Bantering Points: 9/29/24

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Larry Brooks notes that with Ryan Lindgren set to miss the opening weeks of the season, Victor Mancini was the latest defenseman to skate alongside Adam Fox at practice (NY Post)

Brooks also highlights Kaapo Kakko's desire to make a positive impact on the Blueshirts in the limited role he is expected to have for the team (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson makes the case for how Mancini and Adam Edstrom could make New York's opening night roster (Newsday)

Lucas Standel offers four takeaways from the first half of the Rangers' preseason games (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

Saturday's scheduled preseason game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings was postponed as the Penguins' plane experienced mechanical issues and the team was unable to make it to Detroit (Sportsnet)

Michael Traikos details how the Carolina Hurricanes may have opened a can of worms be signing Seth Jarvis and Jaccob Slavin to long-term contracts featuring deferred money (The Hockey News)