Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 2, CAR 1 (4:42 video via NHL.com)
• Brett Cyrgalis recaps the action from last night’s contest at PNC Arena (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson discusses how Rob O’Gara has been prepared for his opportunity in the NHL (Newsday)
• Stephenson also heard from Alain Vigneault about how Filip Chytil has been playing with confidence since his recall (Newsday)
• Pat Keogh analyzes how Chytil and Lias Andersson have performed since being promoted from Hartford (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dominick Renna breaks down how Vladislav Namestnikov is still the major question mark in New York’s rebuild (Elite Sports NY)
• Jason Bisnoff builds a case against Alain Vigneault staying beyond this season (Elite Sports NY)
• Media Availability: Alain Vigneault,(2:52) Mika Zibanejad,(2:54) and Henrik Lundqvist (3:43) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• James O’Brien points out that the Florida Panthers struggles away from home will likely the reason they fail to qualify for the playoffs (NBC Sports)
• Sean McIndoe ponders if last night’s game between the Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Maple Leafs could be a preview of the Stanley Cup Finals (Sportsnet)
• Selene Parekh reports that Boston Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo suffered a broken fibula during yesterday’s action, had to be stretchered off the ice, and will likely miss the remained of the season (The Fantasy Doctors)
• Steven Psihogios lists the five most disappointing teams of the 2017-18 season (Puck Daddy)/