Brady Skjei, a former high school quarterback, grinned ear to ear as he grabbed a few rolled up T-shirts after the Rangers’ outdoor practice at Central Park’s Lasker Rink was over on Saturday and chucked them at fans standing on the grass.
The 25-year-old defenseman’s face turned serious, though, when he was asked to talk about the fact he’d been scratched from the lineup in the Rangers’ last game, a 4-2 road win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
“No,’’ he said when asked if he was shocked to be scratched. “I think I need to be better.