Brady Skjei, the Rangers’ young defenseman-in-waiting, didn’t want to keep a small group of writers waiting. He hustled out of the shower in the visitors’ locker room in First Niagara Center following the Rangers’ 4-2 win on Tuesday wearing just a dark blue towel.
Someone asked if he wanted to get dressed before a few questions.
“Any cameras?” he asked. “No? Then let’s go.”
Actually, it’s the Rangers who should be in a hurry to get Skjei, 21, one of the better players in an ugly victory, back on the ice.
The 6-3, 205-pound defenseman, who had three goals and 20 assists in his first full year with the Hartford Wolf Pack, played 17:38, including 1:35 shorthanded, in his third call-up this season.