It’s funny what injuries can do to a club. Injuries can change a club from a Cup favorite to barely hanging on. Injuries can also change a team’s fortune, putting a backup goalie in net, showing he is actually a generational talent and keep the starting job. Both of these cases have happened to the Rangers in the past 15 years.
Most injuries, though, force coaches to play a guy they haven’t necessarily looked at in a serious starting capacity. This time around, that player is Tony DeAngelo. The injuries to Neal Pionk and Fredrik Claesson have forced David Quinn’s hand, and DeAngelo has been forced to play recently.