Bantering Points: 3/15/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Eric Kohn offers his thoughts on Thursday's victory over the Minnesota Wild (BSB)

Joe Fortunato sees the lack of playing time for some of the Rangers' recent acquisitions as a sign of a rift between Peter Laviolette and Chris Drury (BSB)

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker notes that even as Matt Rempe continues to be victimized by nonsensical reputation calls that are so bad he now has referees apologizing to him after the fact, New York's towering forward will continue playing his game (NY Post)

Walker also chatted with Jonny Brodzinski about a successful homecoming for the Minnesota native on Thursday (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson detailed the pair of blatant non-penalties that have been called on Rempe in the last two games that resulted in goals for the opposing teams (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano heard that while Rempe will do what he can to shake his reputation, Rempe doesn't plan on radically altering his game (LoHud)

Remy Mastey credits Laviolette for flipping Will Cuylle and Alexis Lafrenire in the lineup prior to Thursday's victory (The Hockey News)

Stan Fischler comments on New York's ever-changing playoff odds (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

The Vegas Golden Knights agreed to a six-year, $37.5 million contract extension with goaltender Adin Hill (NBC Sports)

Pierre LeBrun reports that the New York Islanders are nearing a contract extension with forward Kyle Palmieri (TSN)

Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bettman will be in the building as Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin closes in on Gretzky's all-time goals record, with Ovechkin currently nine goals shy of the mark (Sportsnet)

Ryan Clark details the plight of the Buffalo Sabres, a team that follows a model many Rangers fans would like to see in playing their young players as much as possible, as the Sabres are in the midst of their sixth different rebuild since their last playoff appearance in 2011 (ESPN)