The waiting is over.
The New York Rangers are back in action tonight, playing their first meaningful hockey game in nearly six months. They’ll open the 2019-20 season at Madison Square Garden against Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little, and the rest of the Winnipeg Jets.
The Jets are coming off a disappointing first round playoff exit at the hands of the eventual champion St. Louis Blues, and major changes came in the wake of their six game defeat. Of the six defenseman that drew into the lineup for Winnipeg last spring, four of them have moved on to greener pastures, one of which is the Blueshirts’ own Jacob Trouba.