Bantering Points: 3/30/31
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Mollie Walker discusses how K’Andre Miller has rocketed up the depth chart from raining camp question mark to lineup mainstay (NY Post)
- Walker also notes that even with Brendan Lemieux’s departure creating a lineup spot, Vitali Kravtsov may not be ready to crack the lineup quite yet (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson writes that the forward logjam is a good problem to have in this case, as it’s due to how well Colin Blackwell and Kevin Rooney have played (Newsday)
- Rachel Nones talks about the success some of New York’s younger players have had in their NHL debuts this season (The Hockey Writers)
- Adam Naclerio believes that a Ryan Strome<—>Anthony Cirelli swap would make sense for both the Blueshirts and the Tampa Bay Lightning (The Hockey Writers)
- Rick Carpiniello chatted with Brian Leetch about Adam Fox’$ emergence a$ an elite defen$eman (The Athletic)/
Around the NHL:
- Eamon Smith recapped the Buffalo Sabres’ 18th consecutive defeat, a game in which the team watched a 3-0 lead after two periods turn into a 4-3 overtime defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers (Broad Street Hockey)
- Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
- James O’Brien examines the impact of Florida Panthers’ defenseman Aaron Ekblad’s season ending injury (NBC Sports)
- The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Mike Amadio from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for defenseman Christian Wolanin (TSN)/