Bantering Points: 4/15/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Roberto Solis Byxbee examines the upcoming decision the Rangers will have to make regarding their 2025 first-round pick (BSB)

Chris Feldman tells the tale of the Frozen Four champion Western Michigan and the role Blueshirts' prospect Ty Henricks played for the team (BSB)

Ethan Haas reports that Kenny Albert has been tabbed as Sam Rosen's successor in New York's television broadcast booth for MSG Networks (BSB)

Rangers News:

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

Game Recap: It may have taken until the final road game and penultimate game of the 2024-25 campaign, but the Blueshirts overcame a multi-goal deficit en route to a comeback victory for the first time this season (CBS Sports)

Mollie Walker chatted with Matthew Robertson about his NHL debut on Monday nearly six years after the Rangers selected him in the second round of the 2019 Entry Draft (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson sees the remainder of the season as an opportunity for New York's young forwards to showcase themselves ahead of what should be larger roles with the team next season (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano offers his observations on some of the team's young players, the fallout from Calvin de Haan's recent comments, and more (LoHud)

Lucas Standel calls on Chris Drury to identify and establish the next core of Rangers players in the wake of the current core's failures this year (The Hockey Writers)

Remy Mastey worries that the Blueshirts could be on the same trajectory as the Carey Price-era Montreal Canadiens with Igor Shesterkin (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

The Montreal Canadiens blew a 2-0 lead against the Chicago Blackhawks and fell by a 4-3 margin in a shootout, leaving the door open in the Eastern Conference wild card race (Sportsnet)

San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture will hold a press conference to announce his retirement from hockey due to injury on Tuesday (TSN)

Chris Cerullo reports that longtime NHL forward and former Ranger Chris Simon has been posthumously diagnosed with stage three CTE from his playing career (Russian Machine Never Breaks)