After signing his entry-level contract with the Rangers on Monday, Gabe Perreault headed to New York and checked in to the identical resort Brennan Othmann has been staying at since his recall from AHL Hartford on the finish of February.
The 2 frolicked that night time as Perreault obtained settled in earlier than they ventured to follow on Tuesday at MSG Coaching Heart, the place the newly signed 19-year-old participated in his first official follow with the Blueshirts.
They deliberate to go to town collectively on Tuesday forward of what might be Perreault’s NHL debut Wednesday night time in opposition to the Wild.
The Rangers have had an abundance of youth of their lineup this season and Perreault solely brings the common age down much more, however it has seemingly been helpful for all the kids.
“I was watching [the NCAA tournament] and obviously you’re rooting for him,” Othmann stated. “You discuss to him all year long and also you form of get the sense what’s going to occur with what he’s going to do and also you’re rooting for him to get that championship, however on the identical time, there’s a possibility for him to be right here with the group whether or not it was in Hartford or whether or not it was right here. He has an important alternative to come back right here and play and I’m comfortable that he’s right here.
“It’s another younger face, I guess, in a sense. We’ve built a pretty good relationship at those development camps and we’ve been there for only — I don’t know, I guess it’s like a 10-day total thing over the last couple years.”
Perreault joins the Rangers’ 22-and-under membership alongside Othmann, Matt Rempe, Will Cuylle and Brett Berard.
If he performs on Wednesday, Perreault would be the third Blueshirt to make his NHL debut this season after Berard did on Nov. 25 and the since-traded Victor Mancini did on Oct. 9.
Othmann remained on the best wing of the Rangers prime line subsequent to Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck, whereas Perreault was placed on the second unit alongside Alexis Lafrenière and J.T. Miller.
That left a 3rd line that featured Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Will Cuylle and a fourth unit made up of Berard, Sam Carrick and Jonny Brodzinski.
The protection pairings remained the identical, with Zac Jones and Calvin de Haan the odd males out once more.
Rempe, who has missed the final two video games with an upper-body damage, participated in follow on Tuesday in a inexperienced noncontact jersey.
The Rangers signed 6-foot-3 goalie Callum Tung out of UConn on Tuesday, the workforce introduced.
Tung will report back to the Hartford Wolf Pack on an newbie tryout for the rest of this season.
The 21-year-old Tung posted a 10-4-1 report, a 2.01 goals-against common and a .933 save share in 15 video games with the Huskies this season, and led UConn to their first-ever NCAA match.
