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Bantering Points: 9/24/17
News and notes for Sunday, September 24th, 2017
Bantering Points
News and notes for Sunday, September 24th, 2017
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The New York Rangers announced more roster cuts this afternoon and have reduced their training camp roster by eight players. Among those reassigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack were Ryan Gropp, Malte Stromwall, Adam Tambellini, Alexei Bereglazov, John Gilmour, Vince Pedrie, Alexander Georgiev, Chris Nell. The biggest surprise of the
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Henrik Lundqvist, a goaltender not known for his injury history, suffered a rare injury in 2015. Against the Carolina Hurricanes on January 31, Ryan McDonagh’s stick lifted Lundqvist’s mask during play, making his neck vulnerable to a puck coming off Brad Malone’s stick. Despite the puck hitting
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News and notes for Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
New York Rangers Game Threads
The Rangers travel to Bridgeport to take on the Sound Tig...I mean the New York Islanders for their 3rd game of the Preseason
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The New York Rangers didn’t play as deep into the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Garden Faithful hoped they would. Their elimination felt particularly disheartening this season, especially for the man between the pipes. Henrik Lundqvist shouldered a lot of the responsibility for the Rangers’ elimination, even though
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News and notes for Friday, September 22nd, 2017
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Normally when we hear Henrik Lundqvist cursing it’s at a low volume after a stoppage and directed at opposing players, referees and sometimes his own teammates. He’s an intense guy. But at the 2012 NHL Awards we got to hear a different, but equally human, application of profanity.
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News and notes for Thursday, September 21st, 2017
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Stock Going Up Filip Chytil — I thought Neal Pionk’s opening preseason game was impressive on Monday, but it had nothing on Chytil’s. There’s going to be a lot of eyes on Chytil this preseason for a plethora of reasons. I’m not sure there’s been a
New York Rangers Game Threads
The Rangers host the Devils at the Garden and a couple of big names will be making their preseason debuts.
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Over Henrik Lundqvist’s career he’s been to the playoffs a lot – with 128 playoffs games over his 11-year career – and there’s no other opponent he’s battled more than the Washington Capitals. Over the last 11 years, the Rangers and Capitals have faced off in the playoffs