Last minute Rangers Changes, News and Reports ahead of Game 4 | NYR News

We have multiple New York Rangers updates to go over today as we have some last minute news, reports, rumors, and even changes to the lineup ahead of their next game revolving around two players in particular that will have Rangers fans fired up. But not only that, we have some great news for Rangers fans revolving around the way that this team is playing so far this season. And according to some of the advanced numbers, even though it is a small sample size, it looks as if this Rangers team is definitely for real. We're going to break down what this all means for the team moving forward and why they're going to make the playoffs. Yes, make the playoffs. And speaking of making the playoffs, I am giving away a jersey here on the channel to one lucky subscriber for whatever comes first. Either the Rangers make the playoffs or 15,000 subscribers. 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Couple changes to the Rangers lineup this morning at Morning Skate. So you guys can probably see it already. First line looks the same. Second line does not. So Ty Cartier, who's been playing so well, not just this season, but since coming over to the Rangers via waivers last season. I love his attitude. I love his work ethic. I love pretty much everything about this player. He's been playing very well. He gets promoted from the fourth line to the second line. He's going to be playing with Miller and Dorofiev. You got the third line. That's the same. And then Bjorkstrand moves down to that fourth line. Now you might be thinking to yourself, oh my goodness, we paid Bjorkstrand all that money to be on the fourth line. That is a disaster. And I was speculating yesterday, maybe he was injured and that's why he didn't play that much in Detroit. If he was injured, he wouldn't be in the lineup. They would bring Matt Rempe back into the lineup if he was truly playing hurt. 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They will all be the scratches tonight. So Rempe comes out of the lineup. Mike Sullivan talked the other day about how Rempe coming out of the lineup is more so about matchups and less about how the players are playing. But let's be honest, as I've come to realize on the broadcast, he's just the better player. So he's going to be in the lineup still. And then Cartier moves up to that second line. You can see this from stat boy, Steven. It only took three games for Cartier to move up to that second line. Yorkshire down to the fourth line, which looks crazy on the surface, which it kind of does. But let's see how it plays out. He's familiar with that role. He's familiar with the role and Cartier has been playing well. And I will say this credit where credit is due to Mike Sullivan for rewarding a player who's playing well. Hey, you're going to move up. You're skating very well. You're checking. Maybe the second line can use some more checking. Let's get going here. Maybe free up some more pucks for Dorofiev and JT Miller to get to work. I like it. I like the move. And this is a guy, again, you know, over the course of his NHL career, hasn't done too much in terms of point production. But then last year, 22 points in 64 games and really came on hot with the Rangers late in the season. And again, he has one assist in three games so far this season. So we'll see what he does with more ice time on that second line. I think it's fine. I think it's great. Give the guy an opportunity. I'm excited to see what he does. Speaking of excited to see what he does, Sean Dursey, first game back against his former team. He looks great, too. I talked yesterday about how he's skating so well. He's playing physical. He already got in a fight. He should have had a Gordie Howe hat trick. He's getting pucks through to the net. I love everything about Sean Dursey's game before he got to the Rangers. And now with the Rangers, he's continuing to play that game. So I'm excited to see what he does. And he's playing his former team tonight. And he spoke to Molly Walker about that. And he said it's nice to get the first game against Utah out of the way very early. He said it's always weird playing your old team. I've done it a couple times now, but you got to love or sorry, but you got love for the guys for the last couple of years. So you play your hardest for them and how you're playing for a new team. Excited, obviously. So he's excited for the challenge. He's ready to get going. I'm glad he can get this out of the way pretty early. And I'm also glad that Vincent Czolczak doesn't have to wait too long to come back to MSG as well. So very excited to see that. Another storyline over the last couple of days, Dylan Garan. I've been talking about him a lot. Of course, this season, literally perfect. He hasn't let in a goal. Last season, he had a 948 as well in three games. So he's looked really good. There's been some talk about Dylan Garan on social media too. And some talk about Albert Schmitz out there and what he's been able to do for the Rangers at five on five. And I thought this one was pretty cool too. The New York Rangers have scored three five on five goals this season. Albert Schmitz has been on the ice for all three of them. So he's been doing some good work too. Five on five, where he's been trusted. He hasn't been playing that much. His ice time's kind of been around 12, 14-ish minutes. And we're only three games in. It's fine. But the Rangers, this is pretty cool too so far to start the season. They have three goals at five on five, two goals at five on four, two empty net goals. They have a shutout four. So they've gotten a shutout from Dylan Garan. They've been shut out in the first game. And an empty net goal has been scored in all three games, whether it was for or against. I think that's a pretty crazy way to start the season. So pretty cool stuff there. Good for Albert Schmitz. I'm excited to see what he's going to continue to do so far this season. Now, one thing I want to get to is Vincent Trocek. Now, Vincent Trocek has returned to MSG. He's going to get a video package. He's going to get a standing ovation, as he should. And he spoke about everything that has happened over the last little while. And obviously the trade deadline and how he wasn't traded there. And then he was traded during the summer. He said it was just a roller coaster. But I think last year going to the trade deadline, pretty positive that it was going to happen. And then it just felt a little bit odd that it didn't happen. It felt weird is a word that he used to describe it. Going back to a team that, you know, felt like I was already out the door. So I thought it was a weird, you know, moment. He kind of felt like purgatory. I thought it was going to happen at the deadline too. And then they held out. I think they got a very good package by holding out. So that it actually did work out well. And I was giving Chris Drury hell for holding out for a while. But it did work out pretty well in their favor. We'll get to why in a second. But Vincent Trocek said he's trying to take emotion out of the first time playing the New York Rangers as much as possible. Honestly, I haven't thought about it a whole lot played last night got in late. I'm excited for sure excited to see the guys excited to see the staff. And then he also spoke out and said, I think everywhere you go, you kind of envision that being your last stop. So he thought he was going to be a Ranger for life. So yeah, I think that was kind of the plan when I signed there. It was just to be there for the rest of my career, things happen, it's business and teams go in certain directions that you can't really avoid decisions being made. And ultimately, he was traded. And the last thing he said here is a special place to be obviously being a part of the original or an original 16. And playing in New York City, it doesn't really get much better than that. He said his family made sure it was part of the community. And he feels his kids grew up there. So pretty crazy, pretty crazy for him to return now very early in the season. We'll see how you know the reception is I'm sure it'll be thunderous as well as it should be had some great moments for the New York Rangers, but he was traded for cobalt when obviously Sean Dursley who looks good so far, there was a pick involved too. And speaking of cobalt, when and some of the younger guys in the Hartford Wolfpack, Liam green tree with his first professional point last night on a USO parson and goal. The Hartford Wolfpack are a different team this season. They were one of the they were the worst team in the AHL last year. This year, they have a bunch of youth. This is a much different team, a much different philosophy, different coaching staff, different developmental staff, a bunch of young guys who just came from the OHL that are hungry to make an impact. And one of those guys was cobalt going with his first professional goal last night on a two on one where he just absolutely ripped it past the goaltender. So he's looking pretty good too. And would you like still would you like to still have Vincent trochek on this team? Yeah, I think it would make them deeper at the center position. But with the package that they got, I think at the end of the day, you did become a more a deeper, you became a deeper team in theory. In the future, we'll see what happens with Sean Dursey. There is a contract negotiation that has to happen there. Colbert Dwayne looks like he's going to be a stellar stellar player for this team. So we will see what happens how that progresses in the future. We'll see how the game goes tonight guys. Big change to the roster tonight. Sean Dursey plays his former team Vincent trochek plays his former team and returns to MSG. Let me know in the comments how you feel about all the changes that Mike Sullivan made to the lineup tonight. And should be a very exciting rest of the season for the Rangers because if the Vans and Olympics are showing anything so far, they will definitely be more exciting than before, but they'll definitely win some games.