Bantering Points: 2/3/20
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Brett Cyrgalis describes how Chris Kreider’s injury put a scare into the Blueshirts for more than one reason (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson ponders how the team will hand out starts in goal with four games over the next week (Newsday)
- Dylan Spilko reminisces on the top five seasons of Henri Lundqvist’s career (The Hockey Writers)
- Brain Paget chronicles Mika Zibanejad’s journey to stardom on Broadway (Elite Sports NY)
- Steve Paulus delivers a prospect update, with bits on Libor Hajek, Lias Andersson, and more (Blue Line Station)
- Paulus also points out the birthdays that members of the Blueshirts’ organization will be celebrating over the next couple of weeks (Blue Line Station)/
Around the NHL:
- Adam Gretz saw the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate their victory over the Vancouver Canucks with a football-themed Storm Surge yesterday afternoon (NBC Sports)
- After mysteriously sitting out of Saturday night’s contest as a healthy scratch it’s been revealed that Toronto Maple Leafs’ forward Kasperi Kapanen was scratched for “internal accountability” (Sportsnet)
- Steven Ellis takes a look at the best goaltenders currently plying their trade in the AHL (The Hockey News)/