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Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers.

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A little teaching before the trip to Montreal

            Rangers got back to basics a bit today in a 45-minute practice, especially with the defensemen. John Tortorella said the problem, especially on the first two Devils goals last night, wasn't the odd-man rushes, it was "blown coverages, plain and simple. We had the guys there, we just missed an assignment."

So the defensemen...

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