STAMFORD, Conn. — The two young boys had gotten to the rink early, well before their scheduled youth game, because they wanted a chance to see some of Wednesday's scrimmage at the Rangers’ prospect development camp.
As the Rangers stepped onto the ice to warm up, the pair settled on a spot just outside the glass in the near corner, exactly, as it turned out, where Kaapo Kakko set up when the Rangers started their drills. One of the boys started banging on the glass, and Kakko turned around. But as the boy fumbled with his smartphone trying to get it to selfie mode, Kakko’s turn came up in the drill, so he skated away.