Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 4, OTT 1 (5:04 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Mika Zibanejad’s hat trick and the top line’s continued dominance propelled New York past Ottawa (NY Daily News)
• Larry Brooks notes that three former Rangers that formed the heart and soul of the John Tortorella are out of commission to start the season (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson writes that David Quinn plans on utilizing Brendan Smith forward/defenseman hybrid as long as it helps the team (Newsday)
• Todd Milewski reports that defensive prospect K’Andre Miller has been suspended from the Wisconsin Badgers for violating team rules (Kenosha News)
• Michael Delasandro examines the Blueshirts’ goaltending situation as it currently stands (Blue Line Station)
• Justin Bonhard offers his two cents on how the Rangers should split starts in net (The Hockey Writers)
• Mitch Brown u$e$ video analy$i$ to dive into what make$ Vitali Kravt$ov $o dynamic (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Former Ottawa Senators’ defenseman Chris Phillips, a veteran of over 1,100 NHL games, will have his #4 retired by the club on February 18th, 2020 (TSN)
• In spite of starting the season without a contract, free agent forward Patrick Marleau plans on playing in the NHL at some point during the 2019-20 campaign (Sportsnet)
• David Minuk relays word that the Winnipeg Jets aren’t expecting to hear from Dustin Byfuglien regarding his NHL future anytime soon (Illegal Curve)/