{"id":772461,"date":"2026-07-19T18:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/772461\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T18:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:08:21","slug":"bantering-points-7-19-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/772461\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantering Points: 7\/19\/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-16.jpeg\" alt=\"Bantering Points: 7\/19\/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\/whats-left-for-the-rangers-five-remaining-ufa-defensemen-they-could-target\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Feldman names<\/a> five unrestricted free agent defensemen the Rangers could sign this offseason (BSB) <\/p>\n<p>Rangers News: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/j-t-miller-bouncing-back-is-crucial-for-a-successful-rangers-season\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Standel explains<\/a> why Rangers&#8217; captain J.T. Miller must have a bounce-back season (THW) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/chris-drury-should-learn-from-trevor-zegras-contract-by-signing-this-young-star-now?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Villano makes<\/a> the case for general manager Chris Drury to extend Will Cuylle now (Blue Line Station) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/rangers\/onsi\/news\/this-remaining-free-agent-would-be-perfect-fit-for-ny-rangers?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Ziegler talks <\/a>about why the Blueshirts should sign forward Patrick Laine this offseason (Sports Illustrated) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/rangers\/onsi\/news\/why-development-of-liam-greentree-is-important-for-ny-rangers?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Ziegler discusses<\/a> why the development of Liam Greentree is so important for the Rangers (Sports Illustrated) <\/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\/blackhawks-connor-bedard-agree-to-five-year-75m-contract\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> and forward Connor Bedard have agreed to terms on a five-year deal with an AAV of $15 million (SportsNet) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/abbotsford-canucks-name-ryan-papaioannou-as-head-coach\/?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> have named Ryan Papaioannou the head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks (SportsNet)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/nhl-all-star\/nhl-all-star-game-2027-sweden-projected-roster?ref=blueshirtbanter.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a projection<\/a> of Team Sweden&#8217;s roster for the 2027 All-Star Game (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":772462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-772461","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\/772461","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=772461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}