The Blueshirts have been sending scouts to check in on the Los Angeles Kings an awful lot recently. It started on February 3rd, with well-connected Kings reporter John Hoven tweeting that the Rangers were scouting the Ontario Reign, the Kings’ AHL affiliate. Hoven further claimed that the Rangers were making “a big push to scout the Kings’ organization in the coming week.”
The Rangers have continued to scout Los Angeles’ AHL team on multiple occasions, including yesterday, and they even took a look at the Kings on February 16th. The tip from Hoven plus common sense insinuate that this is well beyond the realm of routine scouting homework.