Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks writes that crunch time for David Quinn is coming sooner rather than later (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his thoughts on how the 56 game season will impact the Blueshirts (LoHud)
• Mercogliano also attempted to project what the team’s main roster and taxi squad will look like (LoHud)
• Sean Hartnett discusses how aside from the arrival of Alexis Lafreniere, New York looks almost exactly the same as the team that got laughed out of the playoff bubble in Toronto (WFAN)
• Brian Abate examines which homegrown places could crack the 20 goal plateau during the upcoming season (The Hockey Writers)
• Brendan Azoff juxtaposes the current Blueshirts squad with the 2012-13 team that emerged from the most recent lockout (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpineillo ponder$ the bigge$t que$tion$ facing the Ranger$ in advance of the $ea$on (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• The Nashville Predators signed forward Mikael Granlund to a one year, $3.75 million contract (On The Forecheck)
• Former Vegas Golden Knights’ defenseman Dereyk Engelland has announced his retirement from the league (TSN)
• Edmonton Oilers’ defenseman Oscar Klefbom will miss the entirety of the upcoming season (Sportsnet)
• Adam Gretz notes that even after signing RFA defenseman Jan Rutta and Erik Cernak yesterday, the Tampa Bay Lightning still have to get their salary cap issues resolved(NBC Sports)/