Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: BOS 3, NYR 2 (5:00 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: In spite of jumping out to a 2-0 lead, the Rangers left the City of Champions with the same taste of defeat that so many have before them (CBS)
• Colin Stephenson ponders if Mika Zibanejad’s return to the lineup is actually a net negative for the Blueshirts powerplay (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett pinpoints the play of Adam Fox and Artemiy Panarin as early season positives (WFAN)
• Mollie Walker hears that David Quinn is excited for Marc Staal’s imminent return to the lineup (NY Post)
• Andrew Chodes argues that Staal’s time in NeYork is coming to an end sooner rather than later (Blue Line Station)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz relays word from Calgary Flames’ general manager Brad Treliving to accept Bill Peters’ resignation as Calgary’s head coach and name Geoff Ward as the interim (NBC Sports)
• Peters’ resignation could be seen as the headline event of some hockey culture’s intolerance over 60 years after Willie O’Ree made his NHL debut (TSN)
• Andrew Berkshire breaks down how the New York Islanders have emerged as one of the upper echelon teams of the league (Sportsnet)/