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.