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The ‘weird’ case of Dan Girardi: Mystery slump to breakthrough

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DENVER — Hey, look who is back wearing No. 5 for the Rangers. Why, it’s Dan Girardi, whose uniform had been filled by an imposter for most of the first month of the season.

“I’ve got to say that for the last couple of games I’ve been feeling a lot more like myself out there,” Girardi told The Post following Thursday’s practice at the University of Denver rink in preparation for Friday’s match against the Avalanche. “The beginning of the year, I don’t know what to tell you, obviously I went through a stretch of pretty tough hockey.