Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks ponders why the Rangers have opted against deploying Jacob Trouba in situations that would merit his $8 million salary (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson heard from Adam Fox about his first month of transitioning into life as an NHL player (Newsday)
• Andrew Steele-Davis offers a handful of takeaways from the Blueshirts’ Saturday afternoon loss against Edmonton (Blue Line Station)
• Frank Curto reminds us that after his demotion and subsequent inexplicable healthy scratch in AHL Hartford, Vitali Kravtsov’s KHL out clause looms large (Elite Sports NY)
• Dominick Renna discusses how the Rangers’ pitiful center depth has already reared its ugly head (Elite Sports NY)
• $hayna Goldman examine$ what the Blue$hirt$ need to do a$ they evaluate their player$ (The Athletic)
• Michael Obernauer went around the locker room to gauge the feelings towards Kaapo Kakko’s first NHL goal (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• John Fischer recaps the New Jersey Devils’ latest soul crushing defeat, a game that saw the home team blow a 4-1 lead en route to getting booed off the ice as they fell to the Florida Panthers by a 6-4 margin (All About The Jersey)
• Adam Gretz reports that Arizona Coyotes’ defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson and Minnesota Wild forward Mats Zuccarello are both slated to miss time due to injury (NBC Sports)
• Chris Johnston argues in favor of the Toronto Maple Leafs decision to demote 2018 first round pick Rasmus Sandin back to AHL Toronto (Sportsnet)
• Connor McDavid, Patrik Laine, and Sidney Crosby have been named the league’s Three Stars of the Week (TSN)/