Additional players continue to trickle back into camp. Not everyone that has arrived has been cleared for practice, as a handful, seen below, are waiting to pass their COVID tests as part of the protocol. Coach David Quinn, at least publicly, remains uncommitted regarding which goalie will be between the pipes to start the playoffs. Celebrating one year of the Breadman in NY.
Pavel Buchnevich, with the Lenin-style beard, Ryan Lindgren and Julien Gauthier were all on the ice at practice today. Those three join Adam Fox, Marc Staal, Brendan Smith, Chris Kreider, Brendan Lemieux, Phil Di Giuseppe, Artemi Panarin and Igor Shesterkin, who were already practicing. The NHL in the next sub-stage of Phase 2 where 12 players can be on the ice at the same time, and as seen by the names above, New York is close to that number already.
Some new faces on the ice today. 👀
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 1, 2020
Love to see it. pic.twitter.com/HU5bbOqJlY
Additional support is close to joining the list above. Jacob Trouba is in NY awaiting clearance, as is Vitali Kravtsov, who arrived in NY on Tuesday, as seen from his Instagram post that evening, and Alexandar Georgiev, who arrived from Finland. Kravtsov rushed back to the states to take advantage of the chance he's being given to make the squad for playoffs. When those three get cleared, that will make 14 players available to be on the ice for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad is still in Sweden, evidenced by the tweet of him practicing with Olof Lindblom, while Kappo Kakko, who was to fly in with Georgiev, is still in Finland but hopefully arrives this week. Others remaining to rejoin the team, though not required to be with the squad until training kicks off as part of Phase 3, include Filip Chytil, Tony DeAngelo, Jesper Fast, Henrik Lundqvist, Greg McKegg and Ryan Strome.
Add Jacob Trouba to list of #NYR players in NY awaiting clearance to skate.
— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) July 1, 2020
Same with Alexandar Georgiev and Vitali Kravtsov, who arrived yesterday âž¡ï¸ https://t.co/jfmjPnkvy0
As @NYRangers tweeted earlier, Pavel Buchnevich, Julien Gauthier and Ryan Lindgren took the ice today.
We have discussed this previously. This argument will continue to be a topic until a decision is made. It's the debate of whether you go with the goalie with the playoff pedigree and history versus the opponent or one who was named as the #1 netminder before the pandemic hit.
David Quinn won’t decide which goalie will start for the Rangers in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers until after the coach sees all three on the ice for several practices and scrimmages during Phase 3 of the NHL Return to Play Plan. https://t.co/aUt58v38kJ
— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) July 1, 2020
Gee, I wonder which trio could be missing from this list?
Which @NHL team has the best first line?@NHLJensen ranks the top units for #StanleyCup pools counting the entire 24-team tournament: https://t.co/iKghxnodfi@NHLFantasy on Ice podcast: https://t.co/F8VlC4DFA8 pic.twitter.com/5T0ZRTpxyv
— NHL Fantasy on Ice 🏒 (@NHLFantasy) July 1, 2020
Celebrating one year of the Breadman in New York. All his goals from last season. Ten things - matching his number - from Panarin's first season as a Blueshirt. Plus a gif to close it out.
He’s just … so good.
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 1, 2020
Every single one of @artemiypanarin’s career-high 32 goals this season: https://t.co/CUSRUxbzS0 pic.twitter.com/vBBX17imtU
10) Here's to many more of these, Breadman. 👊 pic.twitter.com/fpV5FCzlLh
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 1, 2020
Today we celebrate one year of Artemi Panarin with the Rangers. pic.twitter.com/vJZCl1VQdj
— Alex Nunn (@aj_ranger) July 1, 2020