Kevin Klein and Dan Girardi are both 32-years-old and Marc Staal will turn 30 on January 13th, 2017, which means that half of the defensemen who dress every night for the New York Rangers will be 30 or older. That is not good news.
But what is good news, is that there are eight prospects vying to play on Garden ice and protect the blue line. Three of these young defensemen are currently playing at Hartford. They are Ryan Graves, Mat Bodie and John Gilmour. The others are: Troy Donnay, Tyler Nanne, Tarmo Reunanen, Sergey Zborovsky and Sean Day.