Bantering Points: 1/16/19
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 6, CAR 2 (4:40 video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: You Can Play night was a smashing success for New York, as Tony DeAngelo scored the first and last goals in a decisive victory over Carolina (CBS)
- Larry Brooks discusses the progress, or lack thereof, of some of the organization’s young players and prospects prior to last night’s game (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson relayed word of an official timeline of 2-3 weeks until Fredrik Claesson is ready to return to the Rangers’ lineup (Newsday)
- Dave Shapiro offers his take on the ongoing issues with Pavel Buchnevich’s usage (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Shapiro also saw that Vitali Kravtsov, K’Andre Miller, and Igor Shestyorkin cracked a list of the top 57 NHL prospects according to Corey Pronman (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Mollie Walker delivers a prospect update, with bits on Shestyorkin, Joey Keane, and Morgan Barron (The Hockey Writers)
- Steve Paulus believes that David Quinn has made it clear that the current roster isn’t one to his liking (Blue Line Station)
- Nicholas Zararis reminisces on the Rick Nash trade and what it meant for the Blueshirts at the time (Blue Line Station)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(4:37) Henrik Lundqvist,(3:35) Ryan Lindgren,(2:12) and Mika Zibanejad (1:24) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- The waiver wire was action-packed yesterday, as the Edmonton Oilers claimed forward Colby Cave from the Boston Bruins, and the Philadelphia Flyers placed forward Dale Weise onto the wire at noon (TSN)
- Adam Gretz pinpoints the Carolina Hurricanes as a team to keep a close eye on as the trade deadline approaches (NBC Sports)
- EvolvingWild uses “Penalty Goals” as a tool in breaking down the statistical impact penalties have on the average game (Hockey Graphs)/