Bantering Points: 9/24/17

For the second time in two nights, the Rangers came up short against one of their division rivals, as they lost yet another 2-1 contest, this time to the New Jersey Devils. Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NJD 2, NYR 1 (Video via NHL.com)
• Brett Cyrgalis discusses how buying low on David Desharnais may prove to be the team's shrewdest offseason move (NY Post)
• Cyrgalis also dove into Mika Zibanejad's expectations as the team's new #1 center (NY Post)
• Steve Zipay heard from Zibanejad as he explained his mindset heading into the season (Newsday)
• Pat Keogh ponders whether or not Filip Chytil could make New York's opening night roster (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Tyler Kluepfel reminisces on what could have been had Glen Sather made the correct decisions during the 2014 trade deadline (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Bowman names the Blueshirts' three stars of the week out of their European prospects (Full Tilt)
• Postgame Notes: Only three of the team's eighteen skaters failed to record a hit last night (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: Henrik Lundqvist,(2:04) Ryan McDonagh,(1:31) Brandon Crawley (1:15)
• He came to training camp in 2015 before getting sent to Hartford and posting 29 points in 59 games for the Wolfpack. Yesterday's player in the picture was.....Luke Adam (Wikipedia)/

Around the NHL:

• Larry Brooks noticed that as a result of keeping NHL players from participating in the Olympics, NBC has opted against airing any NHL games on their family of networks throughout the Olympics (NY Post)
• Alex Kolodziej reports that Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has been suspended for two games for interfering with Robert Thomas of the St. Louis Blues (FanRag)
• Fifteen NHL hopefuls attended tryouts to become the Prudential Center's in-house emergency goaltender (NBC Sports)
• Don Cherry eloquently gave his thoughts on the situation brewing between Joffrey Lupul and the Toronto Maple Leafs (Sportsnet)
• Mackenzie Liddell reached out to he director of NHL Central Scouting, Dan Marr, to answer questions about the 2018 draft class (Puck Daddy)/