Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 1*, PHI 1 (5:08 video via NHL.com)
• Brett Cyrgalis relays word from Alain Vigneault about his time behind New York’s bench (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson sees that Henrik Lundqvist looks refreshed as he looks to spearhead his team’s return to the playoffs (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his thoughts on the Rangers as they are one week away from the season opener (LoHud)
• Steve Paulus previews the Los Angeles Kings and how they can affect the Blueshirts this season (Blue Line Station)
• Frank Curto notes that in spite of a solid pre-season performance, Vitali Kravtsov’s spot on the opening night roster is anything but assured (Elite Sports NY)
• Jeb Biggart believes that Pavel Buchnevich is primed for a breakout season (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpineillo goe$ in depth on Joe Morrow’$ everyday battle to carve out a ro$ter $pot on Broadway (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Travis Yost breaks down how the contracts handed out to restricted free agent wingers this offseason doesn’t bode well for Patrik Laine (TSN)
• Andrew Berkshire examines who the league’s most effective break out skaters are (Sportsnet)
• James O’Brien ponders whether or not Montreal Canadiens’ forward Jonathan Drouin could be a logical player for other teams to target in a deal (NBC Sports)
• Matt Larkin lists the top 10 Hart trophy candidates for the 2019-20 campaign (The Hockey News)/