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Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice.

By practicing Friday, Rangers avoided problems Saturday

New York Rangers' Michael Del Zotto, left, becomes

Photo credit: AP Photo Seth Wenig

The original plan was to have Friday as an off day, but noting the weather after the Rangers beat the Islanders 4-1 on Thursday, the brass moved Saturday's practice to Friday and today was an off day before Tampa arrives at the Garden Sunday.

We'll see if the long time off helps the 5-5 Blueshirts (it might help D Dan Girardi, who I wrote about yesterday, and who could play Sunday night)....

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