Former Golden Knights star injured in preseason game

New York Rangers guardant Ryan Reaves was helped disconnected the crystal aft suffering an evident near limb wounded during a preseason crippled against the Devils connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Madison Square Garden.

The limb of the fashionable erstwhile Golden Knights winger bent awkwardly arsenic helium got tangled up with Devils defenseman PK Subban midway done the archetypal period.

Rangers manager Gerard Gallant said aft the crippled helium didn’t deliberation the wounded was serious. He designated Reaves arsenic day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Reaves, 34, was traded to the Rangers successful July for a third-round draught pick. He was acquired by the Knights precocious successful the inaugural play to bolster the lineup up of the playoffs and past spent the adjacent 3 afloat seasons with the team, rapidly endearing himself to the fans with his carnal play and affable personality.

Gallant, who besides coached Reaves with the Knights, said helium didn’t deliberation Subban’s deed was peculiarly dirty.

Rangers halfway Mika Zibanejad wasn’t arsenic diplomatic.

“I don’t cognize if (Subban) had the fullest intent of doing that and hurting him. Still, it’s not the champion play he’s made,” helium said. “I can’t talk for what his thought process was going into that corner, but it wasn’t pretty.”

The Rangers won the game, 6-2.

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