Bantering Points: 1/16/21
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Mollie Walker notes that K’Andre Miller and Alexis Lafreniere didn’t have the stellar debuts many imagined they would (NY Post)
- Vincent Mercogliano relays word that David Quinn has decided to shake up his squad’s lineup after one game (LoHud)
- Sean Hartnett saw the season opening disaster as a prime example of what the Blueshirts can’t afford to be throughout the length of the season (WFAN)
- Rachel Nones offers her take on Thursday night’s beat down at the hands of the Islanders (The Hockey Writers)
- Rick Carpineillo $aw that when the du$t $ettled on the team’$ lineup change$, Tony DeAngelo and Kaapo Kakko found them$elve$ in precariou$ po$ition$ (The Athletic)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(6:32) Ryan Strome,(5:10) and Alexandar Georgiev (3:16) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Philadelphia Flyers’ forward Jakub Voracek snapped at a Flyers’ beat writer during his postgame media availability (TSN)
- The league announced a number of schedule changes to accommodate the Dallas Stars’ COVID-19 outbreak, and their season is set to begin on January 22nd (Sportsnet)
- Adam Gretz examines which teams that qualified for the 2020 Stanley Cup layoffs could be on the outside looking in this time around (NBC Sports)/