I’d love to say I planned to write up Ryan Lindgren’s report card when we are 55 days away from hockey, but this is pure coincidence. But I’m running with it. Lindgren is as close to the heart and soul of this team as you can get, especially when you look at how the Rangers have historically performed without him in the lineup. Lindgren doesn’t score much, but that doesn’t take away from his clear value to the Rangers.
Since overall defense is tough to quantify, and even harder to truly see with the naked eye, we rely on what metrics we have available.