Mike Sullivan and the New York Rangers are leaving no stone unturned. Amid a testing NHL season, there aren’t many things the team in New York isn’t willing to try in hopes of turning the tide. However, it seems handing a rookie goaltender his first career start is one item on that brief list.

Shortly after Jonathan Quick was placed on Injured Reserve (IR) with a lower-body injury, the Rangers called up rookie netminder Dylan Garand from the AHL Hartford Wolf Pack. Most fans in The Big Apple expected the former fourth-round in 2020 to make his NHL debut in the 2025-26 campaign.

However, that has been stopped on its tracks. Sullivan and his staff sent Garand back to the minors, calling up veteran Spencer Martin instead. The decision caught fans by surprise, and the head coach has now expl

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