Bantering Points: 3/21/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Joe Fortunato and Eric Kohn discussed the state of the Rangers prior to Thursday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the latest episode Blueshirt Bandwidth (BSB)

Chip gave his take on Peter Laviolette's lineup decisions as the Blueshirts continue to stumble down the stretch of the 2024-25 campaign (BSB)

Chris Feldman reports that New York has unveiled a new logo as part of plans to celebrate the franchise's centennial season in 2025-26 (BSB)

Feldman also recapped the latest blow to the Blueshirts' playoff hopes that was the defeat against Toronto (BSB)

Rangers News:

Highlights: TOR 4, NYR 3 (5:02 video via NHL.com)

Colin Stephenson ponders whether or not Laviolette's line-shuffling could end up with Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider, and Artemiy Panarin skating together (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from New York's defeat against the Maple Leafs (LoHud)

Stan Fischler has 12 thoughts on the Blueshirts as their playoff hopes fade further into the distance (The Hockey News)

Remy Mastey notes that for as poor of a season the Rangers have had, Panarin has remained his usual self as one of the team's bright spots (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

The Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to a one-year, entry-level contract with NCAA free agent defenseman John Prokop that will begin next season (TSN)

The NHL has released an app for team-personnel use to assist coaches and general managers in the day-to-day management of roster control (NBC Sports)

Emily Kaplan reports that billionaire Dan Friedkin has emerged as interested party if and when the league decides to expand into the Houston market (ESPN)

Elliotte Friedman authors the latest edition of 32 Thoughts (Sportsnet)