TORONTO — With the official declaration coming down that Rangers winger Brendan Lemieux would miss three-to-four weeks with the fractured hand he suffered in Friday night’s win over the Hurricanes at the Garden, the question arose of whom the club would call up to help fill his spot. And how they made that decision was pretty easy.
“It’s a simple phone call — who’s playing the best?” coach David Quinn said before that call-up, Steven Fogarty, got just 2:46 of ice time in his team’s 5-4 overtime win against the Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
“[Fogarty] is smart.