Bantering Points: 12/16/24

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Highlights: STL 3, NYR 2 (5:00 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: The Rangers showed some signs of life with a pair of goals midway through the third period, but the overall effort was subpar once again as Peter Laviolette's squad fell to 3-10-0 in its last 13 games (CBS)

Mollie Walker reports that Brennan Othmann has returned to practice with AHL Hartford, and could be an option to be recalled sooner rather than later (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson notes that while Sunday's result was yet another defeat, the personnel was different than usual as Artemiy Panarin (upper-body injury) and Kaapo Kakko (healthy scratch) both did not play against the Blues (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from New York's defeat in St. Louis (LoHud)

Remy Mastey reports that even after moving on from former captain Jacob Trouba, the Rangers might not be done making moves (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

For as bad as the Blueshirts recent struggles have been, they only stand as the second biggest issues in New York hockey as the Buffalo Sabres lost for a tenth consecutive time on Sunday (TSN)

Jason Bukala breaks down why the Blues pulled the trigger on the deal that landed former Anaheim Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler (Sportsnet)