Rangers, Dubinsky end stressful stalemate with 2-year deal

Brandon Dubinsky's(notes) holdout is over, and so is the uncomfortable battle between the New York Rangers and their talented 23-year-old restricted free-agent center. Andrew Gross of Rangers Rants reports the Blueshirts have him in for two years and $3.7 million -- shorter and cheaper than anything Dubinsky was looking for entering the summer.From Gross, here's Dubinsky on the deal:"I just kind of said it was something I wanted to get done, I was tired of waiting, I didn't want to push this thing further," Dubinsky said. "I didn't want the team to be at their wit's end and I didn't want to be at wit's end myself."Dubinsky had 13 goals and 28 assists last season, playing to a minus-6 with 112 penalty minutes. It's been a tough negotiation -- very public in the pages of New York newspapers, and with the Rangers signing Vaclav Prospal(notes) as potential replacement if things went south with Dubinsky. From the sounds of things, the R...