Bantering Points: 11/2/23

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Vincent Mercogliano notes that for as well as the Blueshirts have played in the early goings of the season, they are still looking to find consistent ways to generate offense at five on five (LoHud)

Jim Parsons Sr. highlights Jonathan Quick’s ability to shake off what was a rough postseason and give the Rangers a dependable backup goaltender behind Igor Shesterkin (The Hockey Writers)

Brian Abate points to the strong October performances from Adam Fox and Artemiy Panarin as key factors to New York’s hot start (The Hockey Writers)

Walt Ruff previewed tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes from Carolina’s perspective (Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

The Western Hockey League will mandate neck guards for the league’s players effective tomorrow (TSN)

Washington Capitals’ forward Nicklas Backstrom will be stepping away from the team after attempting to play through his surgically repaired hips (NBC Sports)

The Ottawa Senators fired general manager Pierre Dorion, and will be forced to forfeit a first round pick at some point over the next three years as punishment for their role in the Evgenii Dadonov trade situation (Sportsnet)