Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks reports that the Rangers are undecided as to whether or not they’ll extend Ryan Strome a qualifying offer (NY Post)
• Brooks also offers his take on where former franchise netminder Henrik Lundqvist could end up, with the Washingtion Capitals emerging as a potential suitor (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson heard from Jeff Gorton about the possibility of selecting Alexis Lafreniere first overall tomorrow night (Newsday)
• Rachel Nones writes that Jacob Trouba still has time to prove that the Rangers wouldn’t have been better off lighting $8,000,000 on fire last season rather than paying Trouba that much to play for them (The Hockey Writers)
• Steve Paulus ponders how much Alexander Georgiev’s next contract should be worth (Blue Line Station)
• Jason Katinas gives his opinion on the team’s salary cap situation (Blue Line Station)
• Jim Bay relays word that Lias Andersson has been suspended for five SHL games following an illegal hit to the head in his most recent game (Empire Sports Media)/

Around the NHL:

• Should Braden Holtby leave Washington, Henrik Lundqvist should be at the top of the Capitals’ list to replace him (Japers Rink)
• The Dallas Stars agreed to a two year, $3 million contract extension with defenseman Andrej Sekera (TSN)
• The Los Angeles Kings acquired defenseman Olli Maatta from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for ECHL forward Brad Morrison (Sportsnet)
• Adam Gretz informs us that the Arizona Coyotes have bought out the final year of Michael Grabner’s contract (NBC Sports)/