from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Regarding the Rangers, who are somehow playing at a 116-point pace entering Friday’s match at the Garden against Vegas:

The two most positive developments out of Wednesday’s date in the desert could be the most encouraging and meaningful of the season if it represents the start of something and not just a one-off.

And that was the play of Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere, the Ping-Pong Ball Twins, who both elevated their respective games when called upon to split the assignments left behind by Artemi Panarin.

Let’s face it. While the ultimate success of the rebuild surely depends on them, so does a lot of the present.

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