PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, there was the formality for the Rangers of having to play the final game of the preseason against the Flyers. But in the minds of many of the Rangers it was past time to get on with things and start thinking about the regular season already.
“Yes. It’s been a long, now, two weeks, and we kept a lot of guys around for good reason, and guys have made decisions difficult,’’ Rangers coach David Quinn, who has stressed pace and physical battles in his first camp, said Wednesday. “But we’re getting down to the end and these last .