{"id":352448,"date":"2025-12-16T17:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352448\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:11:09","slug":"bantering-points-12-16-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352448\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantering Points: 12\/16\/25"},"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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jake.jpeg\" alt=\"Jake DiBlasio\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bantering-points-image-19.jpeg\" alt=\"Bantering Points: 12\/16\/25\"\/><\/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\/chris-kreiders-return-sets-stage-for-emotional-night-at-madison-square-garden\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Feldman examines<\/a> all that led up to Chris Kreider&#8217;s emotional return to Madison Square Garden (BSB) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/gabe-perreault-helping-wolf-pack-find-footing-win-games\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keegan Jarvis interviewed<\/a> Gabe Perreault about his performance so far this season with the Hartford Wolf Pack (BSB) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/rangers-hold-out-zibanejad-against-ducks-for-missing-team-meeting\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Solis-Byxbee discusses<\/a> Mika Zibanejad being a healthy scratch for the Rangers&#8217; game against the Anaheim Ducks (BSB) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/recap-rangers-fall-flat-in-kreiders-return-lose-4-1-to-anaheim\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Feldman recaps<\/a> the Blueshirts&#8217; 4-1 loss on home ice against the Anaheim Ducks (BSB) <\/p>\n<p>Rangers News: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/16\/sports\/matt-rempe-broke-thumb-underwent-surgery-after-fight-with-sharks-ryan-reaves\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mollie Walker talks<\/a> with Matt Rempe about his injury in his fight against Ryan Reaves and what his recovery looked like (NY Post) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/rangers-gretzky-final-game-retirement\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Blair looks<\/a> back at Wayne Gretzky&#8217;s time with the New York Rangers and his retirement (THW) <\/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\/sabres-fire-gm-kevyn-adams-promote-jarmo-kekalainen\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Buffalo Sabres<\/a> have fired general manager Kevyn Adams and have promoted Jarmo Kekalainen to the role (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/canucks-sign-forward-max-sasson-to-two-year-extension\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> and forward Max Sasson have agreed to terms on a two-year extension (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/lightnings-hagel-exits-with-apparent-injury-vs-panthers\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> forward Brandon Hagel suffered an injury in the team&#8217;s loss against the Florida Panthers (SportsNet)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/kings-kuemper-injured-after-controversial-collision-with-stars-rantanen\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Kings goaltender<\/a> Darcy Kuemper exited the game against the Dallas Stars after taking a hit from Mikko Rantanen (SportsNet) <\/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":352449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-352448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}