New York Rangers' Brendan Smith, right, and Libor Hajek, left, celebrates after Smith scored against the New York Islanders on April 11. Credit: AP/Frank Franklin II
Brendan Smith couldn’t help chuckling a little when asked Monday whether being the only veteran on a Rangers defense corps that these days is otherwise made up entirely of players 23 and under made him feel like the dad in the locker room.
"I enjoy it,’’ he said with a smile. "It keeps me young. So I don't feel as old. Foxy [Adam Fox] told me the other day, he said I had more games than the whole ‘D’ corps.