Rangers rookie Kaapo Kakko during training camp on Sunday in Greenburgh. Photo Credit: Richard Harbus
GREENBURGH, N.Y. – There will be a little more excitement than usual for a preseason game when the Rangers open their schedule Wednesday night against the Devils at Madison Square Garden. Kaapo Kakko, the Finnish superstar selected by the the Rangers with the second overall pick in June's NHL Draft, will play his first game at the Garden on the first line with center Mika Zibanejad and left wing Artemi Panarin.
“He’s a great player. Young, but strong,’’ Zibanejad said of Kakko.