{"id":241403,"date":"2025-10-26T05:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T05:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/241403\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T05:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T05:57:10","slug":"rangers-brennan-othmann-has-another-shot-to-prove-nhl-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/241403\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers’ Brennan Othmann has another shot to prove NHL worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

CALGARY, Alberta \u2014 All signs point to Brennan Othmann making his season debut with the Rangers on Sunday night against the Flames.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a prime opportunity for the 22-year-old wing, who was cut from Rangers training camp earlier than years past and sent to AHL Hartford following a subpar preseason performance. Despite that, Othmann was still the first forward prospect recalled with Matt Rempe unable to make the road trip due to an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a little disappointing, wasn\u2019t really expecting it to be honest,\u201d Othmann said of his early demotion Saturday after practice at the Scotiabank Saddledome. \u201cYou kind of just take that and you still use that as motivation. Still a young player and still a player that has got some potential. I\u2019m still happy with my game and happy with where I\u2019m at. Obviously, there\u2019s still more that I can do and more that can be done.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust move forward each day and take what I\u2019m told and use that in games, practices, extra work in the gym, outside of the gym. Kind of just use that in daily life as motivation in a sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CalenCalen Addison checks Brennan Othmann during the third period of the Rangers\u2019 preseason win over the Devils on Sept. 21, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Over four years into Othmann\u2019s tenure in the Rangers system, both sides are still trying to figure out if it\u2019s a good fit. <\/p>\n

This could be a make-or-break moment for Othmann as it pertains to his future with the club.<\/p>\n

There were conversations between Othmann and \u201cdifferent people in the organization,\u201d he said, about how to get back up to the NHL level as quickly as he could.<\/p>\n

Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman reported earlier this month that the No. 16 pick in the 2021 draft was drawing interest around the NHL. <\/p>\n

There appears to be growing belief that a change of scenery would be beneficial for Othmann, who hasn\u2019t been able to gain any sort of traction in his game at the NHL level through the 25 total games he\u2019s played over the previous two seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t really focus really on that stuff,\u201d he said of the trade rumors. \u201cThat stuff\u2019s really all online. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s true. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s false. I\u2019ve just been super focused with Hartford and trying to get back up here. It\u2019s no secret, a couple of the guys in Hartford were asking me and telling me about it. But I honestly was just playing hockey and taking each day, day by day, and keep moving forward and focusing on getting back here and playing at the NHL level at some point this year. I think I did a good job with it and just going to keep moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrennanBrennan Othmann skates during Rangers training camp on Sept. 10, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Othmann got the call from Rangers assistant general manager Ryan Martin as he was getting into bed Thursday night. Realizing it was going to be a longer trip, the Ontario native said he started to pack that night before he left to catch the team\u2019s charter at 1 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lining up on the right wing of the Rangers third line in practice on Saturday, Othmann is projected to skate alongside Noah Laba and Will Cuylle on Sunday. He also took reps on the Rangers second power-play unit next to Cuylle, Braden Schneider, Conor Sheary and Taylor Raddysh.<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been the strongest of starts for the 1-4 Wolf Pack as a whole. At the time of his recall, Othmann had just one assist through four games.<\/p>\n

This call-up, however, carries a little more meaning to it than just performance based. It\u2019s up to Othmann to make the most of it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think we\u2019re looking for guys to step in and help us win games,\u201d head coach Mike Sullivan said. \u201cWhether it be helping us offensively or being diligent defensively. Otter and I have had a number of conversations since before training camp started to where we are right now and what the expectations are and how we think he could potentially carve a role on this team. I think he has an offensive side to him. I think that his opportunity is just in his attention to detail with respect to play away from the puck and just reliability and knowing your job and doing your job.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s an important element, I think, in making the jump from the American League to the National League. He\u2019s going to get an opportunity here and we\u2019ll see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY, Alberta \u2014 All signs point to Brennan Othmann making his season debut with the Rangers on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,93124,3617,575,85],"class_list":["post-241403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brennan-othmann","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}