This game naturally carried a little extra meaning for Quick, who thought he was going to retire a King before the organization traded him to Columbus prior to last season's trade deadline. It was his first time facing the team he helped bring two Stanley Cups to, and that's a significant moment in any NHL player's career. Coming off a down year split between Los Angeles and Vegas, who acquired him from the Blue Jackets and used him as a third-stringer en route to hoisting the Stanley Cup last season, Quick took some time to adjust to playing behind the Rangers in the preseason.
Igor Shesterkin is obviously still the Rangers' No. 1 goaltender, but those big-time saves have evaded him in his last few games. Giving up 10 goals on 64 shots in the past two games, Shesterkin has been left out to dry at times by the Rangers in front of him. The notion that the Rangers play differently in front of the two netminders is a proposed trait of this team that dates back to the Henrik Lundqvist days.
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