Bantering Points: 5/26/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Roberto Solis-Byxbee graded Alexis Lafreniere's performance in 2024-25 (BSB)

Rangers News:

Justin Bonhard reminisces on a pair of ill-fated trades the Blueshirts may wish they had a mulligan on (Blue Line Station)

Stan Fischler wonders how things might have changed for the Rangers had the retained Niko Mikkola and Neal Pionk (The Hockey News)

Remy Mastey notes that any mystery surrounding Matt Rempe's next contract should be resolved without much issue (The Hockey News)

Around the NHL:

Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman each found the back of the net twice for the Edmonton Oilers as they rolled to a 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference Final (NBC Sports)

Tage Thompson scored the golden goal for Team USA in a 1-0 overtime win against Switzerland to capture its first IIHF World Championship gold medal in 92 years (ESPN)

Team Sweden cruised past Denmark by a 6-2 margin to capture bronze at the world championships (Sportsnet)