Redden

with the mismatched lines produced by Renny and trickles down to the defenseman, namely Rozival and Redden, whose game has declined since the puck dropped in Prague. Both have played uninspired hockey devoid of any physical play (the only thing

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Let's start with Wade Redden and Marcus Naslund. The two new additions are bringing more than experience and leadership - they are bringing goals. Last time I worried about the offense gelling together without having to defer to Jamir Jagr - let's hope that we have seen the beginning of a multi-threat offense. If things go right, the idea of Gomez, Naslund, Drury and Dubinsky would be far above an average attack. Now add in Callahan, Dawes and Zherdev and you're looking at a team that can finally match highly powered offenses goal for goal. For the Tampa Bay Lightening the task of containment seemed daunting. The Rangers maintained stints of consistent pressure that we didn't see last season - especially, gasp! on the power play.Perhaps the biggest bright spot from the entire weekend was Wade 

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