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Vitali Kravtsov interview shows Rangers still have a lot of internal rebuilding to do

All news seems to be about Vitali Kravtsov lately, as one of the top Rangers’ prospects recently left the AHL to head back home to Russia. It wasn’t much of a surprise that he went home, but now there seems to be some dirty laundry being aired. The article is in Russian, but the translation brings about some interesting tidbits:

  • Kravtsov did not ask Artemi Panarin to try to get him a spot on the roster, as the kid believes in earning his role.
  • He was told that because he did not hit a pulse of 180 beats per minute during a drill that was designed to test effort, he was benched.