Ten years and nine months later, Chris Kreider has given me what folks in this business call a “scoop.”
For on the morning of his 12th season-opening match, the conversation got around to No. 20’s first one in Boston on Jan. 19, 2013.
“I broke my ankle in my last game there,” the senior Ranger repeated hours ahead of Thursday’s opener here against the Sabres. “We kept it pretty close to the vest.”Chris Kreider has all the butterflies — and none of the ankle injuries — that came with his NHL debut.The Rangers appeared full of positive nervous energy coming off the ice from their morning skate Thursday. Linemates Mika Zibanejad and Kaapo Kakko, stalls adjacent, were conversing in Finnish. Chatter filled the locker room.
“But I’m excited about that, too, in the sense that this is a real good hockey team, an Original Six team, New York City, New York Rangers and a great group of guys to work with.First impressions are not necessarily lasting ones. Bryan Trottier’s debut behind not only the Rangers bench but an NHL bench as head coach went swimmingly with his team trouncing the Hurricanes 4-1 in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 9, 2002.Indeed, Tom Renney was the last coach to win his first game behind the New York bench.
For whatever it’s worth, Laviolette’s five prior NHL teams — the Islanders, ‘Canes, Flyers, Predators and Capitals — went 4-1 in the coach’s first games behind those teams’ respective benches.
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