Bantering Points: 3/28/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Eric Kohn and Joe Fortunato discuss Sam Rosen, the current state of the Rangers, and more on the latest episode of the Blueshirt Bandwidth podcast (BSB)

Chris Feldman takes a look at the four Blueshirts' prospects participating in the NCAA playoffs (BSB)

Tom Urtz Jr. reports that Matt Rempe will be out of the lineup on a week-to-week basis after suffering an upper-body injury (BSB)

Rangers News:

Larry Brooks notes that Friday's game against the Anaheim Ducks will mark the first time the Rangers square off against Jacob Trouba since trading him away in December (NY Post)

Stan Fischler gives his take on what the issues with the Rangers are (The Hockey News)

Arthur $taple examine$ the pro$ and con$ of potentially firing Peter Laviolette following the $ea$on (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

The Washington Capitals agreed to a two-year, $1.6 million contract extension with defenseman Dylan McIlrath (TSN)

The Philadelphia Flyers relieved John Tortorella of his head coaching duties as the team currently sits 28th in the league-wide standings with eight games left to play (NBC Sports)

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby scored his 80th point of the season on Thursday, securing a league record 20th season of scoring at a rate of at least one point per game (ESPN)