Bantering Points: 12/13/17
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Larry Brooks calls out Ryan McDonagh’s poor performance from Monday night’s game against Dallas (NY Post)
- Justin Tasch thinks the Rangers need to burn the tape from Monday’s game and move on (NY Daily News)
- Steve Zipay goes in-depth on how Alain Vigneault has moved on from Monday’s game (Newsday)
- Sean Hartnett believes that New York’s play leading up to the trade deadline will determine their destiny (CBS)
- Dave Shapiro examines the Ottawa Senators as a potential trade partner (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Dan Carrozzi discusses Michael Grabner’s chase to become the most proficient empty net goal scorer in league history (Blue Line Station)
- Nicholas Zararis explains why Kevin Shattenkirk is a legitimate #1-caliber defenseman (Blue Line Station)
- Frank Curto relays word from Mika Zibanejad about his decision to play after being concussed (Elite Sports NY)
- Media Availability: Alain Vigneault,(6:23) J.T. Miller,(1:27) Rick Nash,(1:18) and Jesper Fast (1:00) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- John Shannon passes along the latest news on the future of the NHL in Seattle, Houston, and Quebec City (Sportsnet)
- Former NHL defenseman Zarley Zalapski, who skated in 637 games from 1987-88 through 1999-00, has passed away at age 49 (TSN)
- Adam Gretz saw that Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella held a 12 second press conference after losing by a score of 7-2 to the Edmonton Oilers (NBC Sports)
- Jared Clinton takes a look at what’s stopping the New York Islanders from earning the Eastern Conference’s top seed (The Hockey News)
- loserpoints estimates shot assist quantities for skaters (Hockey Graphs)/