Bantering Points: 11/1/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Larry Brooks heard from Henrik Lundqvist about his future in New York (NY Post)
- Greg Kaplan discusses how Filip Chytil represents the first major challenge of David Quinn’s tenure in New York (Blueshirts Breakaway)
- Dave Shapiro reflects on Chytil’s unusual start to the season (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Jennifer Moglia examines the pros and cons of a top heavy lineup (Blue Line Station)
- Nicholas Zararis doesn’t think there’s much reason to be concerned with Pavel Buchnevich moving forward (Blue Line Station)
- Tom Albano hands out grades for some of New York’s recent acquisitions (The Hockey Writers)/
Around the NHL:
- Matt Cane ponders if teams should pull their goaltender for an extra attacker while on the powerplay (Hockey Graphs)
- Joey Alfieri notes that there’s till some bad blood between the Montreal Canadiens and forward Alexander Radulov after the latter’s exodus to Dallas following one season in Montreal (NBC Sports)
- Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
- Frank Seravalli commented on the first trade board of the season, topped by RFA forward William Nylander (TSN)/