Bantering Points: 11/20/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 2, DAL 1 (4:02 video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: Filip Chytil’s 4th goal in as many games propelled New York beyond the Stars (CBS)
- Brett Cyrgalis discusses how Ryan Strome’s has already had a smooth transition to the Rangers (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson catches up with various tidbits surrounding New York, including a scoring change from the Islanders’ game (Newsday)
- Pat Keogh examines the dilemmas surrounding the team’s current allocation of ice time (Blue Seat Blogs)
- David Bruce argues that the time is now for Tim Gettinger to make his NHL debut (Blue Line Station)
- Nicholas Zararis notes that the floodgates have finally opened for Filip Chytil (Blue Line Station)
- Dominick Renna named the team’s three stars of the past week (Elite Sports NY)
- Jess Rubenstein delivers a prospect update, with bits on Riley Hughes and Nico Gross (Blueshirt Bulletin)
- Prospect Report: Riley Hughes, Tyler Wall, and Morgan Barron have been named the organization’s three stars of the week among prospects (Official Team Site)
- Postgame Notes: 24 faceoff wins, 25 hits, and 18 blocked shots on the night meant that regardless of the game’s outcome, the Rangers gave 110% (Official Team Site)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(6:05) Henrik Lundqvist,(4:13) Filip Chytil,(1:14) and Mika Zibanejad (1:20) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- James O’Brien relays word that the St. Louis Blues have relieved Mike Yeo of his head coaching duties and named Craig Berube interim head coach (NBC Sports)
- Two significant delays, twelve goals, and a video tribute for a player who ostracized his former team’s franchise pillar were the highlights of the night in Ottawa, where the Senators fell to the Florida Panthers by a score of 7-5 (Sportsnet)
- The Senators are moving towards a long term extension with forward Matt Duchene, as per Bob McKenzie (TSN)/