The Rangers have one preseason game left before they need to set their roster to the 20-23 players that will make the cut after camp. While most of the roster is pretty much set, there are spots in the top-nine, fourth line, and bottom-three that will require difficult decisions. We touched on he decisions needed, but perhaps we are looking at this wrong.
If we are looking at opening night as October 3rd, then the Rangers have just three games in 14 days. Not exactly a whirlwind of activity. Meanwhile the Hartford Wolf Pack have four games during that span, although two do overlap with NHL games.