The Rangers are preparing for a second half of the season push to return to the playoffs, but at least some of their attention has been turned into a four-country showdown. .
“That was good,” Will Quill said of the tournament. “Canada US Games [Saturday in Montreal, won by the U.S.] It was really physical and very interesting. I didn't think it was that intense. ”
Cuylle was interested in the first appearance of NHL players in international competitions since the 2016 World Cup.
“It wasn't happening after a while so I didn't know what to expect,” Quill said. “It was impressive. It would be a great player to play with, that would be a good hockey. The atmosphere in Montreal was good, and Boston was good too.”
Coach Peter LaViolet called the style played in the tournament “fast” and expected the players to play as hard as ever.
“That's always something like that in these tournaments,” Rabiolet said. “When I attend the Olympics and the World Cup, it gets higher. [the play]. You are playing for your country. My recollection is that it was there: skill, physicality [and] speed. Certainly, it is on display. ”
Two rangers removed from the tournament, Mika Zibanejad (Team Sweden) and Urho Varkanainen (Team Finland), will likely return to the team on Wednesday, but probably not on the ice.
“We'll give you some time here,” Rabiolet said.
The coach also said he would rate his lineup. He made some slight changes in his second consecutive match in Columbus on February 8th.
Igor Shesterkin returned to skating himself, a source told Post's Mollie Walker, but the goalkeeper didn't take part in practice on Tuesday.
Rabiolet said goalkeepers are “days” as the team is ready to resume the season in Buffalo on Saturday.
The team remembered goalkeeper Dylangerland. From Ahl Hartford on Tuesday.
Shesterkin was expected to be on the sidelines for a week or two after likely suffering an upper body injury when he lost to Pittsburgh at Madison Square Garden on February 7th. period.
After joining the trainer, Shesterkin finished the game, but he allowed at least four goals in three of his previous five starts, dealing with other injuries this season.
Alexis Lafrenier He has one goal and assist in the last six games of the disappointing season, but Rabiolet pointed out that he is lined up with Quill and Vincent Trocheck When the Rangers scored the game's winner in their February 8 victory at Columbus, where the first half was closed.
“He's a big key and a big key for us,” Rabiolet said of the 23-year-old, who only got the goal 14 times before.
Arthur Karief It shows a flash of offensive skills that Ranger likes about him.
