BUFFALO — Being 19 years old and a talented first-round draft selection doesn’t get you a pass. Not for an indefinite period of time, that is. Not with David Quinn behind the bench.
As such, the coach handed Filip Chytil the short straw for Friday’s match, scratching him against the Sabres while inserting AHL call-up Connor Brickley in No. 72’s spot up front and going with the now customary seven defensemen.
No, this was most certainly not a case of the Rangers dressing their best 18 players.
“I think Fil’s play has slipped a little bit,” the coach said before the Blueshirts’ 6-2 victory.