Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks discusses the team’s goals for the upcoming season (NY Post)
• Brooks also examines the ways the Rangers can make use of the taxi squad implemented for this season (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano offered his takeaways from John Davidson and Jeff Gorton’s respective media availability sessions (LoHud)
• Sean Hartnett sees Ryan Callahan’s retirement as a spotlight on New York’s current lack of a captain (WFAN)
• Scott Blair believes that Chris Kreider should become the 28th captain in franchise history (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpiniello write$ that the Blue$hirt$ youth movement will be front and center (The Athletic)
• Media Availability: Jeff Gorton and John Davidson (9:59 and 9:34 videos via Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

• Elliotte Friedman relays word that four teams will be participating in a pair of outdoor games at Lake Tahoe during February (Sportsnet)
• Adam Gretz reports that the Columbus Blue Jackets signed forward Pierre-Luc Dubois to a two year, $10 million contract (NBC Sports)
• Veteran forward Trevor Lewis will attend training camp with the Winnipeg Jets on a professional try out agreement (TSN)