Bantering Points: 2/26/20
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 4, NYI 3 (5:01 video via NHL.com)
- Vin Cherwoo recaps the Rangers’ overtime victory over the Islanders (NY Daily News)
- Brett Cyrgalis notes that Alexandar Georgiev will retake the role of New York’s starting goaltender in the wake of Igor Shesterkin’s injuries (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson relays word from David Quinn about the fallout from the Brady Skjei trade (Newsday)
- Neil Best details how the rivalry between the Rangers and Islanders has risen to a playoff-like fever pitch (Newsday)
- Vincent Mercogliano offers three takeaways from the Blueshirts’ trade deadline activity (LoHud)
- Sean Hartnett examines how the team’s decision to trade Brady Skjei could haunt them down the road (WFAN)
- Brandon Azoff believes that the Rangers’ playoffs will live or die over the six game stretch that began last night (Blue Line Station)
- Frank Curto argues that Igor Shesterkin’s injury couldn’t have come at a worst time (Elite Sports NY)
- Dylan Spilko examines the pros and cons of Chris Kreider’s contract extension (The Hockey Writers)
- Brian Abate thinks that Jeff Gorton made the correct decision in holding onto Jesper Fast beyond Monday’s trade deadline (The Hockey Writers)
- Ed Stein sees the Chris Kreider extension as the first of man dominoes that will fall prior to the next phase of the Blueshirts’ franchise (Empire Writes Back)/
Around the NHL:
- After seeing longtime teammate Patrick Marleau traded to a Stanley Cup contender, Joe Thronton was disappointed to still find himself in San Jose following Monday’s trade deadline (Sportsnet)
- The Seattle NHL franchise announces it plans on subsidizing pubic transit costs for fans attending home games (NBC Sports)
- Edmonton Oilers’ winger Kailer Yamamato will be out on a week to week basis with an ankle injury (TSN)/