{"id":760298,"date":"2026-07-13T12:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/760298\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:14:22","slug":"bantering-points-7-12-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/760298\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantering Points: 7\/12\/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\/07\/jake.jpeg\" alt=\"Jake DiBlasio\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bantering-points-image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"Bantering Points: 7\/12\/26\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Here are today&#8217;s news and links:<\/p>\n<p>Rangers News: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/10\/sports\/what-prompted-vincent-trocheck-to-change-no-trade-clause\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Crane talks<\/a> about why Vincent Trocheck was willing to be traded to the Utah Mammoth (NY Post) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/how-the-incoming-cba-rules-completely-outlaw-the-classic-rangers-contract-style-used-on-leo-carlsson-01kx7frxcwbr?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Urtz Jr. takes<\/a> a look at how the new CBA rules could impact the Rangers (Blue Line Station) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/rangers\/onsi\/news\/ny-rangers-should-take-a-chance-on-low-risk-high-upside-free-agent?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Ziegler talks <\/a>about why the Blueshirts should invest in low-risk, high-rewards free agents (Sports Illustrated) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/rangers\/onsi\/news\/age-at-key-position-can-be-detriment-to-ny-rangers-success?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Teape talks<\/a> about the Rangers&#8217; aging center core and why they could hold the team back (Sports Illustrated)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/alberts-smits-is-already-winning-over-the-rangers-days-after-getting-drafted-01kx3h359ddc?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Rogust examines <\/a>fifth overall pick Alberts Smits&#8217; performance at development camp (Blue Line Station) <\/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.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/blues-re-sign-f-sundqvist-to-a-one-year-two-way-contract\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The St. Louis Blues<\/a> have signed forward Oskar Sundqvist to a one-year contract extension (TSN)  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/canadiens-sign-d-konyushkov-to-two-year-entry-level-contract\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Montreal Canadiens<\/a> have signed defenseman Bogdan Konyushkov to a two-year entry-level contract (TSN) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25453531-ranking-10-worst-nhl-contracts-books-2026-27-season?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a list of the <\/a>10 worst contracts in the NHL, which features one Ranger on the list (Bleacher Report) <\/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":760299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-760298","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\/760298","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=760298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}