It’s been a while since Jack Roslovic has been in this position.
Six years, to be exact, since he played in the second round of the playoffs as a rookie for the Winnipeg Jets — young enough to believe it could be a yearly occurrence.
That Winnipeg side that reached the Western Conference Finals, in retrospect, had a lot of Rangers in its DNA.
Jacob Trouba was there.
So were Blake Wheeler and Roslovic and Andrew Copp, a pivotal part of New York’s run to the Eastern Finals two seasons ago.
Roslovic made it back to the playoffs for the next two seasons with the Jets, but Winnipeg’s only time making it past the first round came after it dealt him to Columbus in a 2021 deal for Pierre-Luc Dubois.
“My four years in Columbus, we never made it,” Roslovic said Saturday before the Rangers faced Carolina to open the second round. “I always tended to look back on my time in Winnipeg, the times we were able to make it, you do so much learning. So much learning about your team, how a team is ran, about myself.
“It’s the preparation for me, I think I’ve noticed more than anything. It’s fun to be here, it’s a great…
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