Brennan Othmann calls out Rangers for egregious tactics that led to shocking split

CALGARY, Alberta – Eight months after Brennan Othmann’s disappointing Rangers tenure ended, the former 2021 first-round pick claimed he didn’t get “a fair leash” in New York, called his lack of playing time last season “egregious” and highlighted his new support system with the Flames. Speaking to two New York reporters before Othmann and the Flames took on the Rangers, the 23-year-old – who has strong convictions about why it didn’t work out with the team who drafted him 16th overall – revealed that his departure from the Blueshirts was a mutual decision.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.It was a discussion that occurred just a couple weeks after training camp last season, when Othmann was cut and sent to the Rangers’ AHL affiliate in Hartford much earlier than expected. The fit was never quite right for a Blueshirts team that needed top-six production and a player who required more patience.When reflecting on how his 42 games over parts of three seasons in New York unfolded, however, Othmann has some convictions about why it didn’t work out. “I thought that some got more of a leash than I did, and I was still a very good player,” Othmann said before returning to the Flames’ lineup from an upper-body injury just in time to face his former team Wednesday night at Scotiabank Saddledome. “I still produced in Hartford very well.

I felt like when I came up [to New York], I just never got a fair leash.I felt like others did, and I just wanted that opportunity somewhere else.

Calgary has been giving me that since I’ve got here.”Of the 42 games he played for the Rangers, Othmann started just seven skating in the top six.The Rangers had a logjam of top-six forwards at the time, but were also looking for one of the youngsters to seize a bigger role when given the opportunity. Othmann made his NHL debut on the Rangers...