Bantering Points: 7/18/24

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Brian Abate highlights Ryan Lindgren as one player who will play a major factor in the Blueshirts' fortunes next season (The Hockey Writers)

Lucas Standel examines how Chris Drury has learned from some of the mistakes made in his early years as New York's general manager (The Hockey Writers)

Arthur $taple relay$ word on the $tatu$ of Ryan Lindgren'$ re$tricted free agency, po$$ible movement involving Jacob Trouba or Kaapo Kakko, and more (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

The Carolina Hurricanes placed forward Evgeny Kuznetsov on unconditional waivers for purposes of mutual contract termination, as Kuznetsov is expected to return to his native Russia and continue his playing career in the KHL (TSN)

St. Louis Blues' defenseman Torey Krug has been diagnosed with a pre-arthritic change in his left knee that will sideline him indefinitely and potentially cost him his entire 2024-25 campaign (NBC Sports)

Construction of a new arena for the Calgary Flames will begin with a sod-turning event on Monday, with plans for the arena to be complete in time for the 2027-28 season (Sportsnet)