Bantering Points: 3/26/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Keegan Jarvis discusses the first games of Noah Laba's professional career after New York's 2022 fourth-round selection joined AHL Hartford last week (BSB)

Chris Feldman recaps the Rangers late-night/early-morning defeat in Los Angeles (BSB)

Rangers News:

Highlights: LAK 3, NYR 1 (5:01 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: The Blueshirts struck early in the second period after a scoreless first to take the lead, but Los Angeles responded with a pair of goals later in the period for all the offense it would need to successfully hold off the Rangers (CBS Sports)

Larry Brooks notes that Nicolas Aube-Kubel made his team debut on Tuesday, filling in for Sam Carrick who remained out home for the birth of his child (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson gives three of his takeaways from New York's defeat out west (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his observations from the latest rematch of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final (LoHud)

Remy Mastey sees how Carson Soucy has seemingly emerged as the Blueshirts' sixth defenseman while Urho Vaakanainen has been relegated to the press box (The Hockey News)

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Around the NHL:

Chris Cerullo reports that the Washington Capitals agreed to an eight-year, $72 million contract extension with defenseman Jakob Chychrun (Russian Machine Never Breaks)

Chris Johnston reports that the 2025 Draft Lottery is expected to be on either May 5 or 6 depending on the 2025 playoff schedule (TSN)

Ryan Dixon examines which goaltenders could become available, whether via free agency or trade, in the off-season (Sportsnet)