The Rangers started this season with a lot of uncertainty. No one knew exactly what the team was going to look like after training camp, or if a handful of new additions were going to be able to contribute right away.
“I can honestly tell you that we weren’t sure that every player that we were going to bring in was going to be able to make a contribution,” coach Alain Vigneault said earlier this week.
Things keep turning up roses for the Blueshirts (15-6-1), as they picked up Matt Puempel off waivers from the Senators and he scored in his first game with the team, Friday afternoon’s emphatic 3-2 victory over the Flyers in Philadelphia.