The unfortunate reality of the National Hockey League is that injuries will rear their ugly head over and over again. The best teams in the league often are simply the ones that are the most healthy come the stretch run and the postseason. Last year, the injury bug ravaged the Rangers so badly it compelled the front office to begin the process of rebuilding.
Losing Chris Kreider and Kevin Shattenkirk from December on crippled what was a floundering team, to begin with. Without those two key contributors, the Rangers free fell right out of the playoff hunt.
As for this year’s iteration of the Rangers, three players are currently dinged up.