Two days after his triumphant return to the Rangers lineup Marek Malik gets a nice write-up by John Dellapina in the Daily News... "...One week after storming out of the arena in Edmonton in a huff upon learning that he was going to be scratched, Malik came out of mothballs to play an impressive 20:47 that included 6:47 of critical penalty-killing in a 4-1 victory over Montreal.
'I thought he had that poise that he normally does,' said Rangers coach Tom Renney, who had scratched Malik from the three previous games. 'I thought that he competed where he needed to.
'It's not easy to jump back in the lineup like that and play like he did. And with our team under the circumstances we put ourselves in, that's even a little added pressure. And I thought he handled it like a guy that's been in this league a long time.'..."
...while it was great to see Malik have such a strong game, I'm concerned that if Renney decides to keep him with Rozsival, he will start to receive starting d-man minutes. Which I think ultimately would hurt the team.
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