Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks offers his thoughts on the state of the Blueshirts (NY Post)
• Zach Braziller hears that as the team’s urgency rises quickly in this shortened season, the team has begun pressing to turn things around (NY Post)
• Laura Albanese gets the sense that frustration is mounting around the Rangers (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano previews the Hartford Wolfpack’s upcoming season (LoHud)
• Wally McKeon highlights how Colin Blackwell has been making the most of his promotion from the taxi squad (Empire Sports Media)
• Media Availability: Adam Fox (2:41) and David Quinn (4:38) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Jim Rutherford has resigned from his position of general manager with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Patrik Allvin has been named his replacement in the interim (Pensburgh)
• After playing the first bunch of their scheduled home games in Arizona, the San Jose Sharks will return home to the SAP Center on February 13th (TSN)
• Shannon Coulter reports that the Sharks also acquired defenseman Christian Jaros from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for forward Jack Kopacka and a seventh round selection in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft (Sportsnet)
• With no pre-season games to shake off rust, teams across the leagues have been playing generally sloppier hockey than normal (NBC Sports)/