Bantering Points: 8/26/25

Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL

Bantering Points: 8/26/25

Here are today's news and links:

From Blueshirt Banter:

Chris Feldman takes a look at what Rangers fans should expect from Urho Vaakanainen this season (BSB)

Rangers News:

Tom Urtz Jr. talks about Adam Fox being ranked second-best right-hand defenseman in NHL 26 (Blue Line Station)

Remy Mastey discusses J.T. Miller being left off the NHL Network's top 20 centers (THN)

Christopher Hennessy takes a look at some early trade deadline targets for the Blueshirts (Clutch Points)

Around the NHL:

Corey Pronman examines all 32 teams' pipelines and ranks them from worst to best (The Athletic)

NHL defenseman Tyson Barrie has announced his retirement after playing over 800 games (SportsNet)

The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Jan Jenik to a one-year, two-way deal (SportsNet)

Matthew Knies discusses trying to join the USA Olympic team and what the Toronto Maple Leafs lines may look like (TSN)

Here are some of the top prospects ahead of the 2026 NHL draft, including Gavin McKenna (ESPN)

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