Matthew Robertson’s Rangers moment is six years in the making: ‘Have your doubts’

SUNRISE, Fla. — To put Matthew Robertson’s anticipated NHL debut Monday night in perspective, all it takes is one look at the Rangers draft class the 24-year-old was a part of.

Of the eight selections the organization made in 2019, two will have been with the Rangers all of this season and another was through Dec. 18.

That would be the highest of their picks that year, Kaapo Kakko at the second overall, who started and finished his six-year New York tenure before Robertson even cracked the lineup. 

Zac Jones, drafted after Robertson (49th overall) in the third round, has been in and out of the Rangers defense the last five seasons. 

Even Adam Edstrom, who was a sixth-rounder taken at No. 161, made his NHL debut last year and probably would’ve enjoyed his first full 82-game campaign if not for the season-ending lower-body injury he sustained on Feb 1.