Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 5, VGK 0 (5:02 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: A Herculean effort from Alexandar Georgiev started the Blueshirts’ west coast road trip with a bang en route to a blowout victory (CBS)
• Brett Cyrgalis hears that David Quinn thinks his goaltender pulled a rabbit out of his hat with his effort in the Sin City (NY Post)
• Steve Paulus ponders if Quinn is capable of coaching a team that lacks a plethora of his preferred style of players (Blue Line Station)
• Paulus also delivered an update on the organization’s NCAA prospects, including Morgan Barron, Eric Ciccolini, and more (Blue Line Station)
• Andrew Steele-Davis believes that this road trip could make or break the Rangers’ season (Blue Line Station)/

Around the NHL:

• Sonny Sachdeva goes in-depth on how the “Teddy Bear Toss” has become one of the most beloved traditions across all levels of minor hockey (Sportsnet)
• Anaheim Ducks’ forward Nick Ritchie will miss the next 6-10 weeks after spraining his MCL on Friday (TSN)
• Jared Clinton takes a look at the league’s best players during 3-on-3 overtime (The Hockey News)
• Dan Rosen details how Carolina Hurricanes’ forward Andrei Svechnikov has taken major leaps, both on the ice and off of it, during his second NHL season (NHL.com)/