Bantering Points: 11/2/16
The Rangers offense did their job last night, powering the team to a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues. The home stand concludes on Thursday night, when Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers roll into town. Here's today's news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 5, STL 0 (4:41 Video via NHL.com)
- Larry Brooks acts as the voice of reason, stating that Cam Talbot's hot start shouldn't leave people wondering if the Rangers traded the wrong goalie two summers ago (NY Post)
- Brett Cyrgalis sees that Kevin Hayes took last postseason's healthy scratch as a wake up call, and his offseason work has been paying dividends (NY Post)
- Steve Zipay reports that Henrik Lundqvist is feeling good after recording his first shutout of the season last night (Newsday)
- John Williams vocalizes what most Rangers fans have been thinking: Jimmy Vesey has been even better than advertised (Blue Line Station)
- Denis Gorman recaps last night's 5-0 thrashing of the Blues (CBS)
- Jason Brough points out the lack of a weak spot in the Rangers forward depth, thanks primarily to their offseason additions (NBC Sports)
- Jim Cerny highlights what Michael Grabner allows the Rangers to do with their forward deployments (The Hockey Writers)
- Post-Game Notes: The Rangers continues a couple of trends last night, including dominance at MSG, and in the second period (Official Team Site)
- Post-Game Interviews: Alain Vigneault, (3:49) Dan Girardi, (1:46) Henrik Lundqvist, (0:52) and Jimmy Vesey (1:19) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Three Stars of the Month: Connor McDavid, Shea Weber, and former Ranger Jonathan Marchessault are the Three Stars of October (NHL.com)
- Dom Luszczyszyn highlights three teams who have been better than expected, and three who have under performed (The Hockey News)
- Down Goes Brown pinpoints five early season strugglers (Sportsnet)
- Elliote Friedman offers another edition of 30 Thoughts (Sportsnet)/