Rangers Pre-Camp Update/ Meet the Blueshirts

Here is yet another update courtesy of Steve Zipay who is on the scene at Rangers "Pre-Camp" this week:

"Rather than wait for Dubinsky to lean forward and let the puck fall, Drury reached up and slapped it off and behind the young center, starting a blue team rush the other way that finished with Drury roofing a close-in shot over Steve Valiquette's left shoulder.

Dubinsky, still unsigned but his upbeat self, rebounded nicely. He scored twice on the same shift later---granted, these are long shifts, several minutes each. He lasered a shot under the crossbar past Matt Zaba from the left dot and then scored again from in front to trim the Blue lead to 4-3....He also set up Brian Boyle with a backhand pass earlier, but Zaba stabbed Boyle's rising shot from the slot.

Bits and pieces: Donald Brashear set up Patrick Rissmiller for a high backhanded flick past Zaba from in tight...Corey Potter zipped a wrister past Zaba as well....Dan Girardi was paired with Potter... Evgeny Grachev played back on D for awhile near the end of the workout...Marian Gaborik took in some evening matches at the U.S. Open Tuesday night and said he hoped to see more...Wade Redden stayed off the ice for weight room work....Boyle---who worked out this summer in Foxboro with a trainer for the Patriots---drove an hour from his home every morning. "Needed that coffee," he said...Now, he's been serving as chauffeur in White Plains, picking up six players at various hotels in his Tahoe to drive to the rink." (Click for full story)

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I find it great that these sessions are taking place, and it is nice to see the guys spreading the humor on the ice. Although, it did not sound like Matt Zaba was making too many saves...

Also, if you have not yet heard, Rangers Season Ticket Subscribers will have a chance to meet Drury, Gaborik, Chris Higgins, Brashear and Ales Kotalik tonight in the Madison Square Garden Lobby/ Theater. Should be a great event!