Dubinsky, Rozsival Amongst Rangers Time On Ice Leaders

Going into a season, it is generally obvious which players the coaching staff will rely on heavily throughout the year. For the Rangers, if you had to pick players that the coaching staff was going to rely on, the guesses would include the usual suspects, plus maybe more responsibility on the third line of Sean Avery, Derek Stepan, and Ruslan Fedotenko. However, due to the rash of injuries the Rangers have faced thus far, a good number of those players are now watching from the press box, waiting for their various injuries to heal. This has forced coach John Tortorella to adjust based on replacement players, and performance this season. This season, the TOI leaders amongst defensemen are the ones you would expect: Player TOI/G Michal Rozsival 24:34 Michael Del Zotto 24:25 Dan Girardi 23:55 Marc Staal 23:16 It’s only been eight games, but it is telling that the pairing of Rozsival/Del Zotto has assumed the TOI leadership positioning. This is likely due to thei...