Bantering Points: 5/2/21
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYI 3 NYR 0 (5:01 video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: Another pitiful effort out of David Quinn’s squad was as close to quite literally waving a white flag on the season as the Rangers have done in quite some time (CBS)
- Larry Brooks saw last night’s defeat as an inevitability given the Rangers current group of healthy players (NY Post)
- Mollie Walker notes that last night’s contest was the final installment of the Rangers/Islanders rivalry to be played at Nassau Colosseum (NY Post)
- Vincent Mercogliano offers his thoughts on the Blueshirts’ crippling defeat (LoHud)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(3:47) Brendan Smith,(0:54) and Ryan Strome (4:03) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Adam Gretz recaps the action from around the league yesterday (NBC Sports)
- Vancouver Canucks’ forward Jake Virtanen was placed on leave in the wake of having allegations of sexual assault levied against him (Sportsnet)
- Anaheim Ducks’ goaltender Ryan Miller led his team to a 6-2 victory in the final home start of his career (TSN)/