GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Mike Sullivan is a coach who responds to one sentence questions with paragraphs of quotes, so his admission Wednesday to finding it hard to articulate what his new opportunity with the New York Rangers means on a personal level was somewhat startling.

It was also honest insight into how the Rangers coach was feeling on Day 1 of training camp, and what Day 2 on Thursday represents for him and his new team -- a fresh start, a new opportunity, a chance to put what happened last season behind everyone for good.

"This is a new challenge for me, and I so look forward to the opportunity to be on the ice with these guys," Sullivan said in his camp-opening press conference sitting alongside Rangers general manager Chris Drury. "I've gotten to know some of the leadership group

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