Pavel Valentenko’s Last Shot as a Ranger?

By Alexander Monaghan President Photo Credit: HockeyPictures.se First day of September which forces us hockey die-hards to ask: Is it October yet? No, not it is not. If it was October we would be focusing on the actual games, who should be deserving of more playing time, what is working /not working and how the kids on the farm look. However, since it is not October, we can focus on small mundane matter such as a throw-in fringe prospect who, in baseball terms, is out of options. Dave at BlueSeatBlogs.com, an affiliate of ours through Yardbarker, was kind enough to dissect the current New York Rangers roster, indicating which players would and would not have to go through waivers. Five players — Pavel Valentenko, Chad Kolarik, John Mitchell, Dale Weiss and Kris Newbury — all need to pass through waivers to either join the Rangers via the Connecticut Whale, or vise versa. All four forwards, in theory, have a chance of making the team. Weiss, Newbury and Kolarik al...