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Rangers' Filip Chytil showing signs of a turnaround

Filip Chytil has nine goals this season after starting the season in Hartford. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Filip Chytil is visibly bigger than he was a year ago, but that’s not the only difference in the former first-round pick this season.

“I think I feel much more comfortable out there – way more confident,’’ the 6-2, 206-pound Rangers center said when asked to describe what is different about himself in his second NHL season. “It’s a little different when I play center this year. I have different responsibilities. It’s a little different game to play center than play wing, from last year.