BUFFALO — As is every coach, the Rangers’ David Quinn is far more concerned with his team than with the opposition. But in the second game of his NHL career behind the bench, Quinn would pay more than the usual amount of attention on the opposition’s captain.
That would have been 21-year-old Jack Eichel, who went to the 2014-15 NCAA championship game with Quinn during his freshman season at Boston University before entering the draft. He was selected by the Sabres second overall following Buffalo’s lottery loss that allowed the Oilers to hopscotch into Connor McDavid.
“It will be a little different.