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Brandon Dubinsky News & Rumors

Dubinsky's return a big hit for Blueshirts
May 24
New York Post
 
"It had been nearly a month since Brandon Dubinsky last put on a Rangers sweater. But watching the forward play in last night's 5-3 loss to the Devils in Game 5, you couldn't help but think he hadn't missed a shift. "I felt good," Dubinsky said after logging 15:38 over 20 shifts for the Blueshirts. "It's the Eastern Conference finals and it's a fast game, so it takes two or three shifts to get in there and try to get your timing. "It's a process, and I'll just keep trying to get better for this team." Dubinsky returned to the lineup for the first time since suffering a right leg/foot injury in the Rangers' Game 7 win against the Senators in the first round on April 26. Rangers coach John"
Brandon Dubinsky skates with NY Rangers for first time since injury vs. Senators wearing orange non-contact jersey
May 18
New York Daily News
 
"Brandon Dubinsky skated at Greenburgh on Friday wearing an orange non-contact jersey, the first time he has skated by himself or with a group since he injured his right foot during Game 7 of the first round against Ottawa. He skated with a few teammates and took some shots on goal just to test the foot, then left the ice before John Tortorella started practice with the rest of the team. But Dubinsky's presence still indicates progress. Dubinsky injured his right foot during a battle along the defensive wall with Senators forward Zack Smith. He had an assist in that pivotal game, his only point of the series. The 26-year-old had a disappointing regular season, scoring 10 goals with 24"
Dubinsky still not ready to return to the lineup
May 14
NHL.com
 
"Brandon Dubinsky strolled through the Rangers locker room Saturday morning without the aid of a walking boot or crutches, but his lower-body injury doesn't seem to have healed enough to allow him to play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Dubinsky said Sunday he is still not ready to return to action against the New Jersey Devils Monday night at Madison Square Garden. He was back in the walking boot but itching to play against the rival Devils."
Dubinsky, Boyle questionable for today's Rangers game
April 28
New York Post
 
"The Rangers have managed to get by one round of the playoffs with good fortune, as their lack of depth at the forward position was masked with good timing and the transformation of a 20-year-old college kid into a top-six NHL forward coming in a fortnight. But that good fortune could end this afternoon when they play Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Capitals at the Garden, as the status of both Brian Boyle and Brandon Dubinsky is questionable. Boyle, who was the centerpiece for the Rangers taking a 2-1 series lead in the opening round against the Senators, finally participated in a full-contact skate with the team yesterday after suffering a concussion in Game 5,"
Rangers' Dubinsky happy to start over
April 10
New York Post
 
"No Ranger is looking forward to leaving the regular season behind for the playoffs more than Brandon Dubinsky, who scored only 10 goals after getting 24 last year and 20 the year before that. "It's been a nightmare of a year for me," Dubinsky admitted following yesterday's practice. "That being said, the guys around me picked me up and put us in position to get home ice and win the conference, so that gives me extra motivation to make an impact. "And if I do, we can be really dangerous." Dubinsky will enter Thursday's Game 1 of the opening round against the Senators at the Garden with 15 points (7-8) in 22 playoff matches. He was arguably the team's best forward in last year's"
Singling out Brandon is no way for Torts to right Rangers' ship
March 26
New York Post
 columnist Larry Brooks
"If benching Brandon Dubinsky once turns into benching Dubinsky twice turns into benching Dubinsky three times, isn't it safe to suggest John Tortorella's tough-love tactic, which is unique in the coach's approach to the Rangers' core players, isn't having the desired effect and might not be the best way to get the best out of the 25-year-old Alaskan? The Rangers' game has been less than pristine not only over the last five weeks, during which the team has gone 9-7-2, but also throughout much of this season, during which Henrik Lundqvist's Hart Trophy caliber goaltending and Martin Biron's essentially equally impressive support in nets have negated even the most glaring breakdowns."
Do or die for goal-challenged Dubinsky
March 20
New York Post
 
"The Rangers had far more than survived Brandon Dubinsky's disappointing season, they had thrived despite the winger's paltry total of seven goals going into last night — after he had scored 20 two seasons ago and 24 last season. But now slumping and without top-six winger Artem Anisimov, sidelined indefinitely with a left shoulder injury (but not a separation) he sustained last Thursday against the Penguins, the Blueshirts need production from Dubinsky. No. 17 responded last night with both a goal and an assist in the Blueshirts' 4-2 victory over the Devils at the Garden, opening the scoring by beating Martin Brodeur on a wrist shot 1:11 into the match."
Rangers' Dubinsky has sinus trouble, not hand injury
March 8
New York Post
 
"The injury to Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky has changed overnight, according to coach John Tortorella. After Dubinsky left the Rangers' 4-1 loss to the Devils on Tuesday after a first-period fight with Ryan Carter, the team claimed he had hurt his hand. Wednesday after practice, Tortorella said Dubinsky was having so trouble with his nose and sinuses. "Just didn't feel well; got hit in the nose pretty hard," Tortorella said. "[He is] just having some problems with his sinuses; just isn't on top of it. So he took today off." It was pretty clear Carter got that better of the fight, which happened 3:03 into the game. In essence, Dubinsky was trying to spark his team after it allowed Ilya"
Rangers' Dubinsky has sinus trouble, not hand injury
March 7
New York Post
 
"The injury to Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky has changed overnight, according to coach John Tortorella. After Dubinsky left the Rangers' 4-1 loss to the Devils on Tuesday after a first-period fight with Ryan Carter, the team claimed he had hurt his hand. Wednesday after practice, Tortorella said Dubinsky was having so trouble with his nose and sinuses. "Just didn't feel well; got hit in the nose pretty hard," Tortorella said. "[He is] just having some problems with his sinuses; just isn't on top of it. So he took today off.""
David Clarkson may pay for Dubinsky shot last night
February 28
New York Post
 
"There was New Jersey's David Clarkson, who had left his feet along the boards to take a shot at Brandon Dubinsky's head in the final half-minute of the second period following previous nonsensical displays, gesticulating and running his mouth well after their ensuing fight had ended. And there, in a sight as unusual as seeing the Rangers on top of the NHL in points-per-game at the trade deadline, there was Henrik Lundqvist circling out of his crease to inject a few words of his own toward Clarkson while waving his glove in disgust at the New Jersey winger as he made his way off the ice."
Dubinsky: I don't want to leave
February 19
New York Post
 
"Usually when the league's worst team comes to town, the game carries little significance. But that's far from the case tonight, when the Blue Jackets visit the Garden to take on the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers and Columbus' star winger Rick Nash gets a chance to showcase his considerable skills. The Rangers are rumored to be interested in Nash, the 6-foot-4 power winger who has scored 18 goals in 57 games this season and has scored at least 30 goals in five of the past six seasons. One of the players prominently rumored to be headed to Columbus in a deal for Nash is Brandon Dubinsky. The 25-year-old forward has struggled this season, scoring six goals in 53 games, but made it known"
Brandon Dubinsky ignoring rumors
February 19
ESPN.com
 
"New York Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky has heard his name involved in recent trade rumors, but knows there is nothing he can do leading up to the Feb. 27 trade deadline besides focus on his play. Since news broke earlier this week that Columbus Blue Jackets star Rick Nash was on the trading block, Dubinsky's name emerged as a potential piece of a package to land the coveted 27-year-old winger. Initial reports speculated that for the Rangers to pull off a trade for Nash, they'd have to be willing to part with Dubinsky, top prospect Chris Kreider and a first-round draft pick, if not more. "The management is going to do whatever they feel they need to do in order to bring a Cup here or"
Dubinsky bounces back after demotion
January 25
New York Post
 
"Brandon Dubinsky started Saturday's game in Boston on the line with Brian Boyle and Ryan Callahan, but was demoted to fourth-line duty in the third when Rangers coach John Tortorella flipped him with John Mitchell after No. 17's deficient work on the back-check in failing to pick up Andrew Ference when the defenseman joined the rush to score the Bruins' first goal. "I didn't see him," said Dubinsky, who got 3:46 (including 2:15 on two even-strength shifts) in the third period of the Rangers' 3-2 overtime victory over the Bruins on Saturday. "I messed up.""
Dubinsky turning things around for Rangers
December 19
New York Post
 
"After scoring a career-high 24 goals last season, Brandon Dubinsky had high expectations for himself this season. So did the Rangers, who signed the 25-year-old to a four-year, $16.8 million deal over the summer. But the year hasn't gone as planned. Dubinsky has scored only one goal. He's hoping that's about to change and his long shift at the end of Saturday's 3-2 win over Phoenix could be a sign that he's onto something."
Rangers stay in line with Dubinsky on top unit
October 11
New York Post
 
"With their European adventure behind them, the Rangers now must decide who will skate next to Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik on the left wing of their top line. After an up-and-down beginning to the Richards-Gaborik partnership in the Rangers' two one-point losses in Sweden, coach John Tortorella did not hesitate to say the two will continue to play together. And, at least for Saturday's game against the Islanders, they will continue to skate with Brandon Dubinsky. "I don't know how it's going to work out," Tortorella said. "I'm going to let it play out and see where we go with it." Tortorella said the chaotic preseason schedule the Rangers endured overseas, including playing in"
With Dubinsky signed, the Rangers can turn their full attention to Ryan Callahan
July 25
Pro Hockey Talk
 
"The New York Rangers and Ryan Callahan have an arbitration hearing scheduled this Thursday to determine Callahan's salary for next season. If the team and player can control the negotiations, there's no way an arbitrator will ever hear both sides of the argument. The Rangers will negotiate with Callahan and hopefully avoid a hearing just like they were able to do with Brandon Dubinsky as they reached a 4-year deal, $16.8 million deal at the very last minute. Callahan's agent, Steve Bartlett, acknowledged that there was "a pecking order" and once Dubinsky's deal was finalized, he and the team would be able to get down to business. Well, the time has come. The two players have been linked at"
Brandon Dubinsky agrees to 4-year, $16.8M deal with Rangers; team turns attention to Ryan Callahan
July 22
New York Daily News
 
"Brandon Dubinsky is a player who will speak his mind, then put his money where his mouth is. He's going to have a lot more cash now. The 25-year-old forward, who led the Rangers with 24 goals and 30 assists this past season, signed a four-year, $16.8 million contract, just in time to avoid an arbitration hearing Thursday. The deal did not come together as soon as Dubinsky wanted when he said at the end of the season: "I'd like to get it done as quickly as possible. I think the Rangers want me, and I want the Rangers. So at the end of the day, we may as well not waste each other's time." He was right about one thing: as much as Dubinsky enjoys playing on Broadway, the Rangers need him."
Brandon Dubinsky, Rangers agree to terms
July 21
Bergen Record
 
"Brandon Dubinsky had a 9 a.m. arbitration hearing scheduled this morning in Toronto. Instead, he and the Rangers have agreed to terms on a new deal. The Rangers, as per their policy, are not releasing details but the reports are it’s a four-year deal worth $16.8 million with an average salary cap hit of $4.2 million. The reported contract figures are: 2011-12, $3.75 million; 2012-13, $3.75 million; 2013-14, $4.65 million; 2014-15, $4.65 million. The left wing, 25, compiled a career-high 24 goals and 30 assists in 77 games last season as he completed a two-year, $3.7 million deal. His last contract negotiation led to a brief, training camp holdout prior to the 2009-10 season."
Arbitration hearing for Rangers' Brandon Dubinsky today
July 21
Bergen Record
 
"Barring a last-minute contract agreement, the arbitration hearing for Rangers left wing Brandon Dubinsky will go ahead as scheduled this morning at the NHL offices in Toronto. Dubinsky completed the second year of a two-year, $3.7 million deal – he held out the beginning of training camp in 2009 – by setting career highs with 24 goals and 30 assists in 2010-11. He probably is in line for a contract in the range of $4 million to $4.5 million. The arbitrator must issue his ruling within 48 hours of today's hearing and the contract can be for one or two seasons. Right wing Ryan Callahan has an arbitration hearing set for a week from today. The arbitration hearing for Dubinsky, 25, would mark"
Rangers, Dubinsky have arbitration hearing to determine 2011-12 salary
July 21
New York Post
 
"The Rangers have elected to go for a one-year salary award in today's arbitration hearing in Toronto with Brandon Dubinsky, The Post has learned. Sources with knowledge of the briefs submitted on behalf of the 25-year-old winger and on behalf of the club have told The Post that Dubinsky has requested a contract worth $4.6 million while the Rangers have come in at $2.8 million. While the gulf appears exceptionally wide, Elizabeth Neumeier, the arbitrator presiding over the case, is empowered to select any figure between the parties' requests. As such, the disparity in the submissions should not ring any alarm bells, given that they are strategic rather than necessarily reasonable. Both"
Rangers wary of $5M yearly for Dubinsky
July 20
New York Post
 
"It's the money. If Brandon Dubinsky and the Rangers go to salary arbitration as scheduled tomorrow in Toronto, it will be a result of the parties' failure to reach an agreement on a long-term deal covering five or six seasons, well-placed sources have told The Post. Dubinsky, the 25-year-old winger, led the team in goals, assists and points last year (24-30-54) and ranks second in each category (44-54-98) behind Marian Gaborik (64-70-134) over the past two years. He is believed to be seeking in the neighborhood of $5 million to $5.25 million per year on a long-term deal while the Rangers are believed to be offering approximately $500,000 less per season. For the sake of comparison,"
Source: Rangers, Dubinsky disagree over term of contract as arbitration approaches
July 20
New York Daily News
 
"Brandon Dubinsky's arbitration hearing is set for Thursday, and a deal does not appear close. A source has told the Daily News that the sticking point is not money, but years on a new contract. "(Dubinsky is) looking for a longer term," the source said. Part of the Rangers' organization since he was drafted in the second round in 2004, Dubinsky has become one of the most important players on Broadway, beyond simply having led the Blueshirts with 24 goals and 30 assists this past season, both career highs. He is a key penalty killer, a skilled faceoff man and an emerging presence in the locker room with his fiery personality and willingness to speak his mind. That frankness also applies to"
Four Rangers headed for arbitration
July 6
New York Times
 
"Four Rangers restricted free agents elected to go to salary arbitration Tuesday after failing to reach agreement with the club by the 5 p.m. deadline. The four are forwards Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky and Brian Boyle and defenseman Michael Sauer, all young players coming off strong seasons and considered key to the Rangers' future hopes. An arbitrator will hear each case sometime from July 20 t0 Aug. 4 and stipulate a 2011-12 salary for each player. Rangers General Manager Glen Sather can agree to the figure or decline it, leaving the player free to sign with any club."
Dubinsky, Callahan, Boyle file for arbitration
July 6
Bergen Record
 
"The agents for Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Callahan as well as Brian Boyle said today they will be filing for arbitration at today's 5 o'clock deadline. Mike Sauer has also filed. However, as of now, there's nothing ominous about that. It's just paperwork at this point. Dubinsky's agent, Kurt Overhardt, called it "part of the process" and Boyle said he was hopeful a deal could be struck soon. Callahan's agent, Steve Bartlett, said his agent would file barring an offer sheet from another team, which is very unlikely. Barlett said preliminary talks with the Rangers have been "amicable" and, to this point, the sides have "agreed to disagree." Rangers general manager Glen Sather said on a"
Brandon Dubinsky wants to get a deal done ASAP
April 26
New York Daily News
 
"The Rangers will have to finagle their roster to create enough salary-cap space this summer to afford the high-end talent John Tortorella covets. But there also will be several integral pieces of the Blueshirts' burgeoning core looking for new contracts, highlighted by restricted free agents Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Callahan. After building on his team-high 24 goals and 54 points during the regular season with three points and heavy responsibilities in the five-game playoff elimination by Washington, Dubinsky is in line for a significant raise from the $2 million he earned this season. Dubinsky, who turns 25 Friday, expressed a strong desire to be signed before training camp opens in"
Dubinsky keeping the faith
April 21
New York Post
 
"There was shock and "aww" from Brandon Dubinsky, but not a hint of quit from the Rangers center, whose team faces an elimination Game 5 in Washington on Saturday afternoon after blowing a 3-0, third-period lead to the Capitals en route to last night's 4-3 double-overtime Game 4 defeat at the Garden. "We have to go in there with the attitude that we were going to have to win in their building to win the series, so let's do that," said Dubinsky, whose goal at 13:47 of the second period gave the Rangers a 3-0 lead they were not equipped to protect. "We just have to make sure that we wrap our heads around it, be ready to work [at practice] and find a way to get it done. "Whenever we've needed"
Brandon Dubinsky had to be the one to bring N.Y. back from brink
April 18
Bergen Record
 columnist Tara Sullivan
"Brandon Dubinsky wasn't sure where the puck had gone, but he certainly knew where he was headed. Straight into Michal Neuvirth's kitchen. For too much of this first-round NHL playoff series, New York had allowed the young Capitals' goaltender the cushy life, failing to get traffic in front of his net, failing to force him into any tough save situations. The Rangers knew it, but as Game 3 unfolded Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, it was obvious Dubinsky was most intent on changing it. So when he found himself deep in the corner of the Capitals' end with less than two minutes remaining in a tie game, Dubinsky forced a shot at Neuvirth. The puck bounced off defenseman Karl Alzner's"
Dubinsky center of attention
April 18
New York Post
 
"Coach John Tortorella believes Brandon Dubinsky belongs on the wing, but that's not where No. 17 was yesterday, and that's not where he'll be on Wednesday when the Rangers attempt to square their first-round series against the Capitals. "He is still a left winger but I needed to use him in the middle and he has done a good job," Tortorella said after Dubinsky's goal on a four-on-four situation with 1:39 remaining in the third lifted the Blueshirts to a 3-2, Game 3 victory. "We are not scoring. Our middle of the ice, I think guys have been fighting it a little bit. "I wanted to get him and Gabby [Marian Gaborik] together." Dubinsky came to the Rangers as a center, and indeed was Jaromir"
After scoring game-winner against Capitals, Brandon Dubinsky declares: Mustache stays
April 18
New York Daily News
 
"Brandon Dubinsky's at a playoff beard produced little more than patchiness on the sides of his face last week, so the 24-year-old Ranger forward groomed it away until only a '70s-style mustache remained. Lest anyone expects the hair above his upper lip to be going away anytime soon, think again. Especially after Dubinsky's net-crashing goal with 1:39 remaining lifted the Rangers to a rousing 3-2 win Sunday at the Garden and their first victory in three games. "Mustache stays," he declared. So, too, will Dubinsky remain at center despite thriving over the past two seasons since he was switched from his natural position in the middle to the left wing. After the Rangers scored just once in"
Rangers make it a series with Game 3 win
April 18
New York Daily News
 
"The Rangers were adamant that even after losing the first two games of their first-round series against the top-seeded Capitals, a win in Sunday's Game 3 would change everything. They were right about that, of course. It was just a matter of getting that win, no easy task against a Washington team that has made a stronger commitment to defense after first-round exits two of the past three seasons. The Rangers responded with commitment of their own - to the gritty style and physical play that got them to the playoffs in the first place. Sunday, it paid off again, as Brandon Dubinsky scored with 1:39 left to lift the Rangers to a 3-2 victory at the Garden. The momentum swing was plain to see"
Dubinsky late strike wins it for Rangers
March 23
New York Post
 
"It was a game Roger Neilson would have loved. Of course John Tortorella didn't mind it much himself. For this Rangers coach who left his Safe is Death philosophy behind somewhere in a television studio when he was between jobs in Tampa Bay and New York, was beaming following last night's 1-0 Garden victory over the 27th-overall Panthers that could have been lifted from the Captain Video's playbook. "I thought it was very important to win a game like that at this time of year," Tortorella said after his club's fifth straight victory and seventh in the past eight games moved the seventh-place Rangers within three points of sixth-place Montreal while maintaining a six-point edge over"
Proposal for Richards laughable
February 24
New York Post
 
"That Joe Nieuwendyk, GM of the Stars, who knew he had such a sense of humor? The Post has learned Nieuwendyk told Rangers GM Glen Sather on Tuesday that it would cost the Blueshirts three young studs off the roster, believed to be Marc Staal, Brandon Dubinsky and Derek Stepan, for the privilege of renting Brad Richards. Never mind that Richards, who has a no-move clause in his contract, has not yet been asked for a list of clubs for which he would be willing to waive it, according to agent Pat Morris in a phone conversation yesterday with The Post. Never mind that Richards, the elite center the Blueshirts so desperately need and covet, is still suffering post-concussion symptoms from a"
Busy night for Dubinsky and Callahan
February 2
New York Post
 
"John Tortorella didn't take it easy on Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Callahan in their first game back last night. "They're a big part of our team," the Rangers coach said after a 4-3 shootout loss to the Penguins. "I'm not sure what their minutes were, but we certainly didn't hesitate to put them on the ice." No, he didn't. Dubinsky, who had an assist, finished with a 23:10 of ice time -- a team-high among forwards -- after missing five games with a stress fracture in his left fibula. Callahan, who tied the game with a power-play goal with 12.5 seconds remaining in the second period, finished with 21:07 after missing 19 games with a broken finger that he injured, coincidentally, against"
Rangers will get Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi back Tuesday night vs. Penguins, maybe Brandon Dubinsky
February 1
New York Daily News
 
"The Rangers played well before the All-Star break, winning three of their last five games over a seven-day stretch, but there was no team in the NHL that needed the layoff more. The benefits of time off started to become clear Monday, as the injury-ravaged Blueshirts had 24 players on the ice for practice in Greenburgh, the most since training camp. As expected, right wing Ryan Callahan and defenseman Dan Girardi declared themselves ready to return from a broken hand and strained rib cage muscle, respectively, when the Rangers face the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday night at the Garden. The pleasant surprise for the Rangers was that left wing Brandon Dubinsky, their leader with 38 points (17"
With Marian Gaborik slipping and Brandon Dubinsky hurt, Rangers look for scoring from a new line
January 24
New York Daily News
 
"As Marian Gaborik, a 42-goal man last season, has tallied 10 of his 15 in three games in 2010-11, the Rangers' desire to have other players help carry the scoring load has gone from wish to necessity. Brian Boyle and Brandon Dubinsky have answered that call with 17 goals apiece to share the Rangers' team lead. With Dubinsky out up to a month after learning on Wednesday that he has a stress fracture in his left leg, the Blueshirts' hunger for consistent scoring increased again, and John Tortorella may have found the recipe to jump-start a Ranger attack that has scored more than three goals just twice in the last 17 games heading into Monday night's contest in Washington against the"
Dubinsky to miss three to four weeks with stress fracture in his left leg
January 20
New York Daily News
 
"Brandon Dubinsky's breakout season has been one of the biggest reasons that the Rangers have been able to survive a wave of injuries that began when Chris Drury broke his finger in the first scrimmage of training camp and has not subsided since. Now, Dubinsky has been swept away. The Rangers' leader in goals with 17 and assists with 21 will miss the next three-to-four weeks with a stress fracture in his left leg. "It's a big hole," John Tortorella said. "I'm not going to shy away from that. He's a huge piece here. It's everything. He's a huge penalty killer for us, one of our leading scorers, adds jam on our forecheck. He has done everything, and he deserves the credit for everything he's"
Rangers' Dubinsky is latest casualty
January 20
New York Post
 
"The wave of injuries that has threatened to engulf the Rangers has claimed another victim, this time leading scorer Brandon Dubinsky, who is likely to miss a month and perhaps up to six weeks with a stress fracture in the left leg he had been trying to play through for the last 10 games or so. "You can't worry about how difficult it is," coach John Tortorella said before the Rangers' 7-0 victory over the Maple Leafs last night at the Garden that kicked off a stretch of five games in seven days leading into the All-Star break. "You have to find the way to get it done. It's no time to think, it's no time to whine. It's time to play and just try to get points." The stress fracture was"
Brandon can help slumpin' Gaborik
January 18
New York Post
 columnist Larry Brooks
"It's clear by now that whatever it is in mind or body that's ailing Marian Gaborik, neither sophomore center Artem Anisimov nor rookie pivot Derek Stepan is equipped to cure it. Why would they be and why should they be? Neither is ready for the responsibilities that come with being an NHL first-line center. Indeed, the burden of trying to get the Rangers' most important forward going has weighed down the kids. They have enough to deal with on their own without taking the weight of Gaborik's slump on their own shoulders. Without the injured Erik Christensen, an imperfect solution in his own right anyway, the Rangers have one center and one center only on the roster who's capable of helping"
Rangers' Dubinsky fined for role in brawl with Oilers
November 16
TSN.ca
 
"It appears as though Brandon Dubinsky will be the only one paying a price for a massive brawl that broke out in the third period of the New York Rangers rout of the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. While no suspensions were handed down, Dubinsky was fined an undisclosed amount for his role in the brawl where he appeared to grab Oilers' forward Colin Fraser from the bench. The melee broke out with the Rangers holding a three-goal lead in the third period when Rangers' agitator Sean Avery delivered a tough hit on Fraser, sending him into the boards. Avery was then challenged to a fight by Oilers' defenceman Ladislav Smid. According to reports, Avery declined Smid's invitation, then proceeded to"
Rangers' Dubinsky continues to cash in
November 6
New York Post
 
"This breakout season from Brandon Dubinsky is going to break the bank next summer. The same for his running buddy, Ryan Callahan, too, but the Rangers will take July cap pain for 2010-11 gain. It was 3-0 for the Blueshirts over the Devils last night at the Prudential Center, with Dubinsky scoring twice from around the net to increase his total to 10, tying him for the NHL lead with Steven Stamkos and Patrick Sharp. Dubinsky's two points boosted him into the club lead with 14, one more than Callahan (4-9), who was sidelined after falling awkwardly into the boards with a near face-plant in Philadelphia on Thursday, but is expected to be ready for tomorrow night's Garden match against St."
Dubinsky, Rangers acing chemistry
November 2
New York Post
 
"Perhaps Brandon Dubinsky, who scored twice in last night's 3-2 Rangers victory over the Blackhawks to increase his team-leading total to seven in 11 games, was thinking about two years ago, when he and linemates Aaron Voros and Nik Zherdev were all the early-season rage. "I'm a little scared to talk about lines [clicking] because I've had these conversations before, but there are definitely things happening with us," No. 17 said after going to the net for a pair of slam-dunks on setups both times from linemates Ryan Callahan and Artem Anisimov. "We have constant communication about what kind of plays we're looking for if we stay together. "It's becoming more and more instinctive, but"
Brandon Dubinsky leads cast of Rangers who are scoring at high level despite Marian Gaborik injury
October 28
New York Daily News
 
"The Rangers already were displaying balance in their attack before Marian Gaborik got hurt, but in the time since the Blueshirts' leading scorer from a season ago separated his shoulder on an illegal hit by the Maple Leafs' Colby Armstrong on Oct. 15, their ability to get goals from throughout their lineup has come into focus. With an average of 3.14 goals per game, the Rangers entered Tuesday night's NHL action boasting the fifth-highest scoring average in the league, despite having lost Gaborik in the third game of the season. The star right wing said Tuesday that his recovery is coming along well, especially after an injection of platelet-rich plasma a week ago, but he still has not"
Callahan, Girardi, Dubinsky and Staal key to Rangers' season
October 9
New York Post
 
"Henrik Lundqvist and Marian Gaborik, the lone two names above the team title on the marquee, will be able to carry the Rangers only so far and for only so long. Where and when it all ends for the Blueshirts, who open against the Sabres tonight, largely will be dependent on the degree of growth of the corps of young Bluebloods. Their core features Ryan Callahan, Marc Staal, Brandon Dubinsky and Dan Girardi, each of whom is entering his fourth full season on Broadway. "The bottom line is that the kids are intact and the core is here," coach John Tortorella said. "They've stayed together. They've grown together. They're familiar with the team concept, and that's where we're going to get"
Tortorella, Rangers high on Brandon
September 22
New York Post
 
"There's something different in the way Brandon Dubinsky is carrying himself this training camp, his fourth as a Ranger. He seems to walk with his shoulders a little farther back, his chest a litter farther out, and a snarl of confidence that might not be brand new, but is certainly more apparent than in years past. Most of all, the 24-year-old forward is no longer just a fresh-faced kid from Anchorage, Alaska. He is now an unquestioned leader, on and off the ice, for a team built around a core group of young talent, himself included. "I've always been pretty vocal among the guys and stuff like that," Dubinsky said yesterday after notching a hat trick in the morning scrimmage, followed by a"
Gritty Dubinsky's got Gaborik's back
April 8
New York Post
 
"Brandon Dubinsky did not hesitate. He saw Marian Gaborik get stapled to the back wall on a borderline hit by Toronto defenseman Jeff Finger after No. 10 had been foiled on a breakaway 8:14 into the second period with the Rangers up 3-0 in a game they would win 5-1. And so Dubinsky immediately went after Finger, engaging him even if it cost him an extra two minutes in the box. It's what winning players do. It's what winning teams do. "I think it's a fine line in that you don't want to jump in and hurt your team by going a man down, but at the same time, you have to protect your best player, and Gabby is our best player, so I went," Dubinsky said. "I don't think it had to be me. I'm sure if"
Dubinsky shows fighting spirit
March 15
New York Post
 
"These were Brandon Dubinsky's thoughts when Flyers' captain Mike Richards challenged him to drop his gloves with just under four minutes remaining and the Flyers down by two goals in yesterday's 3-1 Rangers' victory at the Garden: "He came up and asked it I wanted to fight," said Dubinsky, who previously had thrown down with Richards in the Sarah Palin puck-drop game in Philadelphia on Oct. 11, 2008. "I was a little confused with [under] five minutes to go why one of their best players would want to take himself out of the game, but then I thought, 'I'll take that trade-off. I'll take him off the ice.' " Dubinsky, who hadn't fared too well in that initial bout, unleashed a combination of"
It's another strong game for Dubinsky
March 5
New York Post
 
"The one obvious advantage of moving Brandon Dubinsky out of the middle onto left wing is that it gives the versatile 23-year-old more opportunity to shoot the puck. Tuesday in Ottawa and last night at the Garden against the Penguins while playing with Olli Jokinen in the middle and Chris Drury on the right, Dubinsky took advantage of that opportunity to blast lasers into the net from the left circle, first against Brian Elliott, then against Marc-Andre Fleury. "The last couple of nights I've had time where I could pick a corner, but, yes, I should get more shots on the wing," Dubinsky, whose goal at 12:49 of the second gave the Rangers a 4-2 lead and drove Fleury from the nets, said after"
Brandon Dubinsky could make return to New York Rangers
December 14
New York Daily News
 
"The next time Brandon Dubinsky sees a defenseman winding up to step into a slap shot, the Rangers' 23-year-old centerman says he'll go right down to get in its way, same as before. "It's part of the game," Dubinsky said, "and it's part of my job. "Obviously when you get an injury like that you might get a little tentative, it's human nature. You don't want to put your body at risk again," Dubinsky said. "I won't say I won't be a little bit nervous the first time." That first time could come Monday night at the Garden when the Atlanta Thrashers pay the reeling Rangers a visit. Out since Nov. 7 when a blistering drive off the stick of Calgary defenseman Jay Bouwmeester broke a bone in his"
Needy Rangers must be careful not to rush back Dubinsky
December 14
New York Post
 
"There is no question that the nose-diving Rangers need Brandon Dubinsky back in the lineup in the worst way. The problem is that the worst way is bringing the center off injured reserve a game or two too soon rather than a game or two too late. In other words, even following last night's 3-2 Garden defeat to the Sabres that left the Rangers 1-5-1 over the last seven games and 7-14-2 over the last eight weeks, head coach John Tortorella must take the long view and resist a panic move he might come to regret. Dubinsky, who missed his 13th straight last night with the broken hand he sustained blocking a shot in Calgary on Nov. 7, practiced hard yesterday morning, engaging in traffic,"