New York Rangers midseason report cards: Bottom six forwards

The New York Rangers have reached their midway point in the season. Let’s examine the performances of the bottom six forwards.

The New York Rangers’ season is half over. It has been full of ups and downs all across the board. With a number of players finding success this year, its time to write up some mid season report cards.

In this article, we will be looking at the regular bottom six forwards. This includes Michael Grabner, Jesper Fast, Paul Carey, Jimmy Vesey, David Desharnais and Boo Nieves. Being a middle six “in-betweener”, Kevin Hayes will not be covered here.

These forwards have been surprisingly effective after somewhat of a slow start to the year. An effective fourth line in today’s NHL has to be able to produce offense. These forwards have excelled at both sides of the game, allowing the team’s depth to help create winning matchups.

With that said, let’s examine each player one at a time: