Rangers Rants: NYR at St. Louis Game 38 OPEN THREAD

#NYR @shattdeuces returns to the lineup and it will be his first game back in St. Louis. pic.twitter.com/sdqjR6yKBj

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) December 31, 2018

From #NYR extra-player morning skate: Chytil, Smith, Claesson, Georgiev on ice. Which means Shattenkirk-DeAngelo will be 3rd pair tonight, Lundqvist starts in goal, Nieves expected on 3rd line w/Howden-Buchnevich. This is Chytil’s first game missed this season.

— John Giannone (@jaygeemsg) December 31, 2018

DQ on scratching Chytil: "Part of development isn’t just throwing people out there and letting them play. Part of development is learning accountability and learning that certain things are just non-negotiable, and he and I have talked about that… ''

— Colin Stephenson (@ColinSNewsday) December 31, 2018

"He’s let a few things slip in his game that just can’t happen. And sometimes it’s good to sit out and observe from up top, and he’ll do that tonight.''

— Colin Stephenson (@ColinSNewsday) December 31, 2018

More DQ on Chytil: "(He's) a young player who’s learning the things that he’s going to have to do that he’s never had to do before. And it’s just a long season for a 19-year-old… He understands what we’re looking… and he’ll be better for it.''

— Colin Stephenson (@ColinSNewsday) December 31, 2018

#stlblues practice lines

Schwartz-Schenn-Tarasenko
Steen-O’Reilly-Perron
Maroon-Bozak-Thomas
Fabbri/Nolan/Barbashev/Sundqvist

Bouwmeester-Pietrangelo
Edmundson-Parayko
Dunn-Bortuzzo

Allen/Fitzpatrick

— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) December 30, 2018