{"id":456480,"date":"2026-02-08T14:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456480\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:11:14","slug":"bantering-points-2-7-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456480\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantering Points: 2\/7\/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\/02\/bantering-points-image-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Bantering Points: 2\/7\/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\/rangers-vs-hurricanes-loafing-without-bread\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Kohn examines<\/a> the Rangers&#8217; loss at Madison Square Garden against the Carolina Hurricanes (BSB) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/joes-reaction-of-the-week-chip-version-and-so-it-ends\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chip23 discusses Artemi <\/a>Panarin&#8217;s trade to the Los Angeles Kings for Joe&#8217;s Reaction of the Week (BSB) <\/p>\n<p>Rangers News: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7026168\/2026\/02\/06\/artemi-panarin-rangers-teammates-reflect-sullivan-hurricanes\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Baugh discusses<\/a> how Artemi Panarin and his teammates felt about his time in New York (The Athletic) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/chris-drury-tries-to-back-lafreniere-and-schneider-but-raises-eyebrows-instead-01kgq8jhng2t?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Rogust talks<\/a> about general manager Chris Drury&#8217;s comments on Braden Schneider and Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re (Blue Line Station) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/hockey\/rangers\/takeaways-at-the-olympic-break-yb71vnub?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Stephenson provides<\/a> three takeaways for the Blueshirts at the Olympic Break (NewsDay) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/what-the-rangers-are-getting-in-liam-greentree\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Giampietro takes<\/a> a look at what the Rangers are getting in prospect Liam Greentree (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\/18987\/article\/boldy-horvat-vejmelka-named-nhls-three-stars-of-the-week\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Boldy, Bo<\/a> Horvat, and Karel Vejmelka were named the NHL&#8217;s three stars of the week (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/juniors\/article\/prosecutors-drop-aggravated-assault-charge-against-gavin-mckenna\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Pennsylvania district<\/a> attorney has dropped the charges against top 2026 prospect Gavin McKenna (SportsNet)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/13-penalties-handed-out-in-massive-battle-of-florida-brawl\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">13 penalties were handed<\/a> out during a single play in the battle of Florida between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers (SportsNet)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/2026-olympic-winter-games-milano-cortina-hockey-tournament-schedule?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here is the 2026 Milan<\/a> Olympics men&#8217;s hockey game schedule, which begins next week (NHL.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/bruins-mcavoy-shares-photo-of-face-after-elbow-from-panthers-vilmanis\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins and Team<\/a> USA defenseman Charlie McAvoy shares what his jaw looks like following an elbow to the face (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":456481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-456480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456480","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=456480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}