Let’s start here. The New York Rangers aren’t raising the white flag just because two of their biggest stars are injured and will miss important games during a crucial stretch of the season.
However, it’s fair to question if the Rangers are capable of remaining afloat in the Eastern Conference playoff race without Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox in the lineup for a considerable stretch.
Shesterkin is on IR with a lower-body injury sustained in the first period of New York’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth at Madison Square Garden on Monday.