A week after his first practice with the team, and two-and-a-half weeks after his arrival in the U.S., following the conclusion of his KHL season, there is still no announced date by the Rangers for when Russian winger Vitali Kravtsov will make his Blueshirts debut.
Rangers coach David Quinn couldn’t say if he would make a change to the lineup for Thursday’s game in Buffalo against the Sabres, but his post-practice remarks Wednesday didn’t make it sound as though Kravtsov will be in Thursday.
"As much as about what he's doing, it's about what people in the lineup are not doing,’’ said Quinn, who pointed out that Wednesday’s practice was the first time he has been on the ice with Kravtsov since the NHL bubble last August in Toronto.