Bantering Points: 5/12/23

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker examines some potential head coaching candidates that Chris Drury has had dealings with throughout his time in hockey as a player and front office employee (NY Post)

Brian Abate highlights Artemiy Panarin as just another in a long line of star players who came to New York and weren't able to perform in the playoffs (The Hockey Writers)

Erin Casey details why the nature of the Blueshirts' current roster and salary cap conundrum will likely prevent any major surgery to address team deficiencies ahead of next season (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

Former Ranger Jesper Fast scored the series winning goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in last night's Game 5 as they advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a dominant 4-1 series victory over the New Jersey Devils (TSN)

Darnell Nurse of the Edmonton Oilers and Alex Pietrangelo of the Vegas Golden Knights have both been suspended for Game 5 of the Pacific Division Finals for their actions down the stretch of Game 4 (NBC Sports)

Connor Hellebuyck (WPG), Linus Ullmark (BOS), and Ilya Sorokin (NYI) have been named as finalists for the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender (Sportsnet)