Wow, NYR get a break from the officials, and Soucy gets his first as a Ranger...Ullmark is like Swiss cheese

Looks like Berard is the guy that drops out of the line-up to make way for Kreider's return

Kreider taking warm-ups and is no longer on IR...so looks like he might come back into the line-up too

Yeah, he was also playing the right side in more recent times too. But it does feel like a stretch for him to be a second pair D...guess we're going ...

I guess this also means, that despite evidence that he can play that, the Rangers are going to try Soucy as their second pair D man

Well, he has been practicing for the team for a week or more, and this is the first road trip, but the relationship is apparently broken between him a...

Updated following Smith and Soucy trades and Vaakanainen extension

The Canucks tried to give him about about 4-6 minutes more a night than his career average. He's had his best years when he was more a 16-17 minute g...

Not very keen on Ristolainen personally, while he's mostly turned his game around in Philly, he's still an average defender IMO

Will Borgen also played with him in Seattle, and was even his partner for a bit...but the interest in Soucy predates Miller coming back to the Rangers...

Brissons played with former NYR prospect Eric Ciccolini at Michigan for one of his two years, and was probably someone Ryan Martin (Rangers AGM) knew ...

The Trocheck line has had the most chances tonight, do have the one goal from Panarin, but could've had a couple more