Bantering Points: 3/9/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Chip gives take on the aftermath of Friday's trade deadline (BSB)

Chris Feldman recaps the Rangers' heartbreaking overtime loss against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday (BSB)

Rangers News:

Highlights: OTT 4, NYR 3 (4:59 video via NHL.com)

Game Recap: A third-period tally from Artemiy Panarin to give New York a two-goal lead looked like it would be the dagger, but the Blueshirts were unable to hold off the Senators' final surge to force overtime before falling in the extra period (CBS Sports)

Mollie Walker heard from Chris Drury about how his trade deadline approach hopefully signified is belief in the team's ability to push for the playoffs this season (NY Post)

Walker also points to Carson Soucy's goal in his Rangers debut as a bright spot from the defeat against the Senators (NY Post)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from New York's loss in Ottawa (LoHud)

Lucas Standel recaps the Rangers' trade deadline activities and previews what could be next (The Hockey Writers)

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Around the NHL:

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes had discussions about a potential swap of Mitch Marner and Mikko Rantanen before the Hurricanes opted to ship Rantanen to Dallas at the trade deadline (TSN)

Justin Bourne writes two sentences about every notable deal on deadline day (Sportsnet)

Emily Kaplan reports that money on a potential contract extension was the impetus for the Boston Bruins' decision to part ways with their then-captain Brad Marchand and trade him to the Floirda Panthers (ESPN)