The New York Rangers were playing some stellar hockey coming out of the All-Star break to move into playoff contention. After four months away during the NHL's stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic, team president John Davidson liked what he saw in their first practice back.

"I feel strong about the way we played at the time of the pause, and after what I saw today ... I feel really good about things," Davidson said Monday on a video conference call with reporters.

"I'm very proud of our group. Not just the players, but the training staff, the doctors, everybody involved. .... We've been going at this for eight weeks, 10 weeks. We've had Zoom calls, we've talked about the virus itself and how you can protect yourself, the players, the coaches, the staff, everybody has paid attention to it."