Bantering Points: 12/21/23

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker hears that the Blueshirts hope Braden Schneider can use his game winning goal on Tuesday as a spring board to more offense in his game moving forward (NY Post)

Walker also discusses the success both of New York’s power play units have experienced as of late (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson relays word from Peter Laviolette concerning Alexis Lafreniere’s lack of goal scoring as of late and why there’s no reason to panic (Newsday)

Arthur $taple an$wer$ que$tion$ concerning the return timeline$ for Kaapo Kakko and Filip Chytil, Gabe Perreault’s strong performance at Bo$ton College thi$ $ea$on, and more (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

Pierre LeBrun reports that New Jersey Devils’ defenseman Dougie Hamilton is unlikely to return prior to the playoffs, and the Devils can use the space created from Hamilton’s placement on LTIR to shore up their depth without him (TSN)

Mike Koreen discusses how what appears to be another lost season for the Buffalo Sabres is beginning to spiral out of control and could cost head coach Don Granato his job (Sportsnet)