When the New York Rangers hit the ice for practice yesterday a very noticeable smile was missing from the group. Artemi Panarin and Libor Hajek both sat out practice yesterday due to what Newsday reporter Colin Stephenson wrote as “procedural issues.”
They joined Mika Zibanejad, Justin Richards, and Keith Kinkaid, who has yet to practice this season, as the group who sat out Wednesday’s practice.
Quinn believes both Panarin and Hajek will be back on the ice for Thursday’s practice and scrimmage game.
Line Changes
Davis Quinn has been able to get some good looks at players with the absence of players who would normally fill out the lineup.