To what should be the surprise of exactly nobody, the Rangers have sent Lias Andersson back to the Wolf Pack to continue his apprenticeship with 20-minute, center-stage nights in the AHL rather than with single-digit ice time on the wing of an NHL fourth line.
“He’s made some great progress and he’s done some good things, but we just need to see more consistency out of him,” David Quinn said. “I know it’s difficult when he plays seven or eight minutes, but that’s just the situation we’re in. It didn’t make sense for him to stay here, especially with the limited practice time we’re going to have over the next three weeks.