Jan Levine: Rangers eke out 2-1 win over 'Canes despite losing Fox and Chytil to injury Team improves to 8-2

If Chytil is out for a length of time please call up Othmann, Pitlick won’t add any offense and that’s where we are really struggling. PP is awesome, but without Fox, potentially, that will hamper the results on it I’d think. No disrespect to Gus, but he isn’t Fox. So now 5 on 5 offense will be extra crucial. The devils aren’t going anywhere and we really need to win the division this year, these games are very important towards home ice vs them specifically.

Enormous gut check win tonight, the Rangers are hungry this year you can see it every game

If Chytil is out for a length of time please call up Othmann, Pitlick won’t add any offense and that’s where we are really struggling. PP is awesome, but without Fox, potentially, that will hamper the results on it I’d think. No disrespect to Gus, but he isn’t Fox. So now 5 on 5 offense will be extra crucial. The devils aren’t going anywhere and we really need to win the division this year, these games are very important towards home ice vs them specifically.

Enormous gut check win tonight, the Rangers are hungry this year you can see it every game
- Slimtj100

You can only call up Othmann if Chytil or Fox goes on LTIR. if not, they don't have the available cap room.

TJ ---

Best wishes for your son!

Someone should’ve chopped Aho in the ankle

Agree with all the comments so far, especially about TJ's kid! Wishing as much good fortune as I ever have to an Islanders fan! 🤢
Can't call up a player unless someone is out what 9 games min? And Othmann isn't the center we need to cover for Fil anyway. It means Pitlick in and Goodrow and Bonino both in the middle. The 4th line played great and that should be the focus today. Not whatever their usual deficiencies are. They did all that was needed last night!

You can only call up Othmann if Chytil or Fox goes on LTIR. if not, they don't have the available cap room.
- airjan23

looks to me like they have enough cap space to call up Brodzinski and bring him on trip to Minneapolis, and then, just play Zac Jones

I think that may be more likely than playing Pitlick

looks to me like they have enough cap space to call up Brodzinski and bring him on trip to Minneapolis, and then, just play Zac Jones

I think that may be more likely than playing Pitlick
- jimbro83

If Pitlick can’t get in the lineup now with injuries what was the point of signing him lol

If Pitlick can’t get in the lineup now with injuries what was the point of signing him lol
- TPC

well he's been injured himself though right?

well he's been injured himself though right?
- jimbro83

Have no clue thought he was just a scratch

well he's been injured himself though right?
- jimbro83

It's gonna be Showtime soon.

Are the sharks the worst hockey team of all time? Must be fun to be David Quinn

Just rewatched the fox hit. How tf was that not called? Aho definitely slides into fox's path, so it should be interference at the least. He made the slightest move away from fox with his knee at the last second which makes it look less dirty, but he still stuck it there in the first place. Ugh. Dreading the injury news later today.

Are the sharks the worst hockey team of all time? Must be fun to be David Quinn
- TPC

(frank) him with a cactus.

It's gonna be Showtime soon.
- JRR1285

He won’t last. Backstrom last 47 games. The most of all players with same surgery.

(frank) him with a cactus.
- JRR1285

Lol

He won’t last. Backstrom last 47 games. The most of all players with same surgery.
- nyrangers2

It’s why they are waiting past mid season to do it, so he can last the season lol

He won’t last. Backstrom last 47 games. The most of all players with same surgery.
- nyrangers2

Procedures and methods evolve and improve. Look at Eichel.


Interesting as well, Jesse Puljujärvi also had hip resurfacing. He's only 25.

Procedures and methods evolve and improve. Look at Eichel.


Interesting as well, Jesse Puljujärvi also had hip resurfacing. He's only 25.
- JRR1285

Backstrom had his done last year. Same exact procedure and same age as Kane. Every one is different but most data points towards a short return

Great blog Jan!

Gutsy win last night. Good teams find ways to win games and that one can end up being an important one down the stretch. Sucks that we lost Fox and Chytil. Hopefully not for an extended period of time. Not sure how the ref doesnt call anything on that Fox play. Clearly interference at the very least.

Did anyone see Trouba's post game comments? Seems like Aho pussied out of answering the bell.

Not a very good game, but nice they eked out a win. Kind of expected a bad game, first game home from a road trip is usually poop.

The Aho hit was definitely intentional. The replay shows him looking right at Fox. Im gonna say just a strain and they kept him out for precautions, he will be back in soon.

(frank) him with a cactus.
- JRR1285

That would probably feel better than getting waxed 10-1

This day is going to drag waiting for injury updates

Backstrom had his done last year. Same exact procedure and same age as Kane. Every one is different but most data points towards a short return
- nyrangers2

Did he use the same doctor as Kane? Funny enough Jesse Puljujärvi used Kane's doctor. Some doctors have their beliefs about best practices etc. Maybe Kane's guy is using a different method, maybe it was the same doctor/same method. I don't really know.

That would probably feel better than getting waxed 10-1
- eichiefs9

Holy poop I didn't realize you weren't joking.