Bantering Points: 2/28/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Brett Cyrgalis comments on the amount of former Rangers that have made their way to Tampa Bay (NY Post)
- Larry Brooks breaks down why Jeff Gorton moved on from J.T. Miller and Ryan McDonagh (NY Post)
- Justin Tasch relays word from some of the Rangers players that survived the trade deadline (NY Daily News)
- Laura Albanese discusses how some of the team’s recently acquired players will have a chance to prove themselves down the stretch (Newsday)
- Dave Shapiro offers his thoughts on the Ryan McDonagh trade (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Chris Watkins lists five reasons why the Rangers were the clear winners of the trading deadline (Blue Seat Blogs)
- John Williams comments that in spite of a future filled with unknowns, the Rangers will come out of everything OK (Blue Line Station)
- Timothy Haggerty hands out a progress report for Tony DeAngelo (Blue Line Station)
- Jess Rubsentein gives his always insightful analysis of the newest Rangers’ prospects (Blueshirt Bulletin)
- Erik Wollschlager believes that Ryan Mcdonagh’s departure from New York must be the first of many moves (FanRag)
- Matt Calamia points out that the team’s deadline day blockbuster is just a continuation of the plan set in motion last June (Official Team Site)
- Media Availability: Mats Zuccarello (1:21) and Marc Staal (2:33) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Adam Gretz christens winners and losers from Monday’s trade deadline (NBC Sports)
- The Vancouver Canucks are set to announce that they will be hosting the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (TSN)
- Mike Johnston highlights Winnipeg Jets’ forward Paul Stastny’s choice to wear #25 as opposed to the Stastny family’s traditional #26 (Sportsnet)
- Ryan Lambert released his first post-deadline power rankings (Puck Daddy)/