The difference between where he came from and where he is now couldn’t have been more apparent in the few days Brendan Lemieux has spent with the Rangers. In Winnipeg, the 22-year-old forward was used to playing a little bit and winning a lot; in New York, things have flipped completely around.
Lemieux scored his first goal as a Ranger in the closing minutes of Friday’s 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at the Garden, but in his two games with his new team, all the 6-1, 210-pound winger has experienced so far is two good efforts against a couple of playoff teams; two losses, and one point.