OTTAWA, Ontario — This is what the dog days of the NHL season look like — winter storms, ruined travel plans, nagging injuries and the test of a roster’s depth.
So there were the Rangers, stuck in Raleigh, N.C., until late Saturday afternoon, when they finally were scheduled to leave following Friday night’s 4-1 annual home-away-from-home drubbing of the Hurricanes. The snow up and down the East Coast canceled the team’s planned practice up here at the Canadian Tire Center in preparation for Sunday afternoon’s 3 p.