Bantering Points: 1/24/19
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Larry Brooks examines the logjam the Blueshirts will have once Neal Pionk returns to full health (NY Post)
- Dave Shapiro examines how the Rangers match up with the Colorado Avalanche as trading partners (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Shapiro also sat down with Ricky Milliner to discuss the Hartford Wolfpack’s season (Blue Seat Blogs)
- David Bruce believes that nearly eleven months after sending Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller to Tampa Bay, the team might already be regretting doing so (Blue Line Station)
- Steve Paulus highlights how Mars Zuccarello’s resurgence as his days on Broadway appear to be numbered (Blue Line Station)
- Paulus also broke down how much “loser points” for making it beyond regulation impact the standings (Blue Line Station)
- Frank Curto lists the top fifteen Rangers defenseman dating back to 1972 (Elite Sports NY)
- Dominick Renna hands out first half report cards to New York’s defensemen and coaching staff (Elite Sports NY)
- Connor Loucks and Fraser Weir chatted with Joey Keane about his status since being traded to OHL London and playing and living alongside his younger brother (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- James O’Brien ponders where the Edmonton Oilers will go from here in the wake of firing former general manager Peter Chiarelli (NBC Sports)
- Anaheim Ducks forward will miss the remainder of the 2018-19 campaign following surgery to repair a torn labrum (TSN)
- Gary Bettman revealed why the league and its players decided against having a World Cup of Hockey in 2020 (Sportsnet)/