The Rangers have had nothing but success at the backup goalie position since Cam Talbot took that role early in the 2013-14 season.
Both Talbot and his successor, Antti Raanta, have moved on to starting roles in Edmonton and Arizona, respectively, and now the hope is that the newest player to step into that position, Ondrej Pavelec, can pick up where they left off.
“Every player who is playing, every goalie, all the coaches, they want to be in the game, they want to be involved in the game,” Pavelec told The Post before he was hardly tested in his preseason debut, stopping all 10 shots he saw through the first two periods before being replaced by Brandon Halverson in the Rangers’ 1-0 overtime win against the Islanders on Monday night at the Garden.