Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 4, NYI 3 (5:01 video via NHL.com)
• Vin Cherwoo recaps the Rangers’ overtime victory over the Islanders (NY Daily News)
• Brett Cyrgalis notes that Alexandar Georgiev will retake the role of New York’s starting goaltender in the wake of Igor Shesterkin’s injuries (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson relays word from David Quinn about the fallout from the Brady Skjei trade (Newsday)
• Neil Best details how the rivalry between the Rangers and Islanders has risen to a playoff-like fever pitch (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers three takeaways from the Blueshirts’ trade deadline activity (LoHud)
• Sean Hartnett examines how the team’s decision to trade Brady Skjei could haunt them down the road (WFAN)
• Brandon Azoff believes that the Rangers’ playoffs will live or die over the six game stretch that began last night (Blue Line Station)
• Frank Curto argues that Igor Shesterkin’s injury couldn’t have come at a worst time (Elite Sports NY)
• Dylan Spilko examines the pros and cons of Chris Kreider’s contract extension (The Hockey Writers)
• Brian Abate thinks that Jeff Gorton made the correct decision in holding onto Jesper Fast beyond Monday’s trade deadline (The Hockey Writers)
• Ed Stein sees the Chris Kreider extension as the first of man dominoes that will fall prior to the next phase of the Blueshirts’ franchise (Empire Writes Back)/

Around the NHL:

• After seeing longtime teammate Patrick Marleau traded to a Stanley Cup contender, Joe Thronton was disappointed to still find himself in San Jose following Monday’s trade deadline (Sportsnet)
• The Seattle NHL franchise announces it plans on subsidizing pubic transit costs for fans attending home games (NBC Sports)
• Edmonton Oilers’ winger Kailer Yamamato will be out on a week to week basis with an ankle injury (TSN)/