Bantering Points: 3/9/19
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Colin Stephenson hears that while “close but no cigar” has seemingly been the Blueshirts’ story of the season, the players have grown frustrated with it (Newsday)
- Dave Shapiro believes that Tony DeAngelo’s progress this season has been David Quinn’s most notable achievement (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Brian Paget previews what the future core of the Rangers will look like (Elite Sports NY)
- Steve Paulus ponders why Libor Hajek was the subject of plenty of negative coverage leading up to his debut (Blue Line Station)
- Morgan Barron discusses his season at Cornell, his progress towards making the Rangers one day, and more (3:17 video via Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- James O’Brien reports that Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog will miss the next 4-6 weeks due to an upper body injury (NBC Sports)
- Andrew Berkshire examines whether or not the Columbus Blue Jackets are worthy of qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs (Sportsnet)
- With the NCAA season coming down the home stretch, a new crop of college free agents are set to become available to all 31 NHL teams (TSN)
- Ryan Kennedy relays word that 15 year old Shane Wright has become the sixth player to be granted “exceptional” status to enter a CHL draft before turning 16 (The Hockey News)/