
Have the Rangers finally found something sustainable after a season of lineup experiments?
NY Post
Which came first: stability within the lineup or stability on the ice?
A year ago, Peter Laviolette’s first season behind the Rangers bench produced remarkable consistency with line combinations and defense pairings even when Filip Chytil went down for the regular-season count in the 10th game of the year.
Through the first 43 matches of 2023-24, Mika Zibanejad skated between four sets of wingers and Vincent Trocheck centered two different combinations while the Blueshirts utilized 22 different triumvirates that included nine distinct sets of wingers for Nick Bonino.
At the same time, the Rangers sent out six distinct defense tandems through Game 43, K’Andre Miller paired exclusively with Jacob Trouba, while the team also went with seven on the blue line once.

The Knicks won’t be raising a banner to the rafters at Madison Square Garden to commemorate their victory in the 2025 NBA Cup, and you can count your humble narrator among the faction that wishes they’d chosen differently. I’m not quite sure when it became mandatory to rinse as much fun out of sports as possible, but we’re sure trying.












