Rangers Roundup: Girardi Q&A, Lemieux Twitch, and NHL back in July?

Anthony Scultore Updated: Apr 17, 2020

Good morning! The sun is shining in NY as rumors that the NHL may return this July after the President reveals phased approach to reopening America. Also, the Rangers continue to keep fans engaged with some great use of their social media platforms.

Breaking: President says he spoke with sports commissioners and said they will probably start without fans. “Made for television” he says. Then fans can come back with limited seating. #GameOn
— Forever Blueshirts (@4EverBlueshirts) April 16, 2020

Rumor: NHL in July

Prior to yesterday’s reveal of the 3 phase approach to reopen America there were rumors the NHL was targeting a July return. The exact timeframes remain fuzzy because a lot will be left to the discretion of State Governors. Still it is very possible to identify several arenas to conclude the regular season because the logical path is to resume without fans.

Fauci leaves open possibility that there can be games — with fans — in the phase 3 part of the plan. That would likely be around July or August.
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) April 16, 2020

Girardi Answers Fan Questions

Dan Girardi returned to the Rangers, at least via twitter to answer some fan questions. The warrior rearguard told fans his favorite season was the Cup run in 2014 and that Marc Staal is very underrated for all he does. Here’s some more of the best ones.

PK Subban one timer off the ankle on a 5 on 3 at the end of a game when we were already gonna win the game. Should have let that one go by ^G https://t.co/qxRQyyoDjk
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 16, 2020

a lot of players to choose from. Jaromir Jagr – Legend ^G https://t.co/IBIF4z7WFT
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 16, 2020

was not fun but part of the job, praying his shot would hit me in a good spot. We would talk about making him shoot short side of the net so hank would know where it was gonna go. ^G https://t.co/b4HSiDnPDH
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 16, 2020

Lemieux playing video games for charity

Brendan Lemieux is playing video games for charity and advanced last night as well.

Thank you to our friends @NorthwellHealth for the support. 💙❤️ https://t.co/3wAPfKnnNZ pic.twitter.com/bp2YMIjwIT
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 16, 2020

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