When asked about being scratched for the fifth time in six games when the Bruins come to the Garden on Thursday, the Rangers' Jones took some time so that he could choose his words wisely.
The Rangers have quit on their coach, they have quit on the organization, they have quit on themselves, they have quit on each other, they have quit on the fans who pay top dollar to fill the Garden and they have quit on New York.
Folks have been clamoring for Peter Laviolette to meaningfully reduce Mika Zibanejad’s minutes and that is what the Rangers head coach has done over the last week.
So imagine Matt Boldy representing the Rangers and not the Wild when the 23-year-old winger skates for Team USA in the upcoming Four Nations tournament.
Kaapo Kakko has not been close to being a singular problem through the Rangers’ slide, but head coach Peter Laviolette thought that scratching the Finn in St. Louis on Sunday would be a solution.