Bantering Points: 1/7/25

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker points to the crop of young Blueshirts, both currently on the roster and in the prospect pipeline, as a beacon of hope in what's been an otherwise disappointing 2024-25 campaign (NY Post)

Walker also examines what Arthur Kaliyev could bring to New York's forward corps after being claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Kings (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson sees the upcoming week of games against Dallas, New Jersey, and Vegas as a make-or-break point of the season for the Rangers (Newsday)

Stan Fischler hears from other respected voices around the league about the root issues of the Blueshirts' struggles (The Hockey News)

Remy Mastey dives into the circumstances in Los Angeles that fractured the relationship between Kaliyev and his previous team (The Hockey News)

$hayna Goldman break$ down Chri$ Kreider'$ decline from previou$ year$ and what, if anything, the Ranger$ can do about it (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

Marco Rossi (MIN), Troy Terry (ANA), and Darcy Kuemper (LAK) have been named as the league's three stars of the week (TSN)

The newly-elected Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair has launched a committee to being the process of bring an NHL team back to Arizona (Sportsnet)

Former coach and executive Al MacNeil passed away at age 89 (ESPN)