New York Rangers News and Notes: Bantering Points
by Bryan Winters on Aug 11, 2011 6:00 AM EDT
in Bantering Around
Email
Print
Here's our second edition of Bantering Points. We hope you enjoy your daily Rangers and NHL related articles!
- James over at Blue Line Station points out that Artem Anisimov could very well surpass the 60 point mark. Majority of Anisimov's points were produced on a line with Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky.
- NHL.com caught up with Rangers 2011 first-round pick, J.T. Miller, about his decision to play for the Plymouth Whalers. Miller states that him and his family believe the OHL is the fastest way of getting to the NHL. He passed up a scholarship to the University of North Dakota to sign with the Whalers.
- As we posted yesterday in our Bantering Points, the Rangers captaincy race became much tighter. Michael Gleich over at Bleeding All Blue, wonders if Brad RichardsJohn Tortorella's leading candidate for the next Rangers captain.
- Everyone remembers the night when Zdeno Chara knocked Max Pacioretty into the stanchion. But not many people knew that Montreal police were conducting an investigation on Chara. Early Wednesday, Montreal police submitted their investigation to criminal prosecutors.
- Kevin has taken the time to analyze what impact the World Junior Championships may have on Christian Thomas. This could be a very productive year for Thomas, and could really improve his chances even more with the Rangers brass.
- With the release of NHL 12 right about the corner, we at Blueshirt Banter have something exciting in place for our readers. Nothing will officially be released as of now, but stay tuned for an official announcement in the coming week.
With our second edition of Bantering Points complete, we are curious as to how our readers feel about it. Join us after the jump for a fan poll.
Fan poll:
33 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
To every one here on the Banter...
I love this site, and you guys are all awesome! Today is my birthday; but one of the best gifts I ever got was a site like this to enjoy my Rangers fandom, and share knowledge of hockey and laugh at life.
You guys are the best…Joe, Jim, George, Gabby, Earthworm and all…
Thank you…and Let’s Go Rangers!!
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
happy birthday man!
Blueshirt Banter: Covering the New York Rangers the only NHL team with three home arenas.
"We can trade Lisin for a gun, then hold it to Drury’s head and make him waive the no-movement clause" - XLII
"Tortorelli sounds like a kind of pasta… an unforgiving, stubborn, chewy, flavorless pasta that demands ‘jam’ from other pastas." - Dig Deep
by Joe Fortunato on Aug 11, 2011 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks, Joe!
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
Harry Bday!!!
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Enjoy the day, my friend.
"To everybody else we're underdogs, but we go in thinking we can handle any team in the NHL."
Brandon Prust, #8, New York Rangers
Thank you very much.
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
I keep hearing Sept. 20.
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
Even better!
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
Demo has been confirmed on August 23rd.
by Bryan Winters on Aug 11, 2011 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m heading to Gamestop to reserve it. Love the details, and can’t wait to make King fight Brodeur. That should be awesome!
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
Sept. 13th, with a demo probably around August 15th or so.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
The demo
is most likely out on the 16th. EA normally does their updates and demo release’s on Tuesday’s. It was released on the 17th last year, which was a Tuesday as well.
by Bryan Winters on Aug 11, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Good call. Well my estimate was pretty damn close.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
it's official
my prior rant about ticket price increases notwithstanding, i’ll be attending my ninth straight home opener, and tenth in eleven years (only missed the 2001 opener for personal reasons)
section 329 baby! looking forward to seeing the renovation work so far
@joereiter
"You can be a lion maybe once in your life. If you don't make this deal, you're a
mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
"Nobody knows anything" - William Goldman
SO, Montreal police….
over-reacting? just a bit? blehhh..
I can’t wait to play NHL12 with you guys. NO GLITCH GOALING ALLOWED.
Oh and I like the bantering points feature. Sums everything up pretty effectively. Keep it up Joe!
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Artem Anisimov could very well surpass the 60 point mark
This requires an article? This requires analysis? Of course he can. He improved from 28 points as a 21 year old to 44 points as a 22 year old. Why shouldn’t he be able to improve another 16 points as a 23 year old. If the 60 point mark were out of reach for him, the Rangers have seriously overrated him. That doesn’t mean he will necessarily surpass 60 points next season. Just that it is silly to waste ink or electrons writing that it is possible.
If his bond with Callahan continues (and Cally's health)...
he should get close to 70 points this season. They are my pick for “dynamic duo” this year, and I can see them scoring 130-140 points together. With Dubinsky, they should score 200 points together.
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
Can I take the under on us having five 60 point players? (because a healthy Richards and Gaborik are solid bets for 60+)
Blueshirt Banter - Where Rangers' Fans Matter
Tracking the Rangers - Numbers don't lie. They just don't agree with you.
Twitter: RangerSmurf
by George E. Ays on Aug 12, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Go ahead and take the under…
I’m going over. Those three put up 146 points together playing 77 (Dubi), 60 (Cally) and 82 (AA) games last season. They didn’t start together like they will this season.
I’ll go you one better: let’s say Stepan wings with Richards and Gaborik. I say you’ll get (6) 60+point scorers on this team.
Prediction: Stepan (61), Richards (85), Gaborik (82), Dubinsky (70), Anisimov (68), Callahan (75). Look, I’m bold enough to believe they can do it. You don’t have to meet the risk…I’m willing to go out on this limb.
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
That’s not even a limb, that’s a cliff.
The only team to pull that off post-lockout was the 06-07 Sabres (although the Red Wings and Caps have had 6+ guys in the 55+ range). Those teams scored 295-310 goals and were in the 115-120 point range. We scored 224 last year with 93 points.
That’s one hell of an improvement you’re thinking we’re going to experience.
Blueshirt Banter - Where Rangers' Fans Matter
Tracking the Rangers - Numbers don't lie. They just don't agree with you.
Twitter: RangerSmurf
by George E. Ays on Aug 12, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m with you on this one.
I can see Richards Gabby getting 80 each, Dubi/Cally/AA getting around 55-60, and Stepan getting 45-50.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
If it’s a cliff, then call me Wyle E. Coyote.
Hey, stranger things have happened. This is an unusual team. We should have made the playoffs two years ago…didn’t. We looked dead with so many injured players and no true #1 center…made it! This team gives us fans lots of reasons to believe.
So this is mine.
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
by Danz10 on Aug 13, 2011 7:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We should start a BB NHL 2012 league...
with standings and all put on here, could be fun if we made the teams random or something (maybe a draft!?)
I have PS3 and Xbox, but i think I’ll be buying it on PS3 most likely
I’m in for xbox.
And please, no one glitch goal. I’ll lose respect for you.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Mine is for PS3, too.
"The winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award is Number Eight, Brandon Prust!"--Ofc. Colin McDonald, NYPD, April 7, 2011
"Charlie Harper died in a 'Meat' explosion." Rose, of Two and a Half Men, September 19, 2011
"I'm a doctor, not a barber, Jim." Dr. McCoy to Captain Kirk
So when the police present a case to the DA......
they generally beleive that they have enough for an indictment……..so this means they ARE bringing Chara up on charges? Only in Montreal. Avery was right….fucking Frog Canadians
Absolute Worst Ranger Fan!!!!!!....yet incredibly realistic and usually correct.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Blueshirt Banter
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recent FanPosts
Rangers Schedule
Next 5 Games
New Jersey
|
Sun 05/27 | TBA |
Last 5 Games
|
@
New Jersey
|
Fri 05/25 | OT - L 2 - 3 |
|
New Jersey
|
Wed 05/23 | L 3 - 5 |
|
@
New Jersey
|
Mon 05/21 | L 1 - 4 |
|
@
New Jersey
|
Sat 05/19 | W 3 - 0 |
|
New Jersey
|
Wed 05/16 | L 2 - 3 |
SBNation.com Recent Stories
In Association With
Latest Puck Daddy - NHL from Yahoo! Sports
- Why the Devils and the Kings are evidence the Capitals shouldn’t trade Alex Ovechkin
- Eulogy: Remembering the 2011-12 New York Rangers
- Stanley Cup Final: 5 keys for New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings
- Friday’s Three Stars: Devils head to Final; Brodeur, Kovalchuk the difference in Game 6
- Devils eliminate Rangers in Game 6, ending fear of the past, setting course for the future
