Bantering Points: 10/30/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Larry Brooks argues that the Rangers should look to begin their sell off sooner rather than later (NY Post)
- Brooks also discussed how the team is trying to work through their mental miscues (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson wrote a similar piece to Brooks’ addressing New York’s mental errors (Newsday)
- Sean Hartnett argues that the Rangers should commit to the youth movement they said they were committing to eight months ago (WFAN)
- Dave Shapiro articulates the changes New York has made to their net-front defensive coverage (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Dominick Renna named the team’s three stars of the week (Elite Sports NY)
- Nicholas Zararis examines whether or not Adam McQuaid can be shipped out for draft picks six weeks after the Rangers traded away two picks to acquire him (Blue Line Station)
- Zararis also pondered what would happen if Henrik Lundqvist would accept a trade out of the Big Apple (Blue Line Station)
- Lastly, Zararis reminisces on Blueshirts of seasons past and which ones would help the team right now (Blue Line Station)
- $hayna Goldman break$ down how the Ranger$ can optimize their defen$ive pairing$ (The Athletic)
- Prospect Report: K’Andre Miller, Nils Lundkvist, and Adam Huska have been named the organization’s three stars of the week among prospects (Official Team Site)
- Media Availability: Vladislav Namestnikov (2:19) and David Quinn (2:51) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Adam Gretz talks about why the Arizona Coyotes should be taken seriously (NBC Sports)
- Ryan Dixon sees how some of the league’s new faces in new places are performing (Sportsnet)
- Ottawa Senators’ defenseman Mark Borowiecki has been suspended three games after delivering an illegal headshot in his first game back from a previous suspension (TSN)/