Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 5, COL 3 (4:58 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Strong efforts from Artemiy Panarin and Jesper Fast on offense helped Igor Shesterkin earn his first NHL win against the Colorado Avalanche (CBS)
• Laura Albanese relays word from Lias Andersson, describing his tenure as a member of the Rangers’ organization as an “untenable situation” (Newsday)
• Brett Cyrgalis details how the Andersson debacle is just another log on the fire of the Blueshirts mismanagement of their rebuild (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks describes the long awaited debut of the true heir to Henrik Lundqvist’s throne (NY Post)
• Steven Ellis sees Shesterkin’s arrival on Broadway as the dawn of a new era in Rangers’ hockey (The Hockey News)
• Steve Paulus hands out report cards for New York’s first half of the 2019-20 campaign (Blue Line Station)
• Media Availability: Igor Shesterkin (0:32) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• James O’Brien ponders whether or not John Hynes will be able to succeed as the bench boss of the Nashville Predators (NBC Sports)
• Tristan Jarry and Kristopher Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins have been named as injury replacements to the Metropolitan Division All-Star Team (Sportsnet)
• The Montreal Canadiens acquired forward Laurent Dauphin from the Nashville Predators in exchange for forward Michael McCarron (TSN)
• Matt Larkin lists three potential landing spots for Peter Laviolette in the wake of his dismissal from Nashville (The Hockey News)/