Discount the discount. Regardless of your original opinion of the free-agent signing of Kevin Shattenkirk, no one but no one could have foreseen that No. 22’s stint in New York would become a debacle by the 30-game mark of the second season of a scheduled four-year term.
Shattenkirk has been buffeted by so much misfortune in his short stay on Broadway you almost wonder if he somehow struck a bargain gone wrong with a latter day Mr. Applegate so he could suit up with his boyhood favorite hometown team. Damn Rangers!
The knee injury that wrecked his 2017-18 debut season in New York dramatically compromised the mobility that had been his greatest asset.