Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Mollie Walker notes that Morgan Barron’s decision to sign with the Blueshirts has been complicated by the coronavirus outbreak (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks ranks the best yearly teams between the Rangers, Devils, and Islanders (NY Post)
• Brooks also discusses the possibility of a 24 team playoff tournament (NY Post)
• Scott Blair reminisces on Wayne Gretzky’s final game of his illustrious career (The Hockey Writers)
• Andrew Steele-Davis argues that Jacob Trouba did exactly what he was supposed to during his first season on Broadway (Blue Line Station)
• Scott Esposito takes a look at some of the best Blueshirts team to fall short of a Stanley Cup (Blue Line Station)
• Frank Curto relays word from David Quinn about the team’s performance this season (Elite Sports NY)
• Steve Sanin reminds us that in spite of the season suspension, the team’s search for their 28th captain is still ongoing (Empire Writes Back)/

Around the NHL:

• The Winnipeg Jets and Dustin Byfuglien agreed to a mutual termination of his standard player contract (Arctic Ice Hockey)
• James O’Brien ponders whether or not the St. Louis Blues will be forced to let Alex Pietrangelo go after extending Marco Scandella’s contract (NBC Sports)
• Andrew Berkshire examines which pending free agent netminder should receive the buggest contract (Sportsnet)
• Pierre LeBrun reports that the league’s players have delayed their decision regarding the final paychecks of the season until May 15th (TSN)/