Rangers roster for camp announced

Interestingly, Kyle Mclaren is on the roster. He has health issues, and didn't play in the NHL last year, but he has size and a history of being effective. Low risk, high reward invite that can have a big impact on the blue shirts blue line.

2009 NEW YORK RANGERS TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
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No.	Player	POS.	HT	WT	Age	2008-09 Teams (League)
75	Andres Ambuhl	RW	5-10	190	26	Davos (Switzerland)
42	Artem Anisimov	C	6-4	194	21	Hartford (AHL)
39	Tyler Arnason	C	5-11	204	30	Colorado (NHL)
16	Sean Avery	LW	5-10	195	29	Dallas, RANGERS (NHL); Hartford (AHL)
22	Brian Boyle	C	6-7	252	24	Los Angeles (NHL); Manchester (AHL)
87	Donald Brashear	LW	6-3	237	37	Washington (NHL)
36	Dane Byers	LW	6-3	195	23	Hartford (AHL)
24	Ryan Callahan	RW	5-11	188	24	RANGERS (NHL)
58	Paul Crowder	C	6-3	202	24	Alaska-Anchorage (WCHA); Hartford (AHL)
79	Devin Didiomete	LW	5-11	200	21	Hartford (AHL)
23	Chris Drury	C	5-10	190	33	RANGERS (NHL)
17	Brandon Dubinsky	C	6-1	205	23	RANGERS (NHL)
41	Brodie Dupont	C	6-2	210	22	Hartford (AHL)
10	Marian Gaborik	RW	6-1	200	27	Minnesota (NHL)
21	Christopher Higgins	LW	6-0	205	26	Montreal (NHL)
12	Ales Kotalik	RW	6-1	225	30	Buffalo (NHL)
81	Enver Lisin	RW	6-2	200	27	Phoenix (NHL); San Antonio (AHL)
73	Corey Locke	C	5-9	189	25	Houston (AHL)
85	Matt Maccarone	C	6-7	232	25	Tulsa (CHL)
50	Jordan Owens	LW	6-0	166	23	Hartford (AHL)
38	Pierre Parenteau	LW	6-0	193	26	Hartford (AHL)
20	Vinny Prospal	C	6-2	198	34	Tampa Bay (NHL)
19	Patrick Rissmiller	LW	6-4	215	30	RANGERS (NHL); Hartford (AHL)
53	Justin Soryal	LW	6-3	209	22	Hartford (AHL)
34	Aaron Voros	LW	6-4	215	28	RANGERS (NHL)
65	Dale Weise	RW	6-2	202	21	Hartford (AHL)
Defensemen
97	Matt Gilroy	D	6-1	201	25	Boston University (HE)
5	Dan Girardi	D	6-2	210	25	RANGERS (NHL)
49	Ilkka Heikkinen	D	6-2	205	24	Helsinki IFK (Finland)
4	Kyle McLaren	D	6-4	219	32	Worcester (AHL)
44	Corey Potter	D	6-3	200	25	Hartford (AHL); RANGERS (NHL)
6	Wade Redden	D	6-2	212	32	RANGERS (NHL)
33	Michal Rozsival	D	6-2	205	31	RANGERS (NHL)
54	Bobby Sanguinetti	D	6-3	190	21	Hartford (AHL)
32	Mike Sauer	D	6-3	220	22	Hartford (AHL); RANGERS (NHL)
18	Marc Staal	D	6-4	209	22	RANGERS (NHL)
74	David Urquhart	D	6-0	187	24	Hartford (AHL); Charlotte (ECHL)
62	Nigel Williams	D	6-4	226	21	Lake Erie (AHL)
Goaltenders
96	Chad Johnson	G	6-3	200	23	Alaska-Fairbanks (CCHA)
30	Henrik Lundqvist	G	6-1	195	27	RANGERS (NHL)
94	Scott Stajcer	G	6-3	195	18	Owen Sound (OHL)
40	Stephen Valiquette	G	6-6	210	32	RANGERS (NHL)
71	Miika Wiikman	G	6-0	180	24	Hartford (AHL)
31	Matt Zaba	G	6-1	185	26	Hartford (AHL)

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ESPN NHL - The Rangers have signed F Marian Gaborik; he had career-high 42 goals for the Wild in 2007-08

Gomez out, Higgins in

In a 6 player deal, Sather has managed to get a good young center and Montreal's number one prospect, as well as another quality defensive prospect and clear cap room to make a run at either Heatly, Gaborik, Lecavalier, Hossa or another big name in the off season.

Following a pretty nice draft where we got the top skater and high schooler in the draft, who is AMERICAN, this is turning out to be a quality off season.

And if the Leafs interest in Redden is real, I might have to say Sather is steering the ship correctly for a change.

Zherdev wants to stay in New York

Nikolai Zherdev turned down an offer to play in the KHL in Russia. He must want to start playing hard in New York.

Patrick Roy

The Avalanche have offered HOF goalie and fight instigator Patrick Roy the head coaching job that is currently held by Tony Granato.

He is currently the co-owner, general manager and head coach of the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL.

UPDATE: Roy denies he was offered the job

UPDATE: Roy was also offered the GM job recently, but turned both down due to family concerns (two sons starting new careers and he wants to be close by).