You could excuse the Rangers if they had flashbacks to Hugh Jessiman, the 12th-overall selection of the 2003 entry draft who tore a left ankle ligament in his second game of his junior season at Dartmouth, never was the same following surgery and never played a game for the Blueshirts.
For on Saturday night in Madison, Wis., 22nd-overall selection K’Andre Miller crashed into the end boards after wiping out on an end-to-end rush and was unable to put much, if any, weight on his left leg as the freshman defenseman left the ice late in Wisconsin’s 4-1 loss to Ohio State.