from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

What you see at those postgame press conferences, what you see from the head coach of the Rangers behind the bench, that is what you get from Gerard Gallant.

All day, every day.

There is no pretense. There is no hidden agenda. There is no self-aggrandizement. Gallant is simply the personification of Old School Hockey whose approach has been embraced by his team that will bring a stunning 30-13-4 record into next Tuesday’s match at the Garden against the Bruins following the end of the Blueshirts’ winter recess.

“Teams often times take on the personality of their leader, and I think with Turk, he communicates a kind of infectious belief into our group,” Chris Kreider said, using the coach’s nickname that he has had since he was a 4-year-old chasing turkeys in his uncle’s basement on Prince Edward Island. “The word I use is, ‘empowering.’

“He’s soft-spoken and he’s not overly robust, but everything with him has an intention. He shows up with an intention and very specific tone in mind. There is always that belief in him that we are never out of a game, that we have it in ourselves to do whatever we set out to do.

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