So maybe Chris Drury should have traded for J.T. Miller before the end of Sunday’s game against the Canucks while the Rangers’ president-general manager’s suite was only 20 yards away from his Vanc…
have Mollie Walker text you the latest word on the Rangers and reply with your thoughts and questions“You get some great looks in the first and you leave down two [goals], maybe it’s a little discouraging,” said Strome, who brought the Blueshirts to within 4-2 at 14:03 of the third before the Canucks sealed it with an empty netter. “As you can see, things can change quickly and you have to have a better response in the second period for sure.
“We’ve been finding ways to win games but obviously you want to produce as much as you can because that’s what you’re depended on for the team,” Strome said. “The work ethic is there, the compete is there and the will is there but we just have to find the way to bear down at times and get that goal. Sometimes it’s the difference in the hockey game.
Panarin and Strome have primarily played with workmanlike right wings who otherwise carry bottom-six portfolios such as Jesper Fast, Colin Blackwell and, currently, Dryden Hunt. Kaapo Kakko got a run early in the season. All work the boards and do a lot of the grunt work. That’s their type. That has been the dynamic.