Especially up the middle.
When the rink got smaller and bodies hit harder the Rangers faded.
A point-per-game banger who crushes the dot & finds himself getting Selke votes annually?
Those guys are hard to come by.
One the Rangers no longer have to roll the dice on.
Give the man some credit.
Obviously there’s still plenty of question marks.
There’s plenty of big-name forwards on milk cartons.
Mika Zibanejad in particular is firmly on notice now.
No longer is he the default top-six option.
Better step that game up Mr. DJ.
Defensively they’ve improved but there’s certainly a ways to go.
They just got tougher.
And all that comes with a skillset that hung a 37/66/103/+32 line just a year ago.
The Blueshirts now roster two of the top 10 faceoff guys to boot with Millsy & Troch.
He checks every damn box.
VIVA LA BLUESHIRTS!!
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