Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Justin Tasch discusses how the Rangers have benefited from retaining Michael Grabner and losing Oscar Lindberg via the expansion draft (NY Daily News)
• William Schneiderhan explains why Jeff Gorton should kick the tires on Ottawa Senators’ forward Mike Hoffman (Blue Line Station)
• Peter Reichert examines whether or not the team should recall Peter Holland from Hartford (Blue Line Station)
• Sam Prevot breaks down why Brady Skjei has turned out to be one of Gordie Clark’s most successful high draft picks (Blue Line Station)
• Dave Shapiro writes New York’s post-Christmas list (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Frank Curto recaps the Blueshirts’ rough week preceding Christmas (Elite Sports NY)
• Curto also reminisced on the franchise’s previous outdoor games leading up to the Winter Classic (Elite Sports NY)
• Alex Kolodziej saw that Filip Chytil took a crushing blow during the Czech Republic’s game against Russia (FanRag)
• Amanda Borges went one-on-one with Chytil prior to his first game at the World Junior Championships (4:34 video via Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Joey Alfieri lists the top ten shootout goals from the hockey world in 2017 (NBC Sports)
• Travis Yost determines whether the struggles of Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kristopher Letang are a result of poor play or poor puck luck (TSN)
• With the Olympics less than six weeks away, the Spengler Cup will serve as Canada’s final opportunity to evaluate its available talent (Sportsnet)
• Ryan Davis reports that former Rangers’ goaltender Johnny Bower passed away at age 93 yesterday (FanRag)/