Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis describes how Chris Kreider’s injury put a scare into the Blueshirts for more than one reason (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson ponders how the team will hand out starts in goal with four games over the next week (Newsday)
• Dylan Spilko reminisces on the top five seasons of Henri Lundqvist’s career (The Hockey Writers)
• Brain Paget chronicles Mika Zibanejad’s journey to stardom on Broadway (Elite Sports NY)
• Steve Paulus delivers a prospect update, with bits on Libor Hajek, Lias Andersson, and more (Blue Line Station)
• Paulus also points out the birthdays that members of the Blueshirts’ organization will be celebrating over the next couple of weeks (Blue Line Station)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz saw the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate their victory over the Vancouver Canucks with a football-themed Storm Surge yesterday afternoon (NBC Sports)
• After mysteriously sitting out of Saturday night’s contest as a healthy scratch it’s been revealed that Toronto Maple Leafs’ forward Kasperi Kapanen was scratched for “internal accountability” (Sportsnet)
• Steven Ellis takes a look at the best goaltenders currently plying their trade in the AHL (The Hockey News)/