BOSTON — That is the infusion of iron and metal into the lineup the Rangers have wanted for a really very long time. That is the jagged-edged persona within the room that has been lacking for ages.
The prodigal has returned within the midst of an unusually noisy and unruly season for the events of each elements. J.T. Miller and the Rangers are again collectively once more after an absence of practically seven years, through which New York’s one-time, Fifteenth-overall choice within the 2011 draft elevated his sport and profile as he grew to become one of the impactful forwards within the league.
The commerce accomplished Friday evening — through which GM Chris Drury despatched Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini and a top-13 protected 2025 first-rounder in alternate for Miller, lefty defenseman Erik Brannstrom and Northeastern lefty defenseman Jackson Dorrington — not solely resets the Blueshirts for the 2025 playoff drive but additionally reimagines the group’s composition over the rapid future.
Overlook the standings in the meanwhile. The Rangers entered the season looking for the extra six wins within the playoffs that eluded them in 2022, after they had been overwhelmed up by the Lightning within the convention last, and in 2024, after they had been overwhelmed up by the Panthers within the convention last.
