NEW YORK - The first clue something might be amiss arrived with the lineup sheet that was handed out on press row just before the game. For the first time since Round 1, it included the name Matt Hunwick.
Suspicions were confirmed as to why the Rangers dressed seven defenceman when Ryan McDonagh went to the dressing room three minutes after the opening face-off without having taken a single shift.
For Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final, it looked then and there like the Rangers would be without their captain and best blue liner.
What was wrong with McDonagh?