Brennan Othmann isnt letting rookie struggles obscure his larger aims

Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.It’s been impossible for Brennan Othmann to ignore the fact that he is still searching for his first point 14 games into his NHL career. For a player who has never really had issues scoring, it’s naturally been in the back of his mind every now and then.

His Rangers teammates jokingly saying to him, “It’s a good night for your first,” ahead of certain games has also served as a steady reminder — even if it’s all in good fun. Even though Othmann wasn’t able to notch that first point over an 11-game run in the Rangers lineup — which came to an end Tuesday night as he served as a healthy scratch against the Flames — the 22-year-old rookie is trying to focus on what’s really important.“For me, I hold myself to a high standard and I’m just disappointed in myself that I haven’t been able to produce much,” Othmann said after doing his first bag skate with the Rangers extras since getting recalled on Feb.24. “At the end of the day, that’s not really what it’s about right now.

It’s about just building Lavi’s trust, and building the coaching staff’s trust.Being in the lineup every day and trying to be in the lineup every day.

Once that happens and once you kind of establish that you’re there every day, then you can worry about scoring and all that stuff.At this point, I just kind of want to worry about playing.

Just getting around the net more, having more confidence with the puck.I think that’s just my biggest thing. “What I want to be doing more is having the puck on my stick more and being more confident with it.

I know when I have the puck, I make good plays with it and I find the open lanes and open guys and get the puck to the net.But I think just having the puck on my stick more and being a little more patient with it.” After a three-game cameo last season, Othmann d...