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Quotes: Why Dane Byers Was Called Up

by Adam Rotter on October 31st, 2009 at 8:00 am

With Christopher Higgins and Sean Avery out of the line-up last night, the Rangers called up Dane Byers from Hartford.

P.A. Parenteau was called up earlier in the week to replace Marian Gaborik and both were called up instead of prospect Evgeny Grachev.

John Tortorella says that was the call of the people in Hartford:

“That’s the call we got from the coaches down there,” Rangers coach John Tortorella said.

Tortorella admitted, to Andrew Gross, that he was a little unfamiliar with Byers:

“I haven’t seen enough of him to be fair one way or another in terms of impressions,” Tortorella said. “I’ve heard a lot about him. It’s not fair to assess someone, good or bad. We’ll certainly get a chance to assess him tonight.

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