Rangers are nearly at full health in rare playoff luxury before facing Panthers

Head coaches declining to disclose their lineup or what players are available has become customary gamesmanship in the NHL playoffs, because health, depth and inspiration are perhaps the most important attributes a team can have this time of year.

The Rangers appear to have no shortage of any of the aforementioned traits as they begin preparing to face the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final, which commences with Game 1 on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.

In fact, one could say they have a surplus of those qualities.

With several players — who have either been serving as healthy scratches or working their way back from significant injuries — champing at the bit to get in the lineup, the Blueshirts have the rare luxury of personnel options to sort through in the next few days.

“We’re working toward that,” Rangers bench boss Peter Laviolette said when asked if everybody on the roster is available. “Everybody’s out on the ice. Everybody to this point has been out on the ice. As of recently, there’s not been any restrictions on players.”

Well, if you ask Filip Chytil, who was out for six-plus months with a suspected concussion and returned for Game 3 of the previous series against Carolina before illness/soreness sidelined him again, the Czech forward will say the adrenaline of a game is what he wants.