NEW YORK — The Rangers, in Alain Vigneault’s first two seasons, got off to slow starts while he fiddled with his lineups.
Well, the Rangers this season are off to a torrid – at least record-wise, if not in terms of play – start. And Vigneault continued to fiddle.
Better to figure things out before Thanksgiving, right?
When the Rangers played Carolina Tuesday night at the Garden, Rick Nash returned from a back injury that cost him two games. Vigneault, who historically has rarely tinkered with a lineup after a win, thus had to make a change following the team’s fifth straight win.