Yesterday’s practice lines may have hinted at the NY Rangers opening night lineup on Thursday.
Here’s the first group that took the ice for practice for #NYR this morning. I think it’s safe to call this the JV squad. pic.twitter.com/9ddrrS48aT
— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) January 11, 2021
These are likely the players who will not be in the lineup on opening night. Notably absent is K’Andre Miller, who has had an exceptional camp. It looks like we are getting these lines on opening night:
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin-Ryan Strome-Kaapo Kakko
Alexis Lafreniere-Filip Chytil-Julien Gauthier
Brendan Lemieux-Brett Howden-Phil Di Giuseppe
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
Jack Johnson-Tony DeAngelo
Alex Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
The big “surprise” is Miller making the club outright. That’s big for the Rangers, who needed a lot to go right for them to be a contender this year. This is one step, and it’s a big first step. Left defense doesn’t look so bad anymore. Or at least not as bad as it could have been.
For a Rangers opening lineup, this looks as good as it could have realistically been.
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