The New York Rangers are going to the playoffs, in case you haven’t heard, and in preparation for their opening round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins the Blueshirts have made some callups.
The taxi squad or “black aces” as they are commonly referred to, exists to provide healthy bodies for between game practices and just in case a regular gets hurt. For the Rangers, their squad includes two forwards, four defensemen, and an extra goalie. Tim Gettinger and Lauri Pajuniemi are the reinforcements up front for New York, Gettinger is the more veteran of the two with 16 career games in the NHL and almost 200 AHL games under his belt.