Viktor Stalberg and Oscar Lindberg are the most effective Rangers no one talks about, but Eric Staal’s arrival at center has made his wingers’ contributions impossible to ignore on a trio most accurately described as Alain Vigneault’s “Pain in the Ass Line.”
Stalberg and Lindberg have become experts at making opponents’ lives miserable. Staal is fitting right in.
“He’s more of a hard worker than you’d expect from a superstar,” Stalberg told the Daily News of Staal after Thursday morning’s optional practice in Greenburgh. “He’s a guy that’s been around, but he came here and I think he put the work-boots on.