NYR vs NJD: Mike Sullivan Postgame Media Availability | Oct. 2, 2025

Tenny was there an issue with him playing that? No. Um I told you guys he’s dayto-day. We’re going to air on the side of caution with both him and JT and um that’s where their status is right now. Just general thoughts on tonight. Um, I thought there was some really positive things to build on and I think there’s a lot of room for or opportunity for us to improve and get better. You know, that was as close to an NHL lineup as we’ve seen to this point. We had a fairly strong lineup in also. Um, you know, I thought there were moments in the game where, you know, we were we were dictating the terms, so to speak. There were moments when we were on our heels. Um, but I thought uh I I thought there were a lot of positive things that we can build on. Mike, with with the trip coming up, do you do you want to get it down to the roster before you go on this trip for Boston or do you think you want to see the last preseason game before you make some of those decisions? Um, you know, ideally we’d like to get a little bit closer to uh to the roster and um you know, we’ll obviously I’ll talk with with Chris tonight, tomorrow morning, and put a game plan together for that. Um then we’ll then we’ll go from there. Uh, you know, we’re trying to give some of these guys as as long looks as we can to give them every opportunity to um to play uh so that we can get more more and more familiar with their games uh and potentially where they’re at and how they might fit uh within the roster right now. So, we’re trying to give some of these guys as long long a looks as possible. And so, um that’s part of it also. So, we’ll I’ll talk to Chris and we’ll we’ll make decisions accordingly on on how to trim the roster from this point on, but obviously there’s there’s only a few days left before uh before we get down to the final roster and um you know, we’ll figure out where we are healthwise over the next couple of days and that I’m sure will be part of it. Also, Vincent Church was mixing it up a little bit. He’s kind of got a little bit of that in him. How much do you I guess want to see that in his game and and think that it’s a a beneficial part of his game? I think it’s a huge part of his game. You know, he’s at his best when he’s when he’s in the middle of it. And so, you know, it’s I think it’s that’s the type of player that he is. He’s a fierce competitor and, you know, he wears his emotions right on his sleeve. um he plays a game with a lot of courage and and to a certain extent, you know, that type of emotion is a big part of the leadership that he brings. And so, um I think he’s at his best when he’s when he’s playing that type of a game.

New York Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan speaks with the media following the team’s preseason loss to the New Jersey Devils on October 2, 2025.

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7 comments

  5. “We’re trying to give these guys as long as look as we can. To give them every opportunity to play”

    Nope. No you’re not. Laba Perreault Berard AHL. Pars, Sheary, Raddysh NHL.

    Simply bc of age and contract. Unserious organization.

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