Bantering Points: 1/20/24

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker highlights how the Rangers’ recent swoon could end up resulting in the hot start that appeared to be enough to win the Metropolitan Division being all for naught (NY Post)

Walker also chatted with Jonathan Quick ahead of what will be his first time playing against the Los Angeles Kings in his career (NY Post)

Tom Castro points to the importance of Kaapo Kakko finding his game as he gets back into the swing of the game following his injury (The Hockey Writers)

Arthur $taple and Eric $tephen$ chatted with Drew Doughy about Quick’$ return to Lo$ Angele$ (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

The Ottawa Senators agreed to a pro-rated one year, $775,000 contract with RFA forward Shane Pinto (NBC Sports)

Elliotte Friedman reports that the Vancouver Canucks agreed to a three year contract extension with general manager Jim Rutherford (Sportsnet)

The Washington Capitals agreed to a five year, $16.875 million contract extension with forward Aliaksei Protas (TSN)