Rangers Brennan Othmann has another chance to prove NHL worth

CALGARY, Alberta — All signs point to Brennan Othmann making his season debut with the Rangers on Sunday night against the Flames.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.

It’s 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.“It’s definitely a little disappointing, wasn’t really expecting it to be honest,” Othmann said of his early demotion Saturday after practice at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

“You 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’m still happy with my game and happy with where I’m at.Obviously, there’s still more that I can do and more that can be done.“Just move forward each day and take what I’m 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.”Over four years into Othmann’s tenure in the Rangers system, both sides are still trying to figure out if it’s a good fit.This could be a make-or-break moment for Othmann as it pertains to his future with the club.There were conversations between Othmann and “different people in the organization,” he said, about how to get back up to the NHL level as quickly as he could.Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported earlier this month that the No.

16 pick in the 2021 draft was drawing interest around the NHL.There appears to be growing belief that a change of scenery would be beneficial for Othmann, who hasn’t been able to gain any sort of traction in his game at the NHL level through the 25 total games he’s played over the previ...