Bantering Points: 5/8/23

Here are today's news and links:

Rangers News:

Ethan Sears makes the case for why the Blueshirts should opt to promote from within and tab Kris Knoblauch as the franchise's next head coach (NY Post)

Colin Stephenson points to Peter Laviolette and Darryl Sutter as two veteran coaches with championship experience that New York could opt to pursue (Newsday)

Neil Best calls on the Rangers' players to shoulder their share of the blame for the first round exit that led to the end of Gerard Gallant's time on Broadway (Newsday)

Vincent Mercogliano lists ten potential candidates to serve as the Blueshirts' next bench boss (LoHud)

Tom Castro discussed the risks the Rangers took en route to their 1994 championship by loading up on Russian players (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

Florida Panthers' forward Sam Reinhart scored the overtime winner in his team's Game 3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs to claim a 3-0 series lead in the Atlantic Division Finals (TSN)

Eric Engels recapped a wild Game 3 of the Metropolitan Division Finals, one that saw the New Jersey Devils defeat the Carolina Hurricanes by an 8-4 margin and cut their series deficit to 2-1 (Sportsnet)