Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks highlights an overlooked factor in grading the Vladislav Namestnikov trade (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that Lias Andersson has made the most out of his less than ideal deployment through two games (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano ponders what the Rangers can do to get a modicum of production from their bottom nine forwards (LoHud)
• Curtis Jetter believes that after two exciting wins, the week between games has been difficult (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus relays word from Jeff Gorton and David Quinn on the first week of the season (Blue Line Station)
• Sean Treppedi offers his feelings on the Namestnikov deal (Empire Writes Back)
• Rick Carpiniello examine$ where the Mika Zibanejad trade land$ among $ome of the Blue$hirt$ hi$torical $wap$ (The Athletic)
• Michael Obernauer details how valuable Chris Kreider’s presence has been for the baby Blueshirts (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Marcus Fitzgerald reports that the Vancouver Canucks named Bo Horvat the 14th captain franchise history (City News 1130)
• Bob McKenzie hears that UFA forward Brain Boyle is still garnering interest from several clubs, and is expected to sign sooner rather than later (TSN)
• Eric Francis writes that with James Neal sitting atop the league’s goal scoring leaderboard, and Milan Lucic doing the same for fights and penalty minutes, the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames have both gotten what they wanted out of their summer swap (Sportsnet)
• James O’Brien saw that the Philadelphia Flyers gave New Jersey Devils’ forward Wayne Simmonds a warm welcome in his return to the city of brotherly love (NBC Sports)/