Rangers Tonight

While last night saw the Ranger  debut of Danny Kristo and the returns of Marek Hrivik and Dom Moore, tonight we'll see even more players from the prospect pool as Oscar Lindberg, Jesper Fast and Dylan McIlrath make their preseason debuts.   Andrew Yogan, Michael Kantor, Danny Syvret and Conor Allen will also be suiting up for the first time this preseason.   Should be fun.

Last night we saw some great skating from John Moore, Chris Kreider and Danny Kristo.  Tonight we'll see it from Ryan McDonagh,  Lindberg and the aptly named Fast.  

On a practical level, Dylan McIlrath is competing for the 7th D spot with Falk, Johnson and Stu Bickel, all of whom looked sort of lousy last night.    AV has already said that he's going to go with a bigger roster because of the Olympic schedule and the number of back to backs and 3 out of 4's they have.  So Dylan is probably going to get a serious shot.  He's paired with McDonagh tonight, and that's literally something we could see for years to come if and when Dylan is ready.    

I don't think we'll see much more of the new system tonight.   They've barely had time to install it, and last night we were still seeing some dump and chase, rather than guys skating in.   Also, there weren't enough guys in from of the Devil net least night.  Conversely, Falk was in front of the Ranger net on the first of the Devil goals, but he didn't clear the crease.   I'd like to see progress on both ends of that tonight.    Should be more fun.  Go Rangers!