Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 5/16/26
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
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Joe's Reaction of the Week
Joe's Reaction of the Week: How Important Is the Second Overall Pick?
Picking fifth means the Rangers likely miss out on the dynamic forward they need. But there's a path back to a difference-maker, and it runs through San Jose, Braden Schneider, and GM relationship dating back to college.
2026 Report Cards
2026 Rangers Report Card: Matthew Robertson
Before last season, he wasn't even on our radar for a Season Preview. Now, he might be a mainstay on the Rangers blueline.
Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 5/15/26
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
2026 Elimination Evals
2026 Elimination Eval: Minnesota Wild
For the first time in 10 years, the Minnesota Wild got past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But a second round match-up with the Colorado Avalanche sent them packing.
New York Rangers Prospects
QMJHL Draft Radar Scouting Report
With the NHL Draft about six weeks away and the Rangers season already over, the Draft Radar Scouting Report series picks up as this edition will focus solely on first round projected players from the QMJHL.
Blueshirt Bandwidth Podcast
Blueshirt Bandwidth #84: Trade Up for Stenberg, Bid Farewell to Benoit Allaire
The Rangers should be on the phone with San Jose about trading up for the second overall pick, Benoit Allaire is retiring and going straight to Valhalla, and Chip dropped an Adam Fox trade proposal that both guys would actually do.
Blueshirt Bandwidth Ombudsman Report
Podcast Ombudsman Report for Blueshirt Bandwidth Ep. 83
Why Toronto was still in the bowl for the second pick, where exactly the Rangers' Dallas pick will land, and why being head coach in Hartford is not really a stepping stone to the NHL. The latest Ombudsman Report has the receipts.
Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 5/14/26
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
Blueshirt Banter Roundtable
Take Five: A Blueshirt Banter Roundtable on the Fifth Overall Pick
The lottery dealt the Rangers a blow, dropping them to fifth overall in the upcoming NHL Draft. Here's what the Banter team thinks they should do with that pick.
2026 Report Cards
2026 Rangers Report Card: Jonathan Quick
The number from Quick weren't very good. But there's nothing but respect for the best American goalie to ever do it.
Bantering Points
Bantering Points: 5/13/26
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL