To Rangers coach David Quinn, this is no time to experiment. Not when there is a Stanley Cup on the line.
So when the Rangers begin their best-of-five qualifying series Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes, they will have a very familiar look to them. Because the way Quinn sees it, if it ain’t broke, you don’t fix it. And in his mind, when the NHL halted play on March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Rangers weren’t broke.
“One of the things that's great about where we were [when play was halted] was that we really liked a lot of what was going on with chemistry amongst our lines and our ‘D’ pairings,’’ Quinn said on July 13, when the Rangers reported to training camp in preparation for the league’s restart.