a copy of the New York Post and look for the picture identified as you, and try to play like the guy who is actually pictured -- Bobby Holik.
WHL Ranger prospect scoring update from Jess Rubenstein: Ryan Russell, the Rangers' 9th selection in the 2005 draft (7th round), is currently 3rd in the WHL in scoring with 8-12-20, only 2 points behind the leader. Brandon Dubinsky is 23rd with 14 points (5-9). Dane Byers is 32nd with 12 (6-6). Zdenek Bahensky is 66th with 9 (4-5). Brodie Dupont is 67th also with 9 (4-5) but has played 2 more games.
In significant business news, the Dolan family has decided not to pursue their plan to spin Cablevision's cable systems off into a private company, a plan which would have left the MSG properties (including the Rangers) is a separate publicly-held company. That means that MSG will continue to have the financial backing of the highly profitable cable business and will continue to have its finances aggregated into overall company reports. But the decision sounds anything but amicable and speculation is still rife about the future of CVC's cable assets. Stories in the Times, News, Post, Star-Ledger, and Newsday.
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