The ever-evolving Battle of New York will delightin one more regular-season clash on Saturday before the Rangers and Islanders possibly take their fight to the playoffs for the veryfirst time in 3 years.
Whether or not Matt Rempe is a part of the Rangers playoff lineup — or if the Isles are even their first-round challenger — is still yet to be seen, however all indications at practice on Friday point to the 6-foot-8 ½ forward matching up for at least this highly-anticipated rematch of Tuesday’s videogame on Long Island.
It oughtto come as no surprise that Peter Laviolette would call on Rempe for this videogame, after the Rangers head coach called the Islanders out in his postgame press conference for a couple circumstances he took problem with in his club’s 4-2 loss.
The top of that list being Mika Zibanejad’s open-ice accident with Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech.
Laviolette called it “vicious” and stated he idea it was deliberate, which Isles head coach Patrick Roy and Pelech both emphatically rejected.
“They’re looking for 2 points,” stated Laviolette, who decreased to validate anything about the Rangers lineup. “I warranty and pledge you we’re looking for 2 points, as we were the other night. I understand duetothefactthat of that it might be a great videogame, a competitive, perky videogame.”
With Rempe