PITTSBURGH – Kevin Klein had big plans for his left arm before breaking it on March 11 in Washington.
“I’m trying to learn the banjo,” Klein said during a light moment on Monday morning, with music playing in the Rangers’ locker room. “That got a little messed up when I went down with my injury. True story.”
Of course, Klein’s primary focus since taking an Alex Ovechkin slap shot off his forearm that night was to rehabilitate and be ready to play in Game 1 of this first-round playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
He missed that target due to a “setback,” as he described it, but Monday morning was his first skate with teammates since the injury, and it’s conceivable he could be ready for Game 4 on Wednesday night if Tuesday’s practice in Pittsburgh goes well.