Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Colin Stephenson relays word that David Quinn and Kevin Shattenkirk have moved beyond the veteran’s benching from Thursday night against Ottawa (Newsday)
• Dave Shapiro offers his thoughts on Shattenkirk’s benching (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Nicholas Zararis rebuts the argument that the lack of a Stanley Cup championship should keep Henrik Lundqvist out of the Hall of Fame (Blue Line Station)
• Zararis also pondered how many goals it would take for the Rangers to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs (Blue Line Station)
• Rick Carpiniello $at down with Ranger$ legend Vic Hadfield ahead of hi$ jer$ey retirement ceremony tomorrow night (The Athletic)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(5:53) Henrik Lundqvist,(2:14) and Mika Zibanejad (2:01) (Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

• Damien Cox argues that the Toronto Maple Leafs need to to whatever it takes to get William Nylander into the fold prior to today’s 1 PM EST deadline (Sportsnet)
• Rick Westhead reports that a study by Boston University revealed that former NHLer Todd Ewen had CTE (TSN)
• Scott Billeck relays word that Washington Capitals’ forward Tom Wilson was ejected from last night’s contest against the New Jersey Devils following a late, blindside hit (NBC Sports)