Brett Howden of the Rangers skates against the Islanders during the first period of a preseason game at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 24, 2019. Credit: Steven Ryan
Brett Howden has been a regular with the Rangers since making the team out of training camp 14 months ago, never having played a single shift in the minor leagues since coming out of junior hockey.
But Howden is 21 years old and still just a second-year player, one of six players on the Rangers' roster 21 or younger.
“I don’t even have 100 [NHL] games yet, so it’s not like I’m trying to act like a veteran around here,’’ Howden said with a smile when asked if he still considered himself one of the Rangers’ young guys.