Five Things to Know About the Rangers

Wes Goldstein at CBS Sportsline continues his preview of all 30 NHL teams with five things to know about the Rangers...

Here's one of them...

1. This season could feature a kinder, gentler Tortorella than the one who earned a one-game suspension during the playoffs for throwing a bottle and brandishing a stick at a fan. Tortorella's, er, emotions have gotten the best of him before, including a 1995 incident when he was an assistant coach at Buffalo and earned a three-game suspension for an altercation with a fan who turned out to be an assistant district attorney. Then there was the time in 1997, when Tortorella was head coach for Rochester of the American Hockey League in 1997, that he shoved a fan in the forehead, although that incident did not result in a suspension. Tortorella has also had his fair share of spirited disagreements with media members, so the Rangers had him go through some media training over the summer to reduce the chances of that happening, too. "The biggest area I have to work on this season is the stupidity that happened in the playoff series last year," Tortorella said. "I've got to get to a point where I don't lose control. Emotion is a strength, but it can be a weakness."

The other four things include the Rangers on defense, first line center, Donald Brashear and lack of offense.

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