Bantering Points: 3/8/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Joe Fortunato and Eric Kohn discussed the goings on of trade deadline day in the latest Blueshirt Bandwidth podcast (BSB)

Chris Feldman reports on the Rangers acquiring forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenseman Erik Brannstrom (BSB)

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker relays word that New York also agreed to a two-year, $3.1 million contract extension with Urho Vaakanainen (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson heard from Chris Drury once the dust had settled on trade deadline day (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his analysis of Drury's handling of the trade deadline (LoHud)

Remy Mastey sees New York's somewhat awkward deadline approach as the early stages of Drury's reshaping of the roster (The Hockey News)

Peter Baugh and Arthur $taple grade the Ranger$ trade deadline haul (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

The Carolina Hurricanes punted on their earlier blockbuster of Mikko Rantanen by trading him to Dallas, the Boston Bruins dealt captain Brad Marchand to the Florida Panthers, plus more of a jam-packed trade deadline day (TSN)

Rantanen also agreed to an eight-year, $96 million contract extension with the Stars as part of the deal sending him from Carolina to Dallas (NBC Sports)

Forward Maxim Groshev of AHL Syracuse received a 10-game suspension for directing "racially-insensitive language" toward another player (ESPN)

Ryan Dixon breaks down the winners and loses from the 2025 trade deadline (Sportsnet)