Bantering Points: 9/19/18
Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Brett Cyrgalis believes the Rangers have a tough decision determining the best level of hockey for Alexandar Georgiev’s development (NY Post)
- Larry Brooks relays word from David Quinn about his team’s response to the hit that left Cristoval Nieves concussed (NY Post)
- Brooks also argues that Quinn will provide an active voice behind the Blueshirts’ bench that hasn’t been seen since the John Tortorella-era (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson reports that after the team’s first round of cuts, 2018 3rd Round Pick Joey Keane is still with the big club (Newsday)
- Sean Hartnett offers his takeaway’s from Monday night’s victory in Newark (WFAN)
- Dave Shapiro breaks down the defensive zone structure of David Quinn’s Rangers team through one game of pre-season action (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Nicholas Zararis highlights what to watch for in the final five pre-season games (Blue Line Station)
- Peter Reichert previews what Pavel Buchnevich could offer the Rangers throughout the 2018-19 campaign (Blue Line Station)/
Around the NHL:
- Joey Alfieri ponders whether or not the Edmonton Oilers will regret signing defenseman Darnell Nurse to a short-term, $3.2M AAV bridge deal rather than ponying up for a long term contract (NBC Sports)
- Jared Clinton describes why a bridge deal could make sense for the Toronto Maple Leafs and RFA forward William Nylander (The Hockey News)
- David Singh speaks to the people that conceived and created the Super Mario Bros. inspired tweet announcing Tyler Seguin’s extension with the Dallas Stars (Sportsnet)/