Bantering Points: 10/30/24

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Highlights: WSH 5, NYR 3 (5:03 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: It was fire wagon hockey in the early going as the Capitals jumped on the Rangers early and controlled play for the majority of the night to hand the Blueshirts their second regulation loss (CBS)

Larry Brooks heard from Mika Zibanejad and Peter Laviolette about the star center's reduced ice time as of late and the head coach's take on the situation (NY Post)

Christian Arnold notes that Matt Rempe jumped right back into the action following his recall from AHL Hartford, dropping the gloves with Dylan McIlrath in the first period of Tuesday's tilt (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson writes about how Ryan Lindgren's return is not expected to break up the K'Andre Miller-Adam Fox defensive pairing (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from New York's defeat in Washington D.C. (LoHud)

Remy Mastey details how Filip Chytil has emerged as one of the Blueshirts' most dynamic forwards (The Hockey News)

Peter Baugh give$ 13 thought$ on the $tate of the Ranger$ organization (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

The St. Louis Blues agreed to a one-year, $1.7 million contract extension with forward Alexey Toropchenko (TSN)

Sonny Sachdeva tells the tale of the scene from PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday as Marc-Andre Fleury and the Minnesota Wild were in Pittsburgh for what will likely be Fleury's final career game in Pittsburgh (Sportsnet)

Mike Fink exams which NHL road trips are the toughest for road teams to embark on (The Hockey Writers)