{"id":458488,"date":"2026-02-09T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458488\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:56:10","slug":"bantering-points-2-9-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458488\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantering Points: 2\/9\/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-7.jpeg\" alt=\"Bantering Points: 2\/9\/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-rationalizing-the-panarin-return-greentree-trocheck-millers-comments\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Kocher&#8217;s Media<\/a> Bytes talks about the return for Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller&#8217;s comments, and more (BSB) <\/p>\n<p>Rangers News: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/the-hartford-wolf-pack-signing-travis-dermott-could-have-major-implications-for-the-rangers-roster-01kgxdr0ym20?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Urtz Jr. takes a<\/a> look at how Travis Dermott joining the Hartford Wolf Pack on a professional tryout offer impacts the Rangers (Blue Line Station) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25391867-breaking-down-rangers-artemi-panarin-trade-return-featuring-liam-greentree-scouting-report?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Stuart examines<\/a> what kind of prospect Liam Greentree is and how he can impact the Rangers (Bleacher Report) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/new-york-rangers-do-next-after-trading-artemi-panarin-chris-drury-deadline-vincent-trocheck?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Cuneo discusses<\/a> what moves the Blueshirts should make following them trading away Artemi Panarin (Daily Faceoff) <\/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\/team-usa-names-auston-matthews-as-captain-for-olympics\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team USA has named Toronto<\/a> Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews their captain for the 2026 Milan Olympics (SportsNet)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/olympics\/article\/team-canada-names-sidney-crosby-as-captain-for-olympics\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team Canada has named<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby their captain for the 2026 Milan Olympics (SportsNet)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/performance-matters-u-s-hockey-coach-declines-to-name-starting-goalie\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team USA head coach<\/a> Mike Sullivan has not yet announced who will be the team&#8217;s starting goaltender (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/olympics\/gabriel-landeskog-captain-of-sweden-for-2026-olympics?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Despite dealing with injury<\/a>, Colorado Avalanche and Team Sweden captain Gabriel Landeskog will play 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":458489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-458488","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\/458488","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=458488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}