New York Rangers: Top five agitators

Daniel Carcillo only played 34 games for the Rangers but he always made an impact in big games.

The Rangers claimed the veteran winger of off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings. As a player, Carcillo was sandpaper rough on the fourth line and alternated in and out of the lineup with Derek Dorsett. For an agitator, Carcillo had a flair for the dramatic. He scored the sole goal in the Rangers 1-0 stadium series win against the Islanders.

The winger played well when called upon by the team. Carcillo scored two goals in the eight playoff games he dressed for including one in game seven of the first round against the Philadelphia Flyers.

For an agitator player, he also had respectable possession stats. As a fourth line winger who started 67% of the time in the defensive zone, he still scratched out a 47.5 Corsi For percentage. The Rangers fourth line that year was amongst the best in the entire league.

Carcillo’s last game for the Rangers came in game two of the Eastern Conference Finals. The agitator’s emotions go the best of him, he pushed a referee during a post-whistle scrum. The push earned him a game misconduct and a ten game suspension. In spite of the limited sample, Carcillo was a model for what an agitator can be.