Bantering Points: 2/8/17

For the third game in a row, the Rangers earned two points, this time by knocking off the Anaheim Ducks by a 4-1 margin. With New York continuing it's steep climb out of a Wild Card spot and into the Metropolitan Division's top three, the team will continue it's playoff chase tomorrow night against the Nashville Predators. Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 4, ANA 1 (4:24 Video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: A vintage performance from Henrik Lundqvist and timely scoring as enough for New York to squeeze by Anaheim (CBS)
• Larry Brooks states why the Rangers shouldn't be a trigger happy team at the trade deadline (NY Post)
• Steve Zipay gives his takeaways from last night's game, including the fact that it was Alain Vigneault's 600th NHL win (Newsday)
• Scott Charles offers his thoughts on the Rangers' 4-1 victory at Madison Square Garden (Blueshirt Bulletin)
• Dave Shapiro examines who New York can use as trade bait leading up to this month's trade deadline (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Josh Khalfin speculates if Alain Vigneault should keep Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller on a line together (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Brandon Cohen suggests the Edmonton Oilers as easy marks for Jeff Gorton to make a deal with (Blue Line Station)
• David Bruce dives into how the Rangers have become one of the NHL's least penalized teams, and why that trend will continue (Blue Line Station)
• Postgame Notes: J.T. Miller's two assist night set a new career high for him, as he's now earned assists in four consecutive games (Official Team Site)
• Postgame Interviews: Alain Vigneault,(4:15) J.T. Miller,(1:14) Henrik Lundqvist,(2:51) Ryan McDonagh,(1:29) and Michael Grabner (1:40) (Official Team Site)
• He hit the ice in seventeen games as a Blueshirt during the 2001-2002 season, and is the only player to play for both the Rangers and Islanders in the same season. Yesterday's player in the picture was.....Daren Van Impe (Wikipedia)/

Around the NHL:

• Gary Lawless details why the Vegas Golden Knights should pull out all the stops to hire former Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien as the franchise's first head coach (TSN)
• Josh Cooper passes along video of the Champions Hockey League championship, won by Joel Lundqvist and his Frolunda HC teammates (Puck Daddy)
• Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 30 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Jared Clinton lists five potential destinations for Claude Julien to land (The Hockey News)/

Do you know who the Ranger in the picture is?