atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The Columbus Blue Jackets traded forwards Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for blueliners Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman . Columbus also signed free-agent forward Kristian Huselius for $19 million over four years.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The Blue Jackets traded enigmatic offensive star Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin on Wednesday. Fritsche was thrilled to find himself going from the only NHL team to never make...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -The Blue Jackets traded enigmatic offensive star Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin on Wednesday.
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The Blue Jackets traded enigmatic offensive star Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin on Wednesday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Rangers acquired high-scoring Russian right winger Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin, the teams said.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The Blue Jackets traded enigmatic offensive star Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin on Wednesday.
End of the Bench (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Zherdev and Fritsche to the Rags for Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman. More analysis to follow later, but here were my three reactions in the ten minutes after I heard this: Oh. My. God. Actually, this might not be so bad. There has to be more to come. Wait for the dust to settle before you jump off the [...]
ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Wednesday, the New York Rangers acquired young forwards Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for defensemen Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman.
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The Blue Jackets traded enigmatic offensive star Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin on Wednesday.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The Blue Jackets traded enigmatic offensive star Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche to the New York Rangers for defensemen Christian Backman and Fedor Tyutin on Wednesday.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
via Puck-rakers, Columbus Blue Jackets Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche have been traded to the New York Rangers for Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman. Update 4:32pm ET: And from TSN (no link yet available) -- Sources tell TSN the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers have completed a trade. The Rangers will receive Nikolai Zherdev as part of the package. Details to follow.
The Neutral Zone Trap (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Puck-Rakers says Zherdev and Fritsche to the Rangers for Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman. If that’s true, Howson has lost his mind… ETA: TSN would seem to be confirming this now BREAKING NEWS: Sources tell TSN the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers have completed a trade. The Rangers will get Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche, with [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 04/13/2008
The series between the Rangers and the Devils has been littered with its first broken teeth, courtesy of a collision between the Rangers’ Christian Backman’s stick and the Devils’ Zach Parise’s mouth.
PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
How sad is it that I read this whole Times thing on the rise of Russian professional hockey , and my big thought was, 'Wow. I can't believe Carol Alt moved to Russia with him ." John Dellapina has a great story about the Rangers throwing new defenseman Christian Backman under the bus , with the team telling a ref he was responsible for a penalty so that penalty killer extraordinaire Blair Betts, the...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
from Stan Fischler at Game On, As a matter of fact, I’ll now go on record stating that the acquisitions of Swedish defenseman Christian Backman and forward Fredrik (Call Me Freddie) Sjostrom will be as positive for the Blueshirts roster as last year’s addition of Sean (The Great Gabbo) Avery. I’ll go one step further and hereby forecast that the roster, as now constituted, is good enough to carry New...
