Mike Sullivan provides a harsh assessment of Scott Morrow as he's scratched from the Rangers lineup

I asked Sullivan for his evaluation of Morrow after he appeared in 6 of the last 7 games, to which he said, "There's been some good, and then there's been moments where we'd like to see growth."

On the good side: "We like his ability to move the puck. We think he sees it pretty well. He's pretty good along that offensive blue line. He has an ability to get shots through. He's good at finding sticks. An example of that would have been J.T.'s slot tip in the Chicago game. Really good look, good vision, good awareness along the blue line by Scotty. He changes his angle to open up that opportunity to create that play. That's what we've liked about his game."

But Sullivan also rattled off a bunch of areas where the young D-man needs to improve, which I think tells you why the #NYR aren't comfortable expanding his role yet: "Making decisions with conviction and having good reads, getting inside the dots when he's coming off the offensive blue line and defending the rush aggressively, his play at the net front in our own end, killing plays in the D-zone (and) in the corners, just closing, taking away time and space, going stick-to-puck, when to have one hand on your stick or two hands on your stick.",