Another one of the prospects derived from the Purge of ’18 has arrived on Broadway. Ryan Lindgren, the 20-year-old defenseman acquired from Boston in the Rick Nash deal and promoted from the AHL Wolf Pack in advance of Tuesday’s Garden match against Carolina, thus joins 20-year-old center Brett Howden, obtained from Tampa Bay in the Ryan McDonagh-J.T. Miller extravaganza, on the NHL roster.
But why, when it comes to the Rangers and their kids, am I just about always reminded of Casey Stengel’s withering observation of the Mets’ highly touted catching prospect Greg Goossen in 1966 when he said, “Goossen is only 20 and in 10 years he has a chance to be 30?