Vitali Kravtsov was scratched by the New York Rangers prior to tonight’s huge victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. NY Post reporter Larry Brooks asked head coach Gerard Gallant prior to the match if he didn’t see enough from the winger or just wanted a different look.
“A little bit of both,” Gallant said. “I wasn’t disappointed in him but we wanted a different mix tonight. So it was a combination of both.”
Rumblings around the Rangers is that Kravtsov is now being made available to the league for a trade. This was confirmed by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman during his latest 32 Thoughts segment.