Bantering Points: 11/13/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Ranger News:
- Highlights: NYR 2, VAN 1 (4:06 video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: Goals from Brett Howden and Filip Chytil propelled New York into 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division (NY Daily News)
- Greg Joyce writes that Pavel Buchnevich’s broken thumb comes at an inopportune time for the Russian winger (NY Post)
- Joyce also heard from Lias Andersson about his feelings on fellow Swede Elias Pettersson’s emergence into NHL stardom (NY Post)
- Dave Shapiro offers his take on the debate concerning Neal Pionk and Tony DeAngelo (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Dominick Renna names New York’s three stars of the week (Elite Sports NY)
- Frank Curto argues that there should be more clarity regarding Kevin Hayes’ current place in the organization (Elite Sports NY)
- David Bruce relays word on the Rangers’ prospects currently plying their trade in the world’s insurance capital (Blue Line Station)
- Nicholas Zararis ponders if New York can out run their struggles in the shot attempt battle long enough to succeed (Blue Line Station)
- Vitali Kravstov, Morgan Barron, and Tim Gettinger were the organization’s three stars of the week among prospects (Official Team Site)
- Postgame Notes: For the 14th time this season, David Quinn’s squad blocked 15+ shots and landed 20+ hits (Official Team Site)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(5:21) Henrik Lundqvist,(4:24) Filip Chytil,(3:23) and Brett Howden (1:09) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- The league has officially reached a settlement of $18.9 million with a group of former players suing the league over their handling of concussions (NBC Sports)
- Isabelle Khurshudyan dives into how video games like Fortnite have made the generational gap in certain NHL locker rooms wider than ever before (Washington Post)
- Renovations to Seattle’s KeyArena are a work in progress, and the potential NHL ownership group in Seattle remains confident in the projected start date of October 2020 (Sportsnet)
- With the 2018 class of Hockey Hall of Fame inductees officially enshrined, it’s time to look ahead to the 2019 class (TSN)/