Another hopeful piece of the Rangers’ future has arrived.
Libor Hajek will make his NHL debut Friday night at the Garden against the Canadiens, just over a year after the Rangers acquired the 21-year-old defenseman from the Lightning as a key part of the trade of Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller.
While Hajek had recorded no goals and five assists, with a minus-23, in 58 games at AHL Hartford, he believes he may have been succumbing to the pressures that come with being in a new organization.
“I was maybe trying too much to prove they made a good decision,” Hajek said Thursday after his first practice.