Day: September 26, 2019

After a below par preseason, the Rangers appear to be giving up on promoting Filip Chytil into the second line center position.  Chytil practiced today on the third line wing, and early drew remarks from coach David Quinn that suggested the bench boss was not happy with what he’d seen so far from the young Czech.

Chytil’s loss looks to be Ryan Strome‘s gain, with last year’s early-season trade acquisition slotting in as a utility answer to perhaps one of the Rangers biggest questions going into opening night.  Alternatively the team could look to promote one of their other young forwards in Brett Howden or Lias Andersson, or go the veteran route with Vladislav Namestnikov.

Yesteday the team trimmed the camp roster to 32 players, with at least nine more players destined to be heading to the minors over the coming days.  Yet a handful of players remain with the big team practicing ahead of Saturday’s preseason finale in Bridgeport, where a number of the ones who miss the roster will get one last chance to impress.

Among the remainders is first year NHL contractee Tarmo Reunanen who saw one preseason game, the first one, a 4-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils in which he acquitted himself relatively well.