{"id":389574,"date":"2026-01-05T18:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389574\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:09:15","slug":"bantering-points-1-5-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389574\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantering Points: 1\/5\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jake.jpeg\" alt=\"Jake DiBlasio\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bantering-points-image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Bantering Points: 1\/5\/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\/media-bytes-fox-olympic-snub-state-of-the-rangers-is-dire-tuch\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Kocher discusses<\/a> Adam Fox not making Team USA, Alex Tuch&#8217;s availability, and more (BSB)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/blueshirt-banter-new-years-resolution-roundtable\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Blueshirt Banter<\/a> crew talks about their New Year&#8217;s resolution for the Rangers as they head into 2026 (BSB)<\/p>\n<p>Rangers News: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/new-york-rangers-week-ahead-schedule-storylines-fox-injuries-trade-rumors-and-more\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a preview<\/a> of everything that has to do with the Blueshirts for the upcoming week (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\/flames-beecher-suspended-one-game-for-punch-on-mccarron\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The NHL has suspended<\/a> Calgary Flames forward John Beecher and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Logan Stanley each for one game (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/avalanches-landeskog-injured-against-panthers-needs-help-getting-off-ice\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche captain<\/a> Gabriel Landeskog left the team&#8217;s game against the Florida Panthers with an upper-body injury (SportsNet)  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/alexander-wennberg-sharks-agree-to-three-year-18-million-extension\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The San Jose Sharks<\/a> and forward Alexander Wennberg have agreed to terms on a three-year contract extension (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/stars-captain-jamie-benn-exits-vs-canadiens-after-hitting-face-on-ice\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Stars captain<\/a> Jamie Benn exited the team&#8217;s game against the Montreal Canadiens with an injury (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/caps-wilson-questionable-to-return-with-lower-body-injury\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals forward<\/a> Tom Wilson&#8217;s lower-body injury does not appear to be as bad as initially seemed (TSN) <\/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":389575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-389574","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\/389574","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=389574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}