Game No. 9 comes Tuesday night for Filip Chytil when the Panthers come to the Garden, but who’s counting? Well, not Jeff Gorton.
“The contract slide hasn’t been a focus of ours,” the Rangers general manager told The Post before Monday’s practice session. “We’re not thinking about Hartford for Filip. We think he’s in the right place.”
Chytil has yet to score a goal while chipping in with a pair of assists in averaging 13:42 of ice in eight contests. If he plays fewer than 10 NHL games this season, his three-year entry-level contract would not kick in until next year.