With the 2015-16 season rapidly approaching, there’s at least one prominent position up for grabs for the New York Rangers.
While sniper Rick Nash obviously has one of the top right wing positions locked up, the same cannot be said for the second-line RW slot, as head coach Alain Vigneault said on Wednesday.
“We haven’t made up our minds on the roster yet,” Vigneault said. “No one has grabbed that spot.”
Tonight serves as an interesting next step in that tug-of-war, as Kevin Hayes will play to the right of Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan.
J.T. Miller earned backhanded compliments from Vigneault regarding his work as second-line RW, as the coach likes his effort but wasn’t happy with the amount of scoring chances Miller generated at even-strength.
Call it the fall-out of Martin St. Louis’ retirement, but one way or another, it sure sounds like the Rangers will have a fresh face in their top six.
Update: One goal doesn’t make or break Miller’s training camp, but this was a nice one:
The Rangers ended up beating the Boston Bruins 3-2 in that pre-season contest.