Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Game Recap: A 6-on-5 goal against in the dying seconds of the third led to the Rangers playing San Jose to a draw after 65:00 of hockey (CBS)
- Larry Brooks writes that a change in coaches hasn’t resulted in a change in attitude from New York’s most talented Russian (NY Post)
- Frank Curto argues that David Quinn is responsible for his team’s lack of discipline (Elite Sports NY)
- Dominick Renna describes how the Blueshirts have been hurting themselves over the first month of the season (Elite Sports NY)
- Dave Shapiro examines the numbers behind the team’s rough start and how the players will adapt to David Quinn’s “system” moving forward (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Shapiro also questioned whether or not waiting until the trade deadline to begin the fire sale is a good idea (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Nicholas Zararis argues that since the Rangers are going to be bad anyway, questioning David Quinn for making objectively bad decisions is pointless (Blue Line Station)
- Zararis also relayed word that Kevin Hayes has been drawing interest on the trade market (Blue Line Station)
- Postgame Notes: It took more than three periods in both games, but the Rangers swept the season series against San Jose (Official Team Site)
Around the NHL:
- Scott Billeck saw that Arizona Coyotes’ forward Derek Stepan sniped a 145 shot past Ottawa Senators’ goaltender Mike Condon to chase him from last night’s game (NBC Sports)
- John Shannon expects that the NHL’s player tracking data will be under the microscope as legalized sports betting becomes more popular (Sportsnet)
- Washington Capitals’ forward Tom Wilson’s appeal of his 20 game suspension is set to take place later today (TSN)