Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Sean Hartnett writes that Nils Lundkvist’s early season performance in the SHL is reason to be optimistic (WFAN)
• Jim Bay lists seven events in Rangers’ history that fans can be thankful (Empire Sports Media)
• Sean Crimmins evaluates New York’s options to serve as their seventh defenseman for the upcoming season (The Hockey Writers)
• Brian Abate believes that Jack Johnson playing good hockey for the first time in nearly a decade is essential for the Blueshirts’ defense corps (The Hockey Writers)/

Around the NHL:

• New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk’s career is over, as the eye injury he suffered during the regular season and played in multiple playoff games with has been deemed career-ending (Lighthouse Hockey)
• The Tampa Bay Lightning agreed to a three year, $14.4 million contract with defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (TSN)
• Wayne Scanlan details how the coronavirus pandemic has forced some lower level professional players to move on from hockey and find new careers (Sportsnet)/