NEW YORK — Tom Wilson was Public Enemy No. 1 in the Rangers universe for two days, and by the time the puck dropped for Wednesday’s game against the Washington Capitals, after the Rangers had shockingly fired president John Davidson and GM Jeff Gorton before the game, he seemed to be an afterthought.
He was not.
In the Rangers’ final home game of the season, a nationally televised rematch against the Capitals at Madison Square Garden that the Capitals won, 4-2, the Rangers let Wilson and the Capitals know exactly what they thought of the Washington forward’s assault on Artemi Panarin in Monday’s game that had ended Panarin’s season.
