The Rangers' Vitali Kravtsov is back in Russia playing big minutes and being productive for his KHL club. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The NHL season appears to be on, but it’s going to be a mad sprint from the minute training camp opens until the Stanley Cup is handed out in early July.
The Rangers, who will return mostly the same squad as last season — minus Henrik Lundqvist but plus Alexis Lafreniere — should be in position to start quickly when the puck is dropped next month.
But with a truncated training camp and likely no preseason games to help figure things out, the organization is going to have to make some decisions before camp opens.