Bantering Points: 11/28/23

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Highlights: BUF 5, NYR 1 (5:03 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: It was a rough night all around for the Blueshirts as Buffalo handed them their first home defeat in nearly six weeks, and Kaapo Kakko suffered gruesome looking injury tht ia likely to keep him sidelined indefinitely (CBS)

Mollie Walker relays word that Adam Fox is expected to return to the lineup when he is first eligible to do so for Wednesday’s game against Detroit (NY Post)

Larry Brooks points to the bevy of questionable hits he lays, middling on-ice play, and overinflated contract, as part of the package that has turned Jacon Trouba into something of an NHL villian (NY Post)

Vincent Mercogliano details the injury that is likely to knock Kakko out of New York’s lineup long term (LoHud)

Around the NHL:

The Minnesota Wild fired head coach Dean Evason, with former Nashville Predators’ head coach John Hynes named as his replacement (NBC Sports)

The Florida Panthers defeated the Ottawa Senators by a 5-0 margin in a game that saw the two teams combined for 167 penalty minutea (Sportsnet)

The 2024 All-Star weekend in Toronto will feature the return of a fantasy draft to determine the teams rather than the previous division-based format, as well as a 3-on-3 women’s game (TSN)