Bantering Points: 11/7/17
The Rangers rallied to come from two goals down and earn a 5-3 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets to push their winning streak to four. Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 5, CBJ 3 (5:01 Video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: Three power play goals power New York to within one game of a true .500 record (CBS)
- Steve Zipay goes in-depth on how the Rangers’ penalty kill has been a large part in their recent swing of fortunes (Newsday)
- Brett Cyrgalis discusses how the team’s offense is starting to regain the form they displayed last season (NY Post)
- Larry Brooks thinks that the Derek Stepan trade is starting to pay dividends (NY Post)
- Brandon Cohen thinks that the Derek Stepan trade is looking worse after Sunday’s three-way blockbuster (Blue Line Station)
- Sam Prevot analyzes why Brady Skjei’s play has regressed through the first month of the season (Blue Line Station)
- Rob from BSB previews this week’s upcoming games (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Christian Nehls delivers a prospect report, with bits on Ryan Gropp’s struggles, Filip Chytil’s strong start, and more (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Shayna Goldman argues that Pavel Buchnevich is primed for a breakout season (FanRag)
- Dominick Renna believes the time has come for J.T. Miller to step up (Elite Sports NY)
- Media Availability: Alain Vigneault,(1:54) Kevin Shattenkirk,(0:44) Henrik Lundqvist,(2:23) Mika Zibanejad,(1:01) and Ryan McDonagh,(1:40) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- James O’Brien highlights the top trade targets left on the market now that Kyle Turris and Matt Duchene are off the board (NBC Sports)
- Andrew Berkshire examines how much the Ottawa Senators improved by swapping Turris out for Duchene (Sportsnet)
- Frank Seravalli relays word of how the three-way blockbuster between Colorado, Ottawa, and Nashville came back to life after word got out (TSN)
- Erik Wollschlager writes that the NHL’s failure to evolve is a detriment to the game of hockey (FanRag)/