Bantering Points: 2/20/26

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

Bantering Points: 2/20/26

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Charlie Vidal has the Ombudsman Report for last week's episode of Blueshirt Bandwidth (BSB)

On the Filip Chytil episode of Blueshirt Bandwidth, Joe and Eric talk about the 2026 Milan Olympics, J.T. Miller, and more (BSB)

Rangers News:

Ethan Sears discusses Mika Zibanejad's goal against Team USA in the quarterfinal round (NY Post)

Will Jenkofsky names four things the Rangers must do ahead of this year's trade deadline (Blue Line Station)

Lyle Richardson names six potential landing spots for Braden Schneider if the Blueshirts trade him (Bleacher Report)

Dan Arritt discusses Artemi Panarin's comments about what kind of impact he could make for the Los Angeles Kings (NHL.com)

Around the NHL:

Team Canada head coach Jon Cooper has not ruled out captain Sidney Crosby for the remainder of the tournament (SportsNet)

Vancouver Canucks forward Philip Chytil will get an x-ray on his face after getting hit with a puck (SportsNet)

Team Canada forward Sam Bennett missed the team's last game due to an illness but is healthy for the semifinals (TSN)

Max Domi and Joseph Woll both did not participate in the Toronto Maple Leafs practice (SportsNet)

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