Rangers’ Kaapo Kakko, Kevin Rooney to remain sidelined through March
Kaapo Kakko and Kevin Rooney, who're each on injured reserve, might be sidelined for not less than the remainder of March, Rangers president and common supervisor Chris Drury stated throughout his commerce deadline convention name on Monday.
The hope is that the 2 forwards might be wholesome and able to return to the lineup by early April.
Kakko, who has been noticed with a brace/solid on his wrist, hasn’t performed because the Rangers’ 6-2 loss to the Hurricanes in Carolina on Jan. 21. The Finnish winger has missed the final 22 video games. Previous to his harm, Kakko made an impression on the appropriate aspect of a line with Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome.
In mild of the strikes Drury made to fortify the Rangers’ backside six, it’s seemingly that Kakko will return to that spot as soon as he’s prepared. Earlier than then, current acquisition Frank Vatrano has slotted onto the second line and has given the Bread-and-Butter duo some extra velocity.
Rooney, who has primarily centered the fourth line this season, has missed the final 9 video games with an undisclosed upper-body harm.
Concerning Vitali Kravtsov, who didn’t take his demotion to AHL Hartford properly firstly of the season and was loaned to the KHL’s Traktor Chelyabinski, Drury stated the group has been in contact with the Russian ahead.
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“There’ll be time to touch upon what’s subsequent,” Drury stated. “He’s in the midst of a playoff collection. We wish him to do properly, play properly. I wouldn’t be commenting on something apart from wishing him properly, and we’re watching.”
Drury additionally declined to touch upon pending unrestricted free agent Ryan Strome’s contract state of affairs.
“I’m not going to speak about something with contracts with gamers within the media,” he stated. “I believe I'd echo the identical and repeat the identical factor I stated about Mika [Zibanejad] about Ryan. He’s a terrific participant, has been an excellent Ranger. It’s been an excellent commerce for the group and he’s even a greater particular person. I’ll depart it at that and we’re actually excited he’s on our crew down the stretch right here.”
Requested to guage Nils Lundkvist’s 25-game cameo earlier within the season, earlier than the defenseman was despatched right down to AHL Hartford and handed over on the depth chart by the likes of Braden Schneider and Zac Jones, Drury stated he nonetheless sees the Swede becoming with the group.
“He was a first-round choose; I believe he’s a terrific prospect,” Drury stated. “The adjustment, I believe, at instances will be more durable for somebody coming from a distinct dimension rink in a distinct league. I assumed he had some actually good moments when he performed with us. On the time, we wished to offer Schneider a glance, and Nils understood that. And he’s gone down and performed properly.”
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