Rangers' Mika Zibanejad attempts to control the puck from the ice during the second period against the Washington Capitals on Feb. 4, 2021. Credit: AP/Bruce Bennett
There’s been no question how much Mika Zibanejad’s all-around play and leadership have meant to the Rangers over the last three seasons. But while the 27-year-old Swede struggles to put points on the board early in this season, have things gotten so bad that coach David Quinn would actually consider dropping his No. 1 center in the lineup?
In a word, yes.
"That's something we would do, and he and I talked about that yesterday,’’ Quinn said before the Rangers hosted the East Division-leading Boston Bruins onWednesday at Madison Square Garden.