Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NJD 5, NYR 2 (5:01 video via NHL.com)
• Brett Cyrgalis recaps the first of many installments of Hughes v. Kakko (NY Post)
• Neil Best writes that even though the top two picks from this past June’s entry draft had quiet nights, last night’s game was still significant (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s contest (LoHud)
• Steve Paulus ponders what the rumors of Vitali Kravstovs possible departure to the KHL could mean (Blue Line Station)
• Jimmy Maxson discusses the difficulties of dealing with the team’s stretch of one game in eleven days (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpiniello chronicle$ Alexandar Georgiev’$ journey from hi$ youth in Bulgaria and Ru$$ia to hi$ ri$e onto Broadway (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavaress is out for at least two weeks due to a broken finger (Pension Plan Puppets)
• Adam Gretz relays word that Vegas Golden Knights forward Valentin Zykov has been suspended 20 games for violating the league’s PED policy (NBC Sports)
• Wayne Scanlan points out that Vegas’ meeting with the Ottawa Senators, will afford the Sens a painful reminder of the trials and tribulations of a rebuild (Sportsnet)
• Ken Campbell ponders why attendance has been sagging in a majority of the league’s Canadian cities this season (The Hockey News)/