Bantering Points: 10/22/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: CGY 4, NYR 1 (4:15 video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: For the eighth time in eight attempts, David Quinn’s group failed to win a game in regulation (NY Daily News)
- Brett Cyrgalis emphasizes a lackluster second period as the primary cause of last night’s defeat (NY Post)
- Cyrgalis also noted how Tony DeAngelo’s lack of waiver exemption this season has left him in an awkward position on New York’s depth chart (NY Post)
- Larry Brooks discusses how Filip Chytil, in spite of failing to score a goal this season, has been a bright spot for the Rangers (NY Post)
- Dave Shapiro offered his thoughts on the team prior to last night’s defeat (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Brian Paget highlights a lack of offensive punch as one of the many issues plaguing David Quinn’s Blueshirts (Elite Sports NY)
- Jess Rubenstein delivers a prospect update, with bits on K’Andre Miller, Tyler Wall, and more (Blueshirt Bulletin)
- Nicholas Zararis details how, in spite of consistently failing to earn regulation wins, David Quinn is trying to build a team culture (Blue Line Station)
- Postgame Notes: Although they failed to win the game, the Rangers did land 31 hits against the Flames (Official Team Site)
- Media Availability: Mika Zibanejad,(1:25) Henrik Lundqvist,(1:57) David Quinn,(3:17) and Mats Zuccarello (1:26) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Adam Gretz saw that the Anaheim Ducks retired Paul Kariya’s #9 prior to last night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres (NBC Sports)
- Dan Saraceni relays word that former New York Islanders owner Charles Wang passed away at age 74 (Lighthouse Hockey)
- While there was plenty of buzz surrounding Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager Kyle Dubas’ attendance at last night’s Rangers game, he was most likely there to chat with William Nylander’s agent Lewis Gross, who also represents Johnny Gaudreau (TSN)
- Sonny Sachdeva heard from Connor McDavid about how highly he values being known as the best hockey player in the world (Sportsnet)/