An influx of injuries has steadily revealed the way the Rangers perceive their depth chart, as well as provided insight into how the organization plans to handle certain prospects.

It was telling that it was Connor Mackey, in wake of a season-ending injury to Ben Harpur and Mac Hollowell’s illness during Adam Fox’s long-term injured reserve stint, who got the call over, say, Matthew Robertson.

The same can be said about Jonny Brodzinski and Anton Blidh, two forwards who have both been recalled to help fill in for Filip Chytil (long-term injured reserve), Kaapo Kakko (LTIR) and the unidentified forward (banged up) who was a game-time decision and ultimately played in the Rangers’ 6-5 win over the Sharks on Sunday.

That brings us to Brennan Othmann and why he hasn’t been given a look with the team’s forward group depleted. My answer is to ask again in a few months.