New York Rangers defenseman Brady Skjei is about to wrap up his second full year with the team. When this season began no one, including Skjei, would have thought he would be considered a veteran on the team.
As the season has gone forward, the defensemen on the team have changed drastically. Gone are Ryan McDonagh, Nick Holden, Brendan Smith, Steven Kampfer and the injured Kevin Shattenkirk who has been out of the lineup since surgery in January. The new names we now see on the team are named Neal Pionk, John Gilmour, Ryan Sproul and along with the help of Marc Staal, Skjei has taken these kids under his wing on and off the ice.