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What we learned about the Rangers after the first 4 preseason games

By Steve Paulus

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 30: The New York Rangers celebrate a third period goal by Artemi Panarin #10 against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on September 30, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. The Rangers defeated the Devils 2-1. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 30: The New York Rangers celebrate a third period goal by Artemi Panarin #10 against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on September 30, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. The Rangers defeated the Devils 2-1. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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The New York Rangers celebrate a third-period goal by Artemi Panarin #10 against the New Jersey Devils (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

The first half of the preseason is over.  The New York Rangers finished with a record of 2-1-1 in four games that saw a carousel of players, most of who will not be wearing the Rangers uniform at Madison Square Garden this season.  Coach Gerard Gallant had declared that the first four games were an opportunity for everyone at camp to play and he lived up to his word.  Despite the exhibition nature of these games, we did learn some things as we head into training camp crunch time.

First off, the team made some cuts on Saturday with Will Cuylle, Ty Emberson, Tim Gettinger, Lauri Pajuniemi, and Andy Welinski all assigned to Hartford.

That leaves 29 players still vying for jobs with 18 of them absolutely locks.   We’ll start looking at the forwards.

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