Bantering Points: 3/11/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Eric Kohn offers his post game thoughts on the Rangers loss against the Blue Jackets on Sunday (BSB)

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker points to the Blueshirts' power play sans Adam Fox as a major detriment to any success the team is looking to achieve in the short term (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson notes that although New York wasted its weekend of opportunities against Ottawa and Columbus, the playoff dreams are not dead quite yet (Newsday)

Lucas Standel bemoans the Rangers losses on Saturday and Sunday ahead of the three-game road trip that begins in Winnipeg on Tuesday (The Hockey Writers)

Remy Mastey highlights Chris Kreider's return to prominence in New York's lineup following an upper-body injury that kept Kreider sidelined (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for 20 games, the remainder of Florida's regular season as well as its first two playoff games, for violating the league's PED policy (NBC Sports)

Nathan MacKinnon (COL), Steven Stamkos (NSH), and Tom Wilson (WSH) were named as the league's three stars of the week (TSN)

Veteran forward Jonathan Toews confirmed that if he were to make an NHL comeback, it would not come with the Chicago Blackhawks (Sportsnet)