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The Rangers just gave us multiple new updates ahead of their next game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. And yes, it includes a goaltender, his future with the team, and a defenseman that was listed as questionable. As most of you remember, this summer, the Rangers went out and got Jonas Korpisalo to back up Igor Shesterkin. Then Igor Shosturkin went down with a season-ending injury, and Korpisalo, he still hasn't played a game yet. For weeks, the team has been saying that it's just a regular lower body injury and he'll be out for a month. but we're halfway through that timeline and he still hasn't skated. And that's not the only update before this next game against the Leafs. We have a special teams battle for the ages. We get a big update on Sean Durzi and Mike Sullivan, head coach of the Rangers, spoke out on Alexi Lafreniere. We're going to get into all of that and much more on this episode of Rangers Digest. But before we do that, a quick reminder to hit that subscribe button. We are currently just over 12,000 subscribers. and thank you so much for the support here on the channel, but I am giving away a jersey here to one lucky subscriber when we hit either 15,000 subscribers or the Rangers make the playoffs, whatever comes first, and right now the Rangers are second in the Metropolitan Division and absolutely rolling. Let's get into the update on Jonas Korpisalo. On October 9th, Igor Shesterkin goes down with that season-ending injury in Washington, and he's done for the year. That should have been Korpisalo's moment but instead he went on injured reserve right away and for weeks the only word we got was that it was a lower body injury and when asked even head coach Mike Sullivan didn't know what the injury was well this morning we finally get an answer from the Athletic and from Peter Baugh and Vince Marcogliano's report that according to a person briefed on the matter the 32 year old has been unable to play because of a foot infection not a real regular injury that you'd see from a goaltender like a pulled groin or something like that no a foot infection that is stopping him from skating and we're now two weeks into that four-week timeline so i'm not so sure that this is now a four-week thing at this point and maybe that's why trade rumors continue to escalate for the rangers not because they're trying to replace how good Dylan Gardiner has been this season, but maybe because the backup plan for the whole time this offseason has now gone right in the toilet and Jonas Korpisalo might not even have a timeline to return. But like I mentioned, there is some good news to this. Dylan Gardiner is playing very well. He's 4-2-1 with a 929 save percentage and a 5.3 goals saved above expected per evolving hockey. And like I said, the trade talk is getting very interesting. The Athletic piece is really about whether Connor Hellebuck could change the Rangers' plans. That is seeming very unlikely, and TSN's Darren Dreger says there have been conversations with Winnipeg, but no sense of urgency. The other names out there right now are Ukko Peltonen from the Buffalo Sabres and Karel Vemelka from the Utah Mammoth, but entering play on Wednesday night, both of them were under an 880 save percentage with a negative goal saved above expected, and Girard is outplaying the guys that you would trade for in this scenario. So guys, let me know in the comments, are you worried about this situation? I feel like the Rangers, if Korbas Laios is out long-term, do absolutely actually have to go out and trade for a goaltender. 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And at checkout, they're going to ask you how you found their product. Let them know that Darius at Rangers Digest sent you. Now let's get into some updates on a game that has major implications for both teams. Molly Walker confirmed this morning that Dylan Girard is in goal tonight for the Rangers against the Toronto Maple Leafs. We also got some other good news as it was speculated yesterday that Sean Dursey may not play. He is actually okay. He blocked a shot near the wrist on Monday against Anaheim and left the game, but Mike Sullivan says he's ready to play tonight after a maintenance day yesterday. Here's how the lineup shapes up tonight per NHL.com. Perro is with Zibanejad and Lafreniere on the top line once again. Gavrikov and Fox are your starters on defense, And rookie Albert Schmidt, by the way, who was told to get a house, is with Braden Schneider, and he is on the team full-time. Scott Morrow and Matt Rempe are your scratches. Heading into this game tonight, the Rangers are 7-3-1 second in the Metropolitan Division. The Leafs are 5-4-2 fifth in the Atlantic Division. But as Andrei Leal pointed out tonight, this is a special teams matchup. matchup, there's one thing in particular that will dictate how this game goes. Two of the best penalty kills in the entire league. Toronto is first at 97.4% and the Rangers are right behind them in second with 94.1% on the kill. Where the problem lies for the New York Rangers is the power play. They are 18th in the league at 20.6% and Toronto has the fifth best power play at 27.5%. So the Rangers absolutely have to stay out of the box tonight. This game could come down to special teams. The Leafs kill off almost every single penalty. The Rangers power play has not been connecting. And if the Rangers go down a man, the Leafs power play is looking lethal. Speaking of lethal, the man to watch on the other side in Toronto tonight is Austin Matthews, who leads their team in points with 18 points so far through the first couple of games of the season. and the player to watch for the Rangers the man that Mike Sullivan cannot stop talking great about the Rangers are in Canada for tonight's game so naturally there's a lot of Alexi Lafreniere talk and Mike Sullivan said that he is evolving tremendously Mike Sullivan said and I quote I think he's opened up or developed other aspects of his offensive game in particular his grind game down low in the offensive zone he's always been a guy that's been dangerous off the rush and Mike Sullivan was pointing to the question that everybody really asked. What happens if that rush offense dries up? What do you do then? How do you produce offense? So far, Alexi Lafreniere has answered the bell. Lafreniere has seven goals and 13 points through 11 games, and he leads the Rangers in both categories. Nobody else on the team has more than four goals. Adam Fox is next in points with 10. This is a player that time and time again, I say that everyone has been waiting to become a superstar it's happening right now this is for real there's tangible evidence and he's on a big stage tonight in Toronto to continue this hot streak a couple last updates i want to get to including rookie Albert Schmitz and i kind of mentioned this earlier in the video but really exciting for him in that new report this morning from the Athletic it reports that Schmitz has moved out of a hotel and into his own home near the team's practice facility and here's why that matters. The Rangers typically give young players the go-ahead to get their own place only when they expect them to stay in the NHL for the rest of the season. He was the player with the highest floor in the NHL draft. He's 18 years old. He was drafted fifth overall, the highest drafted Latvian in history. And now it looks like he is going to be a staple on this Rangers blue line for a long, long time. Just as an example of how well this team is feeling right now, as per Molly Walker a well-attended morning skate this morning 17 guys including Mika Zibanejad JT Miller Lafreniere's line mate Perreault and Luke Glendening who they signed the other day and many people are starting to ask the question and Molly Walker answered it if we will see Glendening soon her answer they will have to sign him first because he's still on a PTO so that's why he's not with the team well he is with the team he signed a professional tryout on Monday he can practice with them but he can't play a regular season game until he gets a real contract he is 37 and he had nine points in 70 games last season but he's a great penalty killer and he's a great face-off guy i imagine he's eventually going to get a contract for those skills that he brings to the table but guys let me know in the comments how you feel about that and let's get some score predictions going in the comments below because i think it's actually going to be a very tight game between these two teams. Now, before I go, I would be remiss if I did not mention this as Rangers fans got some bad news this morning. Ron Duguay has passed away at the age of 69. If you're a younger Rangers fan, here's who he was. The Rangers took him 13th overall in 1977. He played eight seasons in New York and was on the team that made the 1979 Stanley Cup final. Across his whole career, he scored 274 goals in 860 games, and as Vince Mancagliano pointed out, he still ranks 25th on the Rangers franchise all-time goals list. In a quote from the Rangers post this morning, quote, Ron's signature skating style with his hair flowing as he moved down the ice captivated the Garden faithful. And Mike Sullivan opened his morning availability this morning talking about him because he actually played with Ron. He said, quote, I had the privilege to play with Ron as a teammate for a year in the International Hockey League, a great man and a terrific hockey player. On behalf of all Rangers fans, our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of Ron. Rest in peace. And he will be a Ranger forever.