So we'll see about Saturday night when the Rangers face the Canadiens in Anthony Duclair's hometown of Montreal.
We'll see if the 19-year-old rookie gets back into the lineup after sitting out a pair as a healthy scratch in favor of Ryan Malone. We'll see if coach Alain Vigneault leads with his heart following Tuesday's 4-3 overtime victory in Newark, during which Malone took a damaging offensive zone penalty while getting just 6:14 of ice time.
"Obviously each player is different and each case you have in front of you is different," Vigneault said before the match. "In Anthony's case, if we send him back to juniors we can't bring him up. We don't have that leeway of sending him to Hartford and then after a couple of games bringing him back up.
"I do think in Anthony's case, because I've coached in junior before, coached in the American League and have been coaching in the NHL for a couple of years, I've got a pretty good grasp of our time frame with him," said Vigneault. "He's going to practice and we'll see [about] the next game."
The Rangers do not face either time- or contract-related pressure to make a decision regarding Duclair, whose entry level contract will not slide regardless of the number of games he plays in the NHL. No matter what, Duclair will have two years remaining on his deal after this season.
Still, he's not used to not playing. And not playing isn't likely to advance his career.
"I'm not the first young guy to come into the league and sit out a few games," said The Duke, who recorded three assists in the Rangers' first five games. "I am just going through the process of learning every day.
"It sucks that I have to go through it, but it's nothing to be ashamed of. I'm 19 years old, still a kid, playing against men. "Now that I'm out, I'm watching clips, working hard in practice and trying to get back in the lineup."
Kevin Klein's game-winner as a trailer from the slot off a sweet feed from Chris Kreider at 2:42 of OT represented the first goal this season scored by a Rangers defenseman.
"Kreids did a great job cutting to the middle [from left wing] and taking two guys with him," Klein said. "I just tried to jump into the opening and he put it in my wheelhouse."
Of the six power-play goals allowed by the Rangers (on 28 disadvantages), the Dom Moore-Carl Hagelin-led penalty-kill tandem has been on the ice for four, including two of three against the Devils. The newly created Lee Stempniak-Tanner Glass duo was on for one on Tuesday, while Hagelin and Derick Brassard were previously on for one against. … The Rangers took three offensive zone penalties, drawing Vigneault's postgame ire. The Rangers won 27-of-60 at the faceoff dots, with Moore going 7-4, Brassard 14-9, Chris Mueller 5-7 and Kevin Hayes 0-10. … The Blueshirts, 4-3, play two games in the next 10 days after opening with three in four days, five in eight and six games in the first 12 days of the season. That's a bit screwy.
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