Gerard Gallant earned his 300th coaching win with his team's 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, but the first-year Rangers coach (who also is a former Panthers coach) didn’t want to make a big deal about his milestone.
"It means I've been around a while,’’ he said. "It doesn't mean a lot, to be honest with you. I mean, I hope I get 500 wins someday, you know what I mean?
"That's the thing,’’ he said. "I mean, 300's a nice number. But you know, we've had such success with my teams, the last, you know, the last three teams I've been with (Florida, Vegas and the Rangers).