Bantering Points: 12/28/17
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Highlights: NYR 0*, WSH 0 (4:16 video via NHL.com)
- Game Recap: Goaltenders stole the show last night as the Rangers and Capitals concluded their night with 65:00 of scoreless hockey (CBS)
- Steve Zipay goes in-depth on Chris Kreider’s mysterious disappearance due to an “upper-body” injury last night (Newsday)
- Neil Best reminisces on how ten years of Winter Classics have brought the NHL from upstate New York all the way to Manhattan (Newsday)
- Larry Brooks discusses how Alain Vigneault struck gold once again by making brilliant personnel adjustments that earned his team a shutout (NY Post)
- Dominick Renna breaks down the line changes Vigneault elected to make prior to yesterday’s game (Elite Sports NY)
- Dave Shapiro questioned the lineup choices that led to last night’s shutout against the Capitals (Blue Seat Blogs)
- John Williams also questioned the man with 634 NHL wins on his coaching résumé (Blue Line Station)
- Dan Carrozzi examines what New York must do in order to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs (Blue Line Station)
- Nick Peritz spotlights Kevin Hayes as one of the Blueshirts’ unsung heroes thus far (Blueshirts Breakaway)
- Rick Carpiniello analyzes how Henrik Lundqvist has had the bounce back season he needed to (MSG)
- Media Availability: Alain Vigneault,(2:07) Ondrej Pavelec,(3:35) Brady Skjei,(0:57) and Ryan McDonagh (1:05) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
- Frank Seravaill remembers the late Johnny Bower and his unique hockey career (TSN)
- James O’Brien wonders if a six game suspension is enough for Arizona Coyotes’ forward Zac Rinaldo to get the message (Narrator Voice: It wasn’t) (NBC Sports)
- Jared Clinton recaps the action from the second day of the World Junior Championships (The Hockey News)
- Luke Lapinski labels the NHL’s five most disappointing teams this season (FanRag)/