Matt Rempe is not the first of his "Sideshow Charlie" kind in Rangers history. Over the years, off-the-wall characters such as the comical defenseman Jean Pusie and other off-the-wall eccentrics have worn the blueshirt. Some for a season and some for just one night.

The Rangers sent Matt Rempe to Hartford for a couple of AHL games under the guise of believing it was the most beneficial thing for the 6-foot-8 ½ forward at that moment in time. And yet, four days later,

Matt Rempe returned to the New York Rangers lineup on Tuesday night and his comeback from a brief stint in the AHL was anything but ordinary. Called back up from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack after spending the weekend in the minors,