There are a few givens when it comes to the New York Rangers. The team will play its home games on 33rd street between seventh and eighth avenues, Henrik Lundqvist will be in between the pipes and inevitably someone is going to get injured. It’s simply a byproduct of the game of hockey, bumps and nicks happen. So do concussions, torn tendons and broken bones.
In the case of 24-year-old Mika Zibanejad, it was a broken fibula and a series of concussions. In the Swede’s two seasons with the Rangers he has suffered two serious long term injuries.