Good news and bad news to share as a follow-up to this morning's article. Starting with the good news, defenseman Ryan McDonagh was on the ice for Rangers practice today and will play in tomorrow's game against the Winnipeg Jets at Madison Square Garden, according to Andrew Gross. McDonagh left Saturday afternoon's matinee in Boston during overtime after he was sent head-first into the boards by Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference.
Based on the amount of time that McDonagh remained down on the ice following the hit, the Rangers are very lucky their top pairing blue-liner did not suffer a serious injury on the play. My guess is that he just had the wind knocked out of him since it did look like his rib cage hit the backboards pretty hard.
As for the bad news, defenseman Michael Sauer (concussion) has been kept off the ice for the third straight practice stretching back to last Thursday and Friday. Sauer participated in practice Monday through Wednesday of last week and...
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Ryan McDonagh,
Andrew Ference,
Michael Sauer,
John Tortorella,
Marc Staal,
Glen Sather,
Steve Eminger,
Jeff Woywitka,
Tim Gleason,
Sheldon Souray,
Ryan Suter
TEAMS: New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators
TEAMS: New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators
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