Playing With The Key Chain
by Jess Rubenstein
The closer we get to the regular season the more the debate about which player is the key to the season increases. Depending on who you listen to that key player is going to be Lindros, Kovalev, or Dunham. Each player is going to be important to whether or not the Rangers end the non-playoff streak but yet at the same time they really isn’t one key player that will make or break the season.
Rangers Claim Two
With the NHL waiver draft quickly approaching, Rangers General Manager Glen Sather added a couple of depth players to the organization from. Picked up from the Carolina Hurricanes was former first round pick, Jeff Heerema, and from Atlanta, journeyman defenseman Shawn Heins. Neither player appears to have any immediate roster implications as far as the Rangers are concerned, but will more than likely help New York fill their quota of players to expose in Friday’s waiver draft.
Heerema has played just ten games at the NHL level and had struggled to break into a weakened Carolina side. The 23 year old right winger still has some potential, and with this move he may find that he has a new opportunity to reassert his game. The 6’1″, 190lb forward registered 3 goals last season in his ten game stint and has had some success at the AHL level, where he scored 33 goals two years ago.