Bantering Points: 11/16/16
For the second time in franchise history, the Rangers defeated all three teams on the western Canada toad trip. After defeating the Vancouver Canucks by the score of 7-2 earlier this morning, New York has extended their winning streak to three games, and have won eight of their last nine. With a mee
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 7, VAN 2 (5:25 Video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: Multi-goal efforts from J.T. Miller and Kevin Hayes landed the Rangers in the win column for the third time in four days
- Steve Zipay notes the Rangers have yet to provide any sort of update on Chris Kreider's upper body injury (Newsday)
- Sean Hartnett discusses how Antti Raanta has been a major factor in the Rangers' early season success (CBS)
- Larry Brooks concludes his list of the 90 greatest players in franchise history in two separate lists of 15 players each (NY Post)
- Brett Cyrgalis heard Henrik Lundqvist's opinion on the NHL's concussion spotter policy and how it should be different for goaltenders (NY Post)
- Kevin Baumer lists some things for Rangers fans to complain about in spite of the team's recent success (Blue Seat Blog)
- Donavan Burns examines how successful selections and savvy signings have helped transform New York into a contender (The Hockey Writers)
- Matt Calamia chatted with Cristoval Nieves after his NHL debut, as he reflected on the milestone in his career (Official Team Site)
- Postgame Notes: The Rangers continued their success on the road, as well as exrended their league leading goal differential (Official Team Site)
- Postgame Interviews: Kevin Hayes, (1:27) Alain Vigneault, (2:33) Henrik Lundqvist, (2:30) and J.T. Miller (1:13)
Around the NHL
- Mike Halford reports that John Tortorella has taken a peculiar step in trying to keep his players healthy, by doing away with morning skates (NBC Sports)
- The Rangers have fallen down to #2 in the latest edition of Scott Cullen's power rankings (TSN)
- Chris Johnston passes along word that the NHL held their annual General Manager meetings in Toronto, with the Expansion Draft, blindside hits, and the shootout being major topics of discussion (Sportsnet)
- Josh Cooper noticed that former Rangers Tie Domi, Bryan McCabe, Joey Kocur, and Brendan Shanahan will be suiting up in the Centennial Classic Alumni Game between the Red Wings and Maple Leafs (Puck Daddy)/
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