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Mats Zuccarello, who played 52 games for the Rangers over the past two seasons, is currently in the KHL.

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The Rangers, perhaps looking for depth at forward with all the young players currently on the roster, could consider bringing back a known quantity: right wing Mats Zuccarello.

That's what Glen Sather told The Post's Larry Brooks. "I'm definitely interested in talking to Zuke. I've always liked him as a player. We'll see what happens."

Zuccarello is currently playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL, where he had 11 goals and 28 points in 44 regular season games. As Brooks pointed out, the Rangers could bring him back by giving him a contract offer for next season that would make him want to leave the KHL after this year. "The [KHL] contract contains an NHL out-clause after one season, giving the winger an option agent Don Meehan told The Post his client would be willing to explore," Brooks wrote.

When Zuccarello last put on a Rangers sweater, he had two goals and an assist in 10 games last season. He fractured his wrist in March when the Sabres' Jordan Leopold hit him with a puck.

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• As we wrote last night, Rangers players were encouraged by their effort in the third period despite the loss to the Jets. "Hopefully, we are going to get some progress from the third period, some confidence. We know we have a good group out there," Marian Gaborik said, via Newsday's Steve Zipay.

• Brandon Mashinter and Chris Kreider didn't play at all in the third period last night. "Chris and Mash, there is a bit of a struggle there a couple of times, but this is what happens when you have some injuries. ... You have the kids. You get really worried that you put them in a spot they are just not ready for yet," Tortorella said, according to The New York Times' Jeff Klein.