Bantering Points: 12/13/23

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Highlights: TOR 7, NYR 3 (5:02 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: The Blueshirts’ defensive woes continued as the Maple Leafs came into Madison Square Garden and put up a touchdown while the Rangers could only manage a field goal of their own (CBS)

Mollie Walker chatted with Barclay Goodrow about the adjustments he’s needed to make since suffering a jaw injury last week, primarily sporting a full face mask and not eating solid food for a month (NY Post)

Larry Brooks speaks about the differences between the Rangers’ hot start to the 2023-24 campaign  and other seasons they’ve been strong out of the gate (NY Post)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from the latest defeat New York suffered (LoHud)

Lucas Standel makes the case for why the Rangers should look to acquire recently waived forward Jakub Vrana from the St. Louis Blues (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

Adrian Wojnarowski dropped a Woj Bomb involving the hockey world yesterday, announcing that the Washington Capitals (as well as their current arena mates, the NBA’s Washington Wizards) are expected to announce an intention to move out of DC proper across the Potomac River into Virginia (ESPN)

The St. Louis Blues fired Stanley Cup winning coach Craig Berube and promoted AHL Springfield head coach Drew Bannister to the NHL job (Sportsnet)

Connor Bedard opened the scoring for Chicago Blackhawks, but it was Connor McDavid’s Oilers who got the last laugh and earned a 4-1 victory in the first meeting between the two Connor’s (TSN)