Mary Ann doesn't skate on first day of practice.

Rangers fans should get used to this, it is going to be a reoccurring theme with prima donna Marian Gaborik. Wild fans seen this song before and know the words quite well. Good luck with your new teams and I give it a week or two before Marry Ann is on the IR.

Gaborik does not skate --- Marian Gaborik went through the medical testing today but did not participate in the sprint tests. Gaborik has taken part in some of the Rangers' informal skates but John Tortorella said he was held out of today's testing as a precaution.

"We just want to be careful, he's a little tender," Tortorella said. "He was skating the other today, he's just a little sore from that. We don't want to do anything stupid."

Gaborik already was not going to participate in tonight's three-mile run as the Rangers try to be smart with the injury-prone Gaborik, who played just 17 games last season due to hip surgery before signing a five-year, $37.5 million deal to come to the Rangers from Minnesota.

It would obviously be bad news, then, if Gaborik is hurting already to start the season. But it's too early to issue any dire warnings. Tortorella said Friday the Rangers will be in close contact with Gaborik's doctor to make sure he's given every chance to remain healthy. [Ranger Rants]