Brett Howden was standing in the Seventh Avenue plaza of the Garden, taking some time on Monday to greet a crowd of Rangers fans who had come down to the box office for 2018-19 tickets. To look at him, you'd think he was so excited for Thursday's game that he might have hopped in line to buy a ticket himself.
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He almost had to be reminded that when the Rangers play host to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night, Howden will be in the lineup, making his National Hockey League debut on Opening Night at Madison Square Garden.
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