Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks addresses the difficulty in coming to grips with the ends of Henrik Lundqvist’s time on Broadway (NY Post)
• Brooks also reminisced on the most memorable regular season game in franchise history (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson hears that the Ranger stepped forward and condemned the racial slurs issued against K’Andre Miller during the Zoom conference on Friday (Newsday)
• Steve Paulus discusses why Blueshirts’ fans should be thankful that they root for a franchise that’s reached the pinnacle of the hockey world one (1) time since America entered WWII (Blue Line Station)
• Scott Esposito reflects on the best and worst draft classes of the 1980’s (Blue Line Station)
• Brian Abate suggests that Dan Girardi deserves more respect than he usually gets from the Rangerstown faithful (The Hockey Writers)/

Around the NHL:

• Sam McCaig re-drafts the top ten selections of the 2012 Entry Draft (The Hockey News)
• The Montreal Canadiens agreed to terms with forward Laurent Dauphin on a one year contract for the 2020-21 campaign (TSN)
• In the decade plus since Phil Kessel was traded from Boston to Toronto, the trade tree has sprouted numerous branches (Sportsnet)
• The 2010-11 Vancouver Canucks, 2010’s San Jose Sharks, and late 2010’s Tampa Bay Lightning rank as some of the greatest teams to fall short of the ultimate prize (NBC Sports)/