{"id":467075,"date":"2026-02-08T20:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467075\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:16:10","slug":"bantering-points-2-8-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467075\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantering Points: 2\/8\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a class=\"gh-article-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/tag\/bantering-points\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bantering Points<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/author\/jake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jake.jpeg\" alt=\"Jake DiBlasio\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bantering-points-image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"Bantering Points: 2\/8\/26\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Here are today&#8217;s news and links:<\/p>\n<p>From Blueshirt Banter:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/wolf-pack-drop-shootout-decision-to-bruins-2-1\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keegan Jarvis recaps<\/a> the Hartford Wolf Pack&#8217;s loss at home against the Providence Bruins (BSB) <\/p>\n<p>Rangers News: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7027926\/2026\/02\/07\/rangers-artemi-panarin-trade-extension-match\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vincent Z. Mercogliano<\/a> takes a look at some of the questions surrounding the Artemi Panarin trade (The Athletic) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/the-next-steps-for-rangers-following-panarin-fiasco-01kgqpp8xsmt?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nestor Quixtan talks<\/a> about what&#8217;s next following the team trading Artemi Panarin to the Los Angeles Kings (Blue Line Station) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/the-rangers-struggle-to-find-a-new-identity-begins-with-the-questions-surrounding-their-captain-01kgt56v8y9j?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Caruso examines<\/a> J.T. Miller&#8217;s performance as the Blueshirts captain this season (Blue Line Station)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/columnists\/colin-stephenson\/rangers-retool-ad6edblj?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Stephenson discusses<\/a> when Artemi Panarin felt he knew the Rangers were going to trade him (NewsDay) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/dermott-joins-ahl-hartford-on-pto\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free agent defenseman<\/a> Travis Dermott will join the Hartford Wolf Pack on a player tryout contract (TSN)<\/p>\n<p>                    Sign up for Blueshirt Banter<\/p>\n<p class=\"kg-signup-card-subheading\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The top destination for New York Rangers fans\u2014news, trade rumors, stats, podcasts, and in-depth analysis from the trusted Blueshirt Banter team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kg-signup-card-disclaimer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.<\/p>\n<p>        Around the NHL: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/czechia-replaces-injured-pavel-zacha-with-filip-chlapik-for-olympics\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins forward<\/a> Pavel Zacha will not play for Team Czechia at the 2026 Milan Olympics due to an injury (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/oilers-draisaitl-clarifies-comments-on-team-we-all-need-to-be-better\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers forward<\/a> Leon Draisaitl elaborates on his We all need to be better,\u2019 comment (TSN)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/short-shifts\/zach-werenski-gaudreau-hoodie-2026-winter-olympics?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> and Team USA defenseman Zach Werenski will rep Johnny Gaudreau&#8217;s sweater at the 2026 Milan Olympics (NHL.com) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7022814\/2026\/02\/07\/nhl-trade-deadline-teams-moves\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here are seven NHL<\/a> teams who should make a trade before this year&#8217;s deadline (The Athletic) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/olympics\/team-usa-projected-lineups-for-olympic-winter-games-milano-cortina-2026?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a projection<\/a> of the lineup Team USA could be using at the 2026 Milan Olympics (NHL.com) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bantering Points Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-467075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}