In the current New York sports climate, it was tempting to sarcastically ask Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh on Monday whether his coaches will be imposing a “minutes limit” this season to protect the right foot he broke last spring.
The reality, of course, is that McDonagh played on that broken foot in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, once logged 53 minutes and 21 seconds in a 2012 second-round triple-overtime win in Washington, and has applied his trademark work ethic this summer to rehabilitate completely from the injury to enter training camp with no restrictions.