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The Islanders have traded the #5 pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the #7 pick, the 2nd round pick(60 overall), and 3rd round pick this year or the 2nd pick next year and 3rd next year.
...What a steal. Filatov still may be available so they can still get their guy and and two more picks great value.

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Yesterday we said that the Rangers still had not offered Jagr a contract and now we know that the Rangers will NOT offer Jaromir Jagr, Sean Avery, Brendan Shanahan, Michal Rozsival, and Martin Straka a contract before July 1st. I do not mind getting rid of Shanny, Straka and Rozsival as Shanny has shown his age for a year and a half now, Rozsival is overrated and will get more than he deserves, and Straka is just not effective anymore. Jagr and Avery on the other hand are pretty importatnt to this team. Jagr turned his season around late last season and was the best player and well Avery is Avery that is enough said.

With Sean Avery wanting $3.5+ it is believed the Rangers will not sign him and let him go somewhere else possibly San Jose or Los Angeles and the Rangers will try and sign Darcy Tucker whos contract is supposed to be bought out soon. Another replacement would be newly signed Sweed Andreas Jämtin.

No where does Larry Brooks say that they will not be signed, but by not offering them a contract before July 1st makes it a very strong possibility. Especially Jagr and Avery.

Then there are two major draft trade rumors. The first one is:
New York Rangers trade:
Fedor Tyutin
Brandon Dubinsky
20th pick
51st pick

LA KINGS trade:
Mike Cammaleri
2nd pick in draft (most likely Nikita Filatov)

and the 2nd one
Rangers trade:
Brandon Dubinsky
20th pick

Blues Trade:
4th overall pick

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1. Tampa Bay Lighting- Steven Stamkos, C (OHL)

Steven Stamkos is the clear #1

2.Los Angeles Kings- Drew Doughty, D (OHL)

3.Atlanta Thrashers- Zack Bogosian, D (OHL)

4.St. Louis Blues-Luke Schenn, D (WHL)

5.New York Islanders- Nikita Filatov, LW (Russia)
...This kid is an absolute STUD. Behind Stomkos he is the best scorer in the draft and unlike last years top Russian prospect and Ranger draftee, Alexei Cherepanov, he has already said he is going to come to America next year and try to make the team that drafts him. The only downside is his size (5'11 165ish)

6.Columbus Blue Jackets-Alex Pietrangelo, D (OHL)

7. Toronto Maple Leafs- Mikkel Boedker, C (OHL)

8.Phoenix Coyotes- Tyler Meyers, D (WHL)

9.Nashville Predators(from Florida)- Cody Hodgson, C (OHL)

10. Vancouver Canucks- Colin Wilson, LW (Boston University)

11.Chicago Blackhawks- Zach Boychuk, C (WHL)

12.Anaheim Ducks(from Edmonton)- Kyle Beach, LW (WHL)

13.Buffalo Sabers- Michael Del Zotto, D (OHL)

14.Carolina Hurricanes- Colten Teubert, D (WHL)

15. Nashville Predators- Luca Sbisa, D (WHL)

16.Boston Bruins- Joe Colborne, C (AJHL)

17.Calgary Flames- Joshua Bailey, C

18.Ottawa Senators- Chet Pickard, G (WHL)

19.Columbus Blue Jackets(from Colorado)- Mattias Tedenby, LW (Sweden)

20.New York Rangers- John Carlson, D (USHL)
...Big, good skating, puck moving defenseman something the Rangers have been lacking since the departure of Brian Leetch. They could also go for offense and take a guy like Kirill Petrov if he is still around or take Jared Staal and hope he pans out. Another option is Greg Nemisz.

21.New Jersey Devils- Tyler Cuma, D (OHL)

22.Edmonton Oilers- Jordan Eberle, C (WHL)

23.Washington Capitals- Kirill Petrov, RW (Russia)

24.Minnesotta Wild- Colby Robak, D (WHL)

25.Montreal Canadians- Mikhail Stefanovich, C (QMJHL)

26.Buffalo Sabers(from San Jose)- Zac Dalpe, C (BCHL)

27.Philadelphia Phillies- Greg Nemisz, C (OHL)

28.Los Angeles Kings(from Dallas)- Jake Gardiner, D (Minnesota HS)

29.Atlanta Thrashers(from Pittsburgh)- Tyler Ennis, C (WHL)

30.Detroit Red Wings- Anton Gustafsson, C (Sweden)

Were Listed in the DCProSports NHL Mock Draft Database.

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Former Mets manager Willie Randolph was fired this week apparently for being too laid back. New manager Jerry Manuel doesn't seem to have the same approach. After Manuel removed Jose Reyes from Tuesday nights game a minor argument ensued. Manuel had this to say about the encounter.

"I told him next time he does that I'm going to get my blade out and cut him. I'm a gangster. You go gangster on me, I'm going to have to get you. You do that again, I'm going to cut you right on the field."

Apparently he was joking but that is hilarious.

Courtesy of Google

He doesn't look too gangster to me.

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I am hoping and praying that this story is not true. It is well known that Omsk in Russia has coveted Jaromir Jagr and have been trying hard to sign him and bring him over there. Most reports have been saying that the Rangers have been leaning towards bringing him back. Well now we can think otherwise with good reason. It is now June 19th, one day from the draft and one of the greatest players of all-time still has not received a contract from really the only team in America he wants to play for. John Dellapina of the Daily News has recently talked about this same topic over at his blog.

Of course, that hardly answers all the questions. It’s possible that Bardin will meet with Jagr’s European representative. Anything’s possible regarding No. 68, whose status for next season is going from unpredictable to bizarre.
Jagr told me again today that he hasn’t heard anything from Rangers GM Glen Sather since they spoke on the day the team broke up for the season. While such a cat-and-mouse act is long-standing standard operating procedure for Sather, it makes little sense in this case.

Not only can Jagr sign with Omsk-Avangard at any time, there seems to be little to be gained by making him sit and wonder whether the Rangers want him back. His personal experience (see: Washington 2000-2004) is that things don’t go well when he’s playing for a team that doesn’t fully believe in him. And every day that goes by without the Rangers reaching out to him has to make him wonder even more.

If you were wondering about the other big Ranger's free agent Sean Avery he is busy partying at
fashion shows and music festivals with the Olsen twins (who can blame him for that part though?).

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• The Knicks will be working out the following players today:

Antoine Agudio (senior G, 6-3, 190, Hofstra)
Gary Ervin (senior G, 6-0, 182, Arkansas)
Dante Milligan (senior F, 6-9, 215, Massachusetts)
DeAndre Jordan (freshman C, 7-0, 260, Texas A&M)
Mike Taylor (junior G, 6-2, 165, Iowa State/NBA D-League)
Vladimir Golubovic (C, 7-0, 225, Serbia)

- Jordan should be available at #6 overall but has been projected more in the early teens which further strengthens the rumor of Donnie Walsh's desire to trade down. Other than Jordan, I haven't heard much about any of these players indicating they could be looked at as undrafted free agents.

• Draftexpress.com is also reporting the Knicks desire to move the 6th overall pick but states that they may move up or down in the draft.
  
• Marc Berman of the New York Post says that the Knicks are looking to come out of this draft with the point guard of the future. Whether it be through trade or the draft remains to be seen.
  
• Will the Nets select Robin Lopez of Stanford, Brooke Lopez's twin brother at #10 overall? Robin, who is projected to be drafted after his brother in the late teens, worked out for the Nets recently and following the workout canceled all other workouts. This may indicate the Nets have zeroed in on the big man from Stanford.

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• It has been reported that rookie WR Mario Manningham's performance during last week's mini camp was disappointing. Apparently he had a tough time tracking down deep passes and ran a few incorrect routes. I've read specifically from Mike Garafolo's report that Manningham had dropped a pass in the end zone in which he had to jump to go get. Other than that I haven't read any specific troubles he has had besides mixing up some routes. I think the media is overplaying this situation because 1. He is a rookie learning a new playbook at the WR position which is said to be one of the hardest to learn as a first year player and 2. He only scored a 6 on the wonderlic test, he obviously isn't Albert Einstein, let's give the guy a break.
• Plaxico Burress released a statement yesterday saying he expects his contract dispute to be resolved before training camp in July and that he would like to play another five or six years and retire as a Giant. His ankle must be feeling a lot better if he plans on playing another five or six seasons.
  
• Ahmad Bradshaw behind bars?! Thats right, according to Skip Wood of USA today, the Giants second year running back has been incarcerated since June 15th for violating terms of his probation. No word yet on what he did to violate probation but he is only on probation in the first place for stealing a students video game from the Dorms back at Marshall. What a joke.

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ESPN:

NEW YORK -- The NHL is threatening to kick the owners of the New York Rangers out of the league as punishment for accusing league officials of violating antitrust laws.

The NHL filed court papers Wednesday that included a draft letter from commissioner Gary Bettman proposing discipline against Madison Square Garden, L.P. that could lead to suspension or termination of its ownership of the Rangers.

In its court filing, the NHL asked a judge to agree Madison Square Garden breached its contract by challenging league rules.

Madison Square Garden sued the NHL in September, saying it violated antitrust laws by monopolizing control of team promotions. A judge ruled in November that the league seemed within its rights to take control of the team's Web site.

Madison Square Garden, L.P., which is owned by Cablevision Systems Corp., owns the Rangers, the NBA's New York Knicks, the WNBA's New York Liberty and several venues, including Madison Square Garden -- the home of the Rangers, Knicks and Liberty.

Messages left with Madison Square Garden officials were not immediately returned.

...WTF? Are they kidding me? I have never heard of a owners being kicked out of the league over a website. I remember last year how they were getting fined for not turning over their website after every other team had already done so, but I never thought it would be taken this far. This 'threat' should not be taken serious at all though. The NHL is at one of its low points attendance wise and getting rid of the 'top' New York team is not going to help at all. It would be one of the dumbest moves ever so who knows Bettman might actually do it. Simply put the last time the ratings were high was in '93-'94 when who else, but the Rangers won the Stanley Cup. Now I know it says they wouldn't be kicking the Rangers out and that it is the owners and MSG, but where would they play then? The Rock or Coliseum? I don't think so.

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Yankees v. Padres

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
San Diego	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0		5	8	2
NY Yankees	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	X		8	14	1

Rollin Rollin Rollin Keep Rollin Rollin Rollin.....

Make that 6 straight wins for this Yankees team. They have not missed a beat despite the news of losing Chien-Ming Wang. Not only that, but they are now 6 games over .5oo and only 5.5 games back of the 1st place Red Sox in the East and 3.5 behind Tampa Bay for the Wild Card.

Darrell Rasner was not spectacular by any means, but he was able to get the win against Jake Peavy so he gets an A+ just for that. He did what a pitcher like him is supposed to do and that is manage the game. He doesn't have to get that 10+ strikeout game, but just hold the other team to a couple of runs and you'll be fine. His control was a little off with 5 walks something that has not been a problem so far this year so I wouldn't worry.

I don't think anyone can justify a $28,000,000 contract, but if anyone can come close that is definitely Alex Rodriguez. He's like a man amongst boys. 3-4 with his 14th home run in just 193 at-bats. That is a clip of a home run every 13.8 at-bats, which comes out to about 1 home run every 3/4 games and then if you multiply that by a whole season its about 45-50+ home runs. He also had 2 RBI's so in terms of Yankee leaders he is 2nd in home runs, 3rd in RBI's, 1st in average, and 5th in hits even though he missed about 15 games less than everyone else.

After Edwar Ramirez gave up 2 home runs in the 7th and Kyle Farnsworth gave up 1 in the 8th it made for a save opportunity for Mariano Rivera. Mo got into early trouble when he game up a lead of double, but got a strikeout and then got a bloop out to Derek Jeter ran to second for a game ending double play. Here are some highlights from Baseball Tonight.

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