Bantering Points: 12/5/25

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

Bantering Points: 12/5/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

The Ombudsman Report for episode 60 of Blueshirt Bandwidth by Charlie Vidal looks at jersey trivia, Sheary, and more (BSB)

On episode 61 of Blueshirt Bandwidth, Eric and Chip23 discuss Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin, and more (BSB)

Chris Feldman recaps the Rangers' victory on the road against the Ottawa Senators (BSB)

Rangers News:

Dan Martin takes a look at how the Rangers' blue line played in their first game without Adam Fox (NY Post)

Justin Bonhard examines who the Blueshirts' season MVPs are at this point in the season (Blue Line Station)

Lucas Standel revisits the Jacob Trouba trade and the Igor Shesterkin trade one year later (THW)

Vincent Z. Mercogliano and Peter Baugh discuss how the Rangers' top prospects in Hartford are doing (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

The Tampa Bay Lightning and defenseman Ryan McDonagh have agreed to a three-year extension worth $12.3 million (SportsNet)

Los Angeles Kings' defenseman Drew Doughty returned to the lineup in last night's game against the Chicago Blackhawks (SportsNet)

The Vancouver Canucks have recalled defenseman Elias Pettersson and goaltender Nikita Tolopilo (SportsNet)

The International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame Class of 2026 has been announced (NHL.com)

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