CHICAGO — The opportunity for Tony DeAngelo might be coming sooner rather than later.
The Rangers’ righty-shooting defenseman was a healthy scratch Thursday night for the sixth straight game and the eighth time in the team’s first 10 as the Blueshirts lost 4-1 to the Blackhawks at United Center.
But another righty-shooting blueliner, Adam McQuaid, did not return for the second period with what the Rangers called a lower-body injury.
The severity of the injury was not immediately available, with coach David Quinn saying, “It’s too early to tell right now.”
DeAngelo, 23, has been a bit of a conundrum thus far for Quinn, who keeps saying that he needs to see more in practice from the offensively talented player.