When Sam Rosen called his final Rangers game inside Madison Square Garden on April 17, the longtime broadcaster already knew it would be far from his last time inside the World’s Most Famous Arena.

After finishing a four-game western road trip with their first three-game win streak in nearly a year, the “swagger” head coach Mike Sullivan felt his players earned back through their own “sweat equity” seemingly didn’t accompany them home for Tuesday night’s low-scoring affair.

It feels more likely every day, however, that Brennan Othmann’s time in the Rangers' prospect cupboard is nearing the end.