Bantering Points: 1/8/17

The Rangers played what was far and away their most exciting game of the year last night, rallying from 4-1 down against the Columbus Blue Jackets to come away with a 5-4 victory. With consecutive road wins against division rivals, New York is able to enter their bye week on a high note, as they'll be completely off the ice until Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights, NYR 5, CBJ 4 (4:37 Video via NHL.com)
• Mark Herrmann recaps last night's victory at Nationwide Arena (Newsday)
• Herrmann also reported that Pavel Buchnevich should return after the team's bye week if everything goes according to plan (Newsday)
• Brett Cyrgalis pointed out that it has required two former Rangers' franchise icons influence for the Blue Jackets to emerge as on of the NHL's elite teams (NY Post)
• Tom Urtz Jr offers his thoughts on last night's win against the Blue Jackets (Blueshirt Bulletin)
• Pat from BSB defends "intangibles" and the value they can bring to a hockey team (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dave Shapiro recapped Pavel Buchnevich's Hartford Wolfpack debut from Friday night, as the former Ranger tallied his first AHL goal in his first game with Hartford (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Brandon Cohen reflects on New York's mistake of signing Brandon Pirri instead of Sam Gagner during the offseason (Blue Line Station)
• Alexandra Russo looked back on Brandon Dubinsky's time as a New York Ranger. Makes me think about what a great player he was/is, and what an amazing captain he would've/should've been (Blue Line Station)
• Matt Calamia delivered an update on some of the Rangers' prospects, including Gabriel Fontaine, Tim Gettinger, and Sean Day (Official Team Site)
• Postgame Notes: Yesterday's come from behind victory marked the first time since October 2014 that New York won a game after trailing by three or more goals (Official Team Site)
• Postgame Interviews: Adam Clendening, (1:27) Ryan McDonagh, (1:58) Henrik Lundqvist, (2:38) and Alain Vigneault (2:28)

Around the NHL:

• Callum Ferguson passes along word that six active players will be named among the NHL's top 100 players (Sportsnet)
• Jason Kay suggests that Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley looks to the California Golden Seals franchise as an example of how not to run an expansion team (The Hokey News)
• Winnipeg Jets superstar forward Patrik Laine was injured in yesterday's game, as the Jets fell to the Buffalo Sabres by a 4-3 margin (TSN)/

Do you know who the Ranger in the picture is?