Bantering Points: 10/10/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Greg Joyce discusses how the Rangers’ players have changed their mindsets as they embark on a rebuilding season (NY Post)
- Brett Cyrgalis heard from various members of the team about David Quinn’s decision to make the best defenseman on his blue line a healthy scratch (NY Post)
- Cyrgalis also heard from Brett Howden about his jump from the team’s 4th line center to being flanked by Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello (NY Post)
- Brian Heyman chatted with Kevin Shattenkirk about his status heading into tomorrow night’s game (Newsday)
- Frank Curto examines the good, bad, and ugly of New York’s three losses to begin the season (Elite Sports NY)
- Dominick Renna names his three stars of the team’s past week (Elite Sports NY)
- Rob Luker dove into the numbers behind the Blueshirts’ 0-3 start to the season (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Dave Shapiro notes that David Quinn has opted for a massive shakeup in line combinations in search of his first win as an NHL head coach (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Nicholas Zararis asks three questions following the Rangers’ first week (Blue Line Station)
- Zararis also reminded us that the NHL season is a marathon rather than a sprint (Blue Line Station)
- Media Availability: David Quinn,(2:33) Kevin Shattenkirk,(2:49) and Brett Howden (2:16) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Andrew Berkshire gives a wholly objective ranking to the league’s top 20 goals since the 2015-16 campaign (Sportsnet)
- Contrary to reports that emerged yesterday, agent Joe Resnick came out and confirmed that Rick Nash has not officially retired from the NHL yet (TSN)
- Jared Clinton examines how former Carolina Hurricane Pat Dwyer may have recorded the most famous non-goal in hockey history (The Hockey News)/