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In addition, the Rangers were the only NHL team that had four prospects in the Top 30, as well as the only NHL team that had three prospects in the Top 20. #NYR https://t.co/SUKeZ0w022
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OFFICIAL: #NYR will play 13 games on @NBCSports during the 2019-20 season.
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NBC Sports will televise at least 97 NHL regular-season games this season on NBCSN, including the Opening Night doubleheader, 38 “Wednesday Night Hockey” games, and 22 doubleheaders, as well as NHL All-Star coverage from St. Louis. In addition, NBC Sports has left the majority of the final week of the regular season on NBCSN open to allow for the biggest games with playoff implications to be added to the schedule.
NHL ON NBC: NHL on NBC coverage begins on Friday, Nov. 29, at 1 p.m. ET, with the 2019 Discover NHL Thanksgiving Showdown featuring the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins, marking the first of 12 games scheduled to air on NBC during the regular season. Beginning on Jan. 19, and continuing through the end of the regular season, NBC will present the NHL Game of the Week, generally occurring on Sunday afternoons.
"K'Andre has really improved from the point when we drafted him," said Rangers Director of Pro Scouting Kevin Maxwell. "He's got all the tools that you want in a defenseman. He can skate, he can think, and he's got power to his game. As far as the leadership goes, he's a real likable kid, and the kids gravitate to him. He just he has this attitude about him that people just want to be around him."
It's not every day that you establish yourself as a voice in the dressing room as a college freshman. But Miller isn't your every-day player.
"You don't see many freshmen that go in and become a leader like he was," said Rangers Amateur Scout Larry Bernard. "This year it's going to be expected of him even more, on the ice and off the ice."
Jones, a third-round pick in the 2019 Draft, has been fun for the Rangers brass to watch as well.
"For a defenseman that size, you have to be very smart, and we think he is," Bernard said. "We think he's got good puck skills and he's got an attitude to him and his game that just allows him to play at that size, and that's why we picked him. He just has that vision and that ability to not panic under pressure."
Jones' emergence has been a pleasure to watch for Rangers Director of North American Scouting Chris Morehouse, albeit a bit of an unexpected one.
"I think you just look at his poise and his confidence with the puck - he played high school hockey two years ago. He only has one year of USHL experience. He comes in here and he's looked great," Morehouse said. "I think it's a credit to his mental makeup, his hockey sense - all those things you want. He has that special poise and dynamic ability. I think for him, you just love the upside."
For the Rangers (or fans of other teams, your squad as well), build the best team with a $200 salary cap. You get 3F, 2D, 1 G. For each regular season game played with the team, it costs you 1 dollar, but you get their whole career. You can't pick anyone with a 0 value.