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Rangers' Gerard Gallant discusses similarities between expansion Seattle and Vegas

Rangers. head coach Gerard Gallant looks on from the bench during the first period against the Stars at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 14. Credit: Jim McIsaac

SEATTLE – There are definitely similarities, Gerard Gallant said Sunday, between the NHL’s 32nd team, the Seattle Kraken, and the 31st, the Vegas Golden Knights, who Gallant coached in 2017-18.

"You know what, I watched their last two games closely, the Montreal game and the Minnesota game,’’ Gallant said after the Rangers’ first morning skate in Seattle, before Sunday’s first-ever game against the expansion Seattle Kraken. "They work hard. They compete.