Bantering Points: 5/13/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Chris Feldman grades the injury-truncated 2024-25 campaign of Adam Edstrom (BSB)

Joe Fortunato gives his thoughts on the state of the Rangers as the major decisions of the off-season regarding the new head coach and the looming first-round pick decision come into focus (BSB)

Rangers News:

Mollie Walker reports that Brett Berard has withdrawn from the IIHF World Championships due to a "minor injury" that is not expected to affect him as he prepares for next season (NY Post)

Nicholas Seltz discusses what to expect out of Gabe Perreault when he takes the ice for his first full professional season in the fall (The Hockey Writers)

Jesse Courville-Lynch lists three potential trade destinations if the Blueshirts opt to move on from Artemiy Panarin (The Hockey Writers)

Stan Fischler break downs commentary from Joe Micheletti about what went wrong as the Rangers missed the playoffs for the first time since 2021 (The Hockey News)

Ben Burns points to three players that saw regular ice time with New York in 2025-26 that should not be doing so in 2025-26 (Blue Line Station)

Around the NHL:

The Carolina Hurricanes defended home ice once again, securing a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 4 to grab a commanding 3-1 series lead in the Metropolitan Division Final (TSN)

Ken Holland is reportedly closing in on being Rob Blake's successor as general manager of the Los Angeles Kings (Sportsnet)

Team USA fell to Switzerland by a 3-0 margin, Czechia blew out Denmark and Austria topped Slovakai at the IIHF World Championships on Monday (ESPN)