New York Rangers: Four thoughts through four preseason games

The New York Rangers completed their first four preseason games. Let’s talk thoughts.

First it was Neal Pionk, then it was Filip Chytil. The New York Rangers finished off their first two preseason games with thrilling overtime victories, almost managing to make preseason hockey exciting. Of course the NHL did everything to stop that with their slew of ridiculous penalty rules, but that’s a different story.

The real story was that the Rangers boasted the young talent to make the games worth watching. Rather than looking for Chris Kreider to take a step up for what feels like the 10th year in a row, the focus was on the youngsters. The focus for New York Rangers fans was on the youngsters. What a sentence.

Now, we’re four games into the preseason. It’s no longer “let’s let them get their feet wet” time, it’s “who’s going to make the team?” time. With one preseason game remaining, I have plenty of thoughts. Here they are!