Rangers head coach John Tortorella will tell you straight out that when the Rangers and Calgary Flames made a trade this past Feb. 2 he knew little about one of the players acquired by the Blueshirts. But by the end of the season only two short months later, Tortorella was singing the praises of rugged forward Brandon Prust, who was picked up from Calgary in that pre-trade deadline deal along with center Olli Jokinen in exchange for wingers Christopher Higgins and Ales Kotalik. “I’m going to be honest with you, I knew nothing about Prust when we got him except that he was a tough kid who was willing to fight,” said Tortorella. “But that was a great deal for us because when he got here he began to change our locker room with his personality, and he played great for us down the stretch.” http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=527346
