John Tortorella has tried multiple players for the left wing spot on the first line with Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik since the team traveled to Europe. We've seen Wojtek Wolski, Brian Boyle and Ruslan Fedotenko all get looks with the team's "dynamic duo". Most recently, though, we saw Brandon Dubinsky skate on that line in Monday's preseason loss to EV Zug in Switzerland.
No one that Tortorella has put there has actually stuck for more than one or two preseason games, so I didn't think much of Dubinsky playing with Richie and Gabby on Monday. However, in the team's first of two practices before Saturday's season opener this morning, Dubinsky was again moved up to the first line left wing spot.
And yes, the Rangers have already hit the ice for practice today since it is about 1:00 p.m. in Stockholm, Sweden right now. The offensive lines looked like this, per Dan Rosen:
Dubinsky - Richards - Gaborik
Fedotenko - Anisimov - Callahan
Wo...
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