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Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Steve Serby sat down with Brendan Lemieux to discuss his experience playing at Madison Square Garden, his father Claude, and more (NY Post)
- Sean Hartnett highlights how in spite of being a throw-in in exchange for Kevin Hayes, Lemieux has begun carving out a legitimate niche for himself in New York (WFAN)
- Colin Stephenson discusses how Vinni Lettieri is seeking to make the most out of his most recent recall from Hartford (Newsday)
- Dave Shapiro examines what a trade involving Alexandar Georgiev could look like on the floor of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (Blue Seat Blogs)
- George Ruggiero lists three low risk, high rewards players the Rangers could target for trade (Blue Line Station)
- Dominick Renna notes that Pavel Buchnevich seems to have found consistency with the Blueshirts (Elite Sports NY)
Around the NHL:
- Mark Spector details the difficult job Los Angeles Kings’ general manager Rob Blake has in moving forward with his team’s current roster (Sportsnet)
- Craig Forsythe reports that the Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Michael Raffl to a two year, $3.2 million contract extension (Broad Street Hockey)
- While it appeared that Alex Ovechkin would run away with yet another Rocket Richard Trophy, a four goal performance from John Tavares on Monday created some intrigue in the goal-scoring race (TSN)
- The Tampa Bay Lightning agreed to a multi-year contract extension with head coach Jon Cooper, who was set to be a free agent following the 2018-19 campaign (Raw Charge)