Bantering Points: 3/22/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Eric Kohn gave his post-game thoughts on New York's defeat against Toronto on Thursday (BSB)

Keegan Jarvis gives his grades the AHL-focused deals the Hartford Wolf Pack have made this season (BSB)

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker notes that although Adam Fox and K'Andre Miller skated together in warmups prior to Thursday's game, the pair were only deployed together for offensive zone faceoffs (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson highlighted the new-look power play units the Rangers debuted at practice on Friday (Newsday)

Lucas Standel examines some of the questions the Blueshirts will need to answer regarding their defense corps beyond the 2024-25 campaign (The Hockey Writers)

Stan Fischler wonders if the road-heavy schedule the Rangers will be dealing with following Saturday's home game could be to the team's benefit (The Hockey News)

Remy Mastey chatted with Zac Jones about dealing with his lack of playing time earlier in the season and enjoying an increased role down the stretch (The Hockey News)

Peter Baugh heard from J.T. Miller ahead of Miller'$ fir$t game again$t the Vancouver Canuck$ $ince being traded from Vancouver back to New York earlier thi$ $ea$on (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

One year after being the 16th and final team to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs on account of a victory in the final game of the regular season, the Washington Capitals are the first team to clinch a playoff berth in 2025 (TSN)

Sonny Sachdeva examines how the current playoff race would look if the NHL operated under a 3-2-1 standings points system (Sportsnet)

Derek Van Diest reports that Edmonton Oilers forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will miss Saturday's game against the Seattle Kraken with injuries, and could be out longer (NHL.com)