Bantering Points: 12/24/16
News and Notes for Saturday, December 24th, 2016
The Rangers got blown out by the Minnesota Wild in their final game before the Christmas break last night. Fortunately, the team doesn't play again until next Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators, so New York will have enough time to regroup. Here are today's news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: MIN 7, NYR 4 (Video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: Henrik Lundqvist chased as Minnesota opened the floodgates during the a five-goal second period (CBS)
- Brett Cyrgalis reveals that Mika Zibanejad has made a large step forward as he recovers from a broken fibula (NY Post)
- Dave Shapiro airs his Rangers related grievances (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Alexandra Russo believes that Derek Stepan will bounce back from his "slow" start (Blue Line Station)
- Tom Urtz Jr. calls out Alain Vigneault for his selective accountability among players (Blueshirt Bulletin)
- Postgame Interviews: Alain Vigneault, (1:55) Ryan McDonagh, (2:01) and Henrik Lundqvist (2:38) (Official Team Site)
- He played four games for New York in the latter stages of the 2003-2004 season. Yesterday's player in the picture was.....Jamie McLennan (Wikipedia)/
Around the NHL:
- Chris Johnston discusses how the Toronto Maple Leafs embraced Auston Matthews' homecoming to Arizona (Sportsnet)
- Josh Cooper lists the top 10 jersey fouls in hockey from 2016 (Puck Daddy)
- Mike Halford reports that former NHLer Steve Downie went on a rant against Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett and how he runs the organization (NBC Sports)/
