Bantering Points: 1/31/24

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Larry Brooks ponders whether or not making a splashy move to replace Filip Chytil ahead of the trade deadline would be the right move for New York (NY Post)

Vincent Mercogliano examines the fallout of Chytil’s season-ending setback and how the Blueshirts can move forward (LoHud)

Darren Dreger relays word that Kaapo Kakko may be a piece Chris Drury dangles to other teams ahead of the trade deadline in order to bolster other parts of the roster (TSN)

Around the NHL:

Emily Kaplan reports that lawyers representing Carter Hart, Dillon Dube, Michael McLeod, and Cal Foote have all confirmed their clients’ sexual assault charges and intentions to plead not guilty in the incident surrounding the 2018 Canadian world junior team (ESPN)

The Calgary Flames released a statement saying they had no knowledge of Dube’s pending charges when they granted him leave to attend to, as they stated, his “mental health” earlier in the month (Sportsnet)