The most interesting time of the second half of the Rangers’ season is drawing near.
That would be when both first-round picks from the most recent draft — center Lias Andersson (No. 7 overall) and Filip Chytil (No. 21) — get to come up and play as many NHL games as possible without burning the first year of their entry-level contracts.
Chytil, 18, made the Rangers out of training camp and looked overwhelmed while playing two games before being sent to AHL Hartford. That means he has seven more games to play before reaching the nine-game maximum.