Bantering Points: 2/1/21
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Larry Brooks believes that after getting into a physical altercation with Alexandar Georgiev, Tony DeAngelo’s time on Broadway might be up (NY Post)
- Greg Joyce heard from a few members of the team about their thoughts on DeAngelo’s imminent departure (NY Post)
- Joyce also discusses how even with the DeAngelo situation making the headlines, New York’s third period struggles are still a major issue (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson relays word that Anthony Bitetto will make his Rangers’ debut tonight (Newsday)
- Vincent Mercogliano examines the timeline of DeAngelo’s past issues that led to yesterday’s decision (LoHud)
- Rachel Nones writes about the early season emergence of Colin Blackwell (The Hockey Writers)
- Wally McKeon offers his take on how the Blueshirts’ can fix their early season goaltending woes (Empire Sports Media)
- Media Availability: Mika Zibanejad (5:06) and Jacob Trouba (1:12) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Chris Johnston reports that Kyle Palmieri, Sami Vatanen, and Andrej Sekera have been added to the league’s COVID Protocol list (Sportsnet)
- Adam Gretz updates us on the status of Minnesota wild forward Marco Rossi, who will sit out the remainder of the season due to COVID-19 complications (NBC Sports)
- Montreal Canadiens’ assistant general manager Scott Mellanby has removed his name from consideration to become he next general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins (TSN)/