Of all the roster battles expected this preseason, none seemed to be as hotly debated as the “Tony DeAngelo final chance tour.” We all assumed DeAngelo would make the team out of camp as a formality — along with Neal Pionk. The reasoning behind the thought? The Rangers needed to find out what they had in each player, and what better time than now when there was no long-standing consequences to being bad?
The Adam McQuaid trade changed that — something outlined in my coverage of the trade here, and something Mike, Adam, and I talked about extensively on the podcast here.