Bantering Points: 1/10/20
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 6, NJD 3 (4:59 video via NHL.com)
- Scott Charles recaps New York’s victory over New Jersey from the world’s most famous arena (NY Daily News)
- Larry Brooks believes that the Bueshirts’ decision makers must be held responsible for their handling of the Lias Andersson debacle (NY Post)
- Brooks also details how more performances like last night’s five point effort will send the Rangers and Tony DeAngelo on a crash course towards an untenable salary cap situation (NY Post)
- Adam Gretz takes a look at the historical context of DeAngelo’s performance (NBC Sports)
- Brian Abate lists five reasons for Rangers’ fans to be helpful as the decade turns to the 2020’s (The Hockey Writers)
- Joseph Ostapiuk attempts to project Kaapo Kakko’s point totals the rest of the way (Blue Line Station)
- Andrew Steele-Davis examines the history DeAngelo made with his three goal, five point effort from last night (Blue Line Station)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(4:00) Ryan Strome,(1:31) Igor Shesterkin,(0:31) and Tony DeAngelo (2:00) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Adam Gretz saw Nashville Predators’ goaltender Pekka Rinne score his first goal of the season during his team’s 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, tying him with Micheal Haley and Greg McKegg in the Rocket Richard race (NBC Sports)
- Arizona Coyotes’ forward Barrett Hayton will be out week-to-week after suffering a shoulder injury at the World Junior Championships (Sportsnet)
- Travis Yost breaks down how in spite of once again sporting sub-par shot and scoring chance metrics, the New York Islanders’ goaltender has carried them into the playoff hunt (TSN)
- Steven Ellis writes that after a rough start in New Jersey for Nikita Gusev, a coaching change has given the dynamic forward a new lease on life (The Hockey News)/