Rangers: Tape to Tape

Back in the preseason, I talked about chipping pucks to the fast guys and letting them do their thing.  Hunwick's method works, too.  Duclair couldn't have swooped and scored like he did with that tape to tape diagonal pass from Hunwick.  In fact, the Rangers were doing a lot of that late Monday.  They literally owned the puck in the third.  We hadn't seen that for 5 straight periods as they'd been dominated and couldn't establish consistent enough possession to score much.

I don't know what the difference was, other than the line changes that put Brassard, their hottest C with Nash, their hottest player.  But the shuffling made them coherent and that's the way they've got too play if they want to become elite.   Too many times, in the early going, they've misfired or mistimed passes, or whiffed on pucks altogether.

In other new, AV says Stepan will starting skating with the team again in 4-7 days.  He also said a whether or not they call up a D will depend on the length of John Moore's suspension.  In the meantime, he said Kotska will play Saturday.   I literally can't believe Kotska still has a jersey after his last performance.   Like the rest of you, I'd rather see a kid.