With one single article, Katie Strang of ESPN New York sent all of New York into a frenzy. Per his agent, the Rangers “might” be looking at Paul Mara as a veteran defenseman. One simple sentence, and every single Ranger fan was questioning the health of Marc Staal. I have to admit, it was kind of funny to witness on Twitter.
Yes, the Staal concussion is a concern, but it is not a big concern yet, and it is not something the Rangers would really be planning around at this stage, especially because Staal partook in practice yesterday. He is not going to scrimmage or play in preseason games for a week or so, but he is at least on the ice and taking part in Camp Torts. Reading between the lines here, I don’t think a Mara signing would be because of Staal’s injury.
In fact, I think it would be an insurance policy against Tim Erixon and/or Michael Del Zotto. Del Zotto has been having a relatively rough camp, per the beat writers. Erixon has been looking very sm...
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