Kevin Shattenkirk knows the Rangers pressure is going to hit

It didn't come with the first practice, it didn't come with the first preseason game, and it won't come until the games start to mean something. But eventually, Kevin Shattenkirk is planning on feeling that hometown pressure, the pressure he signed up for this summer when he took a deal below market value to sign with the Rangers, the team he grew up rooting for as a kid in New Rochelle.

Kevin Shattenkirk Traded to Capitals; Blues Receive Zach Sanford, Draft Picks

... into the league with the Colorado Avalanche in 2010-11, but stagnant contract talks forced St. Louis' hand. The New Rochelle, New York, native is in the final year of his contract at $5.2 million, according to Spotrac.com , and he is in line for a ...