The New York Rangers’ quartet of U.S. group members from the 4 Nations match got here dwelling empty-handed — and, in Vincent Trocheck’s case, banged up.
Trocheck broke his finger within the U.S. group’s loss to Sweden on Monday, two U.S. group sources advised The Athletic on Friday. Trocheck didn’t observe with the Rangers on Friday forward of its first recreation again, in Buffalo on Saturday, like his U.S. teammates.
Trocheck performed 10:03 within the additional time championship loss to Canada on Thursday. Solely Rangers teammate Chris Kreider performed much less among the many U.S. gamers.
The Rangers presently sit three factors out of a wild-card spot within the Japanese Convention. Common supervisor Chris Drury, who has already traded captain Jacob Trouba and former first-round picks Kaapo Kakko and Filip Chytil whereas buying J.T. Miller previously three months, should still be trying to additional remake the roster forward of the March 7 commerce deadline.
However the Rangers might additionally push for a playoff spot — and dropping Trocheck, who’s second on the group with 17 targets, at this level within the season might assist decide which path Drury takes within the subsequent two weeks.
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