Bantering Points: 10/8/23
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
Larry Brooks credits Will Cuylle for making the most of his long shot opportunity in training camp and earning a spot on the opening night roster (NY Post)
Peter Botte heard from Peter Laviolette about the work Cuylle did throughout preseason in order to force his way onto the roster (NY Post)
Colin Stephenson points to the rough showings on special teams during New York’s last two exhibition contests as to why the team spent more practice time than usual working on those aspects (Newsday)
Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from yet another day of training camp (LoHud)
Lucas Standel discusses the positives and negatives that emerged from the Blueshirts’ preseason performance (The Hockey Writers)
Around the NHL:
The Minnesota Wild agreed to a three year, $12 million contract with forward Ryan Hartman (TSN)
The Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to a one year, $775,000 contract with forward Colin White, who had been in training camp on a PTO (Sportsnet)
Ryan Clark details why the Colorado Avalanche could be the perfect spot for the once highly touted Jonathan Drouin to get his career back on track (ESPN)