GREENBURGH, N.Y. — It’s not that David Quinn does not want to have Mika Zibanejad back in the lineup.
Rather, it’s that the Rangers coach wants to make sure that his No. 1 center is ready for the rigors of an NHL game.
“He needs to feel good [and] we need to feel good about where he is, mentally,” Quinn said of Zibanejad before heading to Canada for a weekend back-to-back against the Senators and Canadiens Friday and Saturday. The Rangers held an optional practice at their training facility Thursday, which Zibanejad participated in while wearing a blue jersey.