Jimmy Vesey was scratched for the third straight game and fourth of the last six in the Rangers’ 5-1 defeat against the Kings at the Garden on Saturday and to hear head coach Peter Laviolette talk about it, it’s not about what the veteran has failed to do on the ice.
“Jimmy’s been a very good player, but when somebody is out of the lineup, and you could say the same thing for Jonny [Brodzinski], but Jimmy has been good when he’s been in there, but at this point, I’ve made a decision to go with a different player,” Laviolette said. “At this point, I like what that player is doing on the ice.
“That doesn’t mean that any player who is out of the lineup is necessarily doing something wrong.”
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