{"id":502793,"date":"2026-03-14T09:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502793\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T09:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:23:39","slug":"rangers-youngsters-leaning-on-each-other-as-they-learn-the-ropes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502793\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers youngsters leaning on each other as they learn the ropes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG, Manitoba \u2014 When the Rangers started the 2025-26 season, Noah Laba and Matthew Robertson were the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/06\/sports\/rangers-waste-no-time-with-bonding-trip-and-roster-surprises-in-tow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only first-year players on the Opening Night roster<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to Game No. 65 of 82, they are two of six total rookies who have come through the Blueshirts locker room at one point or another this season \u2014 four of whom were in the lineup for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/12\/sports\/rangers-rip-jets-to-continue-winning-ways-at-worst-possible-time\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday night\u2019s 6-3 win<\/a> over the Jets at Canada Life Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Times have certainly changed since the first month of the season, but the brigade of youngsters has seemingly leaned on one another while navigating both the organization\u2019s transition period and their own individual acclimation to NHL life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely helps,\u201d Jaroslav Chmelar told The Post before competing in the 11th NHL game of his career Thursday. \u201cI played the last couple of games and it\u2019s just like, you\u2019re not going into the unknown. It\u2019s like they help you get into it. And then when you get to know all the guys, it\u2019s just easier. Especially, I\u2019m not the kind of guy to just jump out of a box. I\u2019m a little more quiet and stuff. It definitely helps to open up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG, Manitoba \u2014 When the Rangers started the 2025-26 season, Noah Laba and Matthew Robertson were the only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[5,3328,35,5190,5193,4,36,43,336],"class_list":{"0":"post-502793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-rangers","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkrangers","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-rangers","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-plus"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116226805156187959","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}