Bantering Points: 1/27/26

Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL

Bantering Points: 1/27/26

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Roberto Solis-Byxbee explains why general manager Chris Drury has a lot to navigate between now and the trade deadline (BSB)

Chris Feldman discusses the Rangers preparing to trade Carson Soucy to the New York Islanders (BSB)

Chris Feldman recaps the Rangers' win at Madison Square Garden against the Boston Bruins (BSB)

Rangers News:

Andrew Crane takes a look at when Igor Shesterkin and Adam Fox could be returning to the Rangers lineup (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson explains why trading Vincent Trocheck would send the Blueshirts into a rebuild, not a retool (NewsDay)

Steven Brand takes a look at how the Rangers could replace the production of Vincent Trocheck and Artemi Panarin if traded (Blue Line Station)

Lucas Standel makes the case that both trades involving J.T. Miller were a mistake for the Rangers (THW)

Around the NHL:

Minnesota Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt could be traded this season as the team looks to go all in (SportsNet)

The Vancouver Canucks have placed forward Brock Boeser and defenseman Zeev Buium on injured reserve (SportsNet)

The matchup between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Los Angeles Kings was postponed due to the snowstorm (SportsNet)

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust will have a hearing for his hit on Canucks forward Brock Boeser (SportsNet)

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