Sam Weinman at The Rangers Report reports...- Backman skated on the right side with Marc Staal, leaving the other pairings of Fedor Tyutin and Dan Girardi, and Michal Rozsival and Marek Malik intact.
- With Colton Orr and Petr Prucha still unlikely for tomorrow, expect Sjostrom to skate on the right side in Carolina with Blair Betts and Ryan Hollweg.
- Both Sjostrom and Backman said they were surprised to be traded, but happy that they were in New York. Both also expressed excitement about being reunited with Henrik Lundqvist given their history back in Sweden together. Maybe the only person not excited was Jaromir Jagr. "Swedes everywhere,” the captain cracked.
...not surprised to see Backman paired with Staal. The tough decision for Renney will be when Mara is healthy. Should be interesting to see who sits.
...another interesting decision Renney is going to have to make is when Prucha and Orr are healthy. I guess this depends on how Sjostrom plays, but my vote would be Sjostrom-Betts-Prucha against speed teams and Orr-Betts-Prucha/Sjostrom (again depending on how Sjostrom plays) against more physical teams.
...Weiman also reports that the other two imports from Phoenix, Josh Gratton and David LeNeveu, are headed to Hartford.
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