Daily Archives: February 7, 2013

A Wild Trade

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Goodbye Mike Rupp, welcome Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri to the big apple. On Monday the Rangers announced that they traded Mike Rupp to the Minnesota Wild for two new forwards.

It was projected that Rupp was going to be on the trading block this past week because of the injury to Ryan Callahan. He played in all 8 of the Rangers games this season and racked up 12 penalty minutes and zero goals.

imagesPowe comes into this season with 91 blocked shots, 82 games played, 109 shots on goal and 57 penalty minutes in 2011-2012.

imgresPalmieri has played 87 career NHL games with the New Jersey Devils and Minnesota Wild, tapping 13 goals, 12 assists, and 20 penalty minutes.

With Rupp gone and Callahan still hurting these two were brought in to fill the lack of depth the Rangers have on their 3rd and 4th offensive lines. Hopefully within the next few weeks we’ll all be saying that they made a couple of smart moves that will get the Rangers winning again.

Boley Released

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Michael Boley has been released by the Giants and now lurks among the free agent market. This comes as no surprise considering his pace of play has declined this year due to several shoulder injuries.

He started 11 games this season and played in all 16. He racked up 84 tackles, 3 interceptions, half a sack, and two fumble recoveries.

imgres  The key factor in his release was the 550 passing yards he let up in pass coverage. He was brought to the team in 2009 because of his exceptional pass coverage skills and tackling ability. Though, his play this season didn’t display those skills like during last year’s super bowl run.

“We recognized his special skills were in coverage. He’s a smart player who made some big plays for us. He was an integral part of our Super Bowl XLVI championship team. Michael played outstanding football down the stretch for us that season” said Tom Coughlin.

In realty Boley shouldn’t have been released because he was still one of the better starting linebackers on the Giants squad. It was the 6 million dollar price cap that Jerry Reece didn’t want to pay for when the G-Men have 22 other free agents to resign on the team.

It’ll be interesting to see how the Giants plan to fill the void of Boley, whether that be through the draft or free agency. And where will the next stop be Boley himself? All questions soon to be answered.