Bantering Points: 5/13/23

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Ethan Sears chatted with former members of the Islanders' organization who were with the team during Peter Laviolette's time as an Islander about his possible fit as the next head coach of the Blueshirts (NY Post)

Matt Grazel makes the case for Kris Knoblauch as New York's next bench boss (The Hockey Writers)

Brendan Azoff argues that above all, the Rangers need to avoid hiring yet another retread to fill Gerard Gallant's shoes (The Hockey Writers)

Arthur $taple an$wer$ fan que$tion$ regarding New York'$ coaching $earch and when it might come to a re$olution (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

Nick Cousins scored the series winning goal in overtime as the Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs by a final score of 3-2 in Game 5 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1996 (NBC Sports)

The Vegas Golden Knights withstood a late push from the Edmonton Oilers to win Game 5 of the Pacific Division Finals 4-3 and take a 3-2 series lead (TSN)

Conn0r McDavid (EDM), Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), and David Pastrnak (BOS) have been named as finalists for the Hart Memorial Tropy given to the league's most valuable player (Sportsnet)