Marc Staal Extension; Nash and Rangers Beating Up Metro; Practice Notes; Glass Out
Bantering Points for Monday, January 19, 2015.
The Rangers and Marc Staal finalized a 6 year, $5.7M AAV contract, which includes a 3 year no movement clause and a 3 year modified no trade clause. Many many thoughts on this. Some negative, some positive. I've separated the links a bit for your reading pleasure:
Positive: [Blueseat Blogs] [NY Post - Larry Brooks over the top] [NY Daily News]
Neutral: [USA Today - leaning negative a bit] [The Hockey Writers] [Puck Daddy] [Newsday] [The Hockey Writers]
Negative: [Puck Daddy] [Rangers Unlimited]
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Marc's brothers had a few comments on the deal. [SNY Rangers Blog]
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Rick Nash and the Rangers are going to be a headache for a Metropolitan foe come playoff time. It all depends on who they match up with, but they have a 13-3-1 divisional record right now. [The Hockey News]
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JT Miller returned to the lineup on Sunday. So what does AV really want out of him? I don't really know. Pretty ambiguous stuff but it always appears that AV simply doesn't like dealing with some of the growing pains of a young player, to be honest. [SNY Rangers Blog]
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The Rangers have just one game left before a long break for the All-Star Game. They can't look past a Senators team that, despite losing 5 of 7, has actually been playing better overall hockey since early December and is certainly capable of taking two points. This is a "trap" game. [NY Daily News]
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Tanner Glass has been ruled out of tomorrow's game due to an ongoing upper body injury. [North Jersey Blog] [SNY Rangers Blog]
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A recap of comments from AV after practice today. [SNY Rangers Blog]
A recap of comments from the players after practice today. [Blueshirts United]
