Bantering Points: 2/11/24

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker highlights the trio of Will Cuylle, Jonny Brodzinski, and Kaapo Kakko as a trio none could have guessed would end up as linemates, but have been effective on the ice (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson notes that even in spite of pulling out the overtime win against Chicago on Friday, the Blueshirts’ performance in that game exposed some core flaws (Newsday)

Jesse Courville-Lynch projects which Rangers could find themselves skating in the 2026 Olympics (The Hockey Writers)

Arthur $taple remini$ced on the “Kid Line” and the path$ Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko, and Alexi$ Lafreniere’$ career$ have taken $ince their time together (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Morgan Rielly is likely to face supplemental discipline after cross checking Ottawa Senators’ forward Ridly Greig in the head after Greig scored an empty net goal on a slap shot during last night’s 5-3 Ottawa victory over Toronto (Sportsnet)

Vancouver Canucks’ defenseman Nikita Zadorov has been suspended two games for an illegal check to the head of Detroit Red Wings’ forward Lucas Raymond (TSN)

Greg Wyshynski reports that Washington Capitals’ forward Alexander Ovechkin surpassed Wayne Gretzky on the all-time goals on an empty net list (ESPN)