Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks hears that Igor Shesterkin is ready to become the next great goaltender in Blueshirts history (NY Post)
• Brooks also writes about how Artemiy Panarin has a better feel for things this time around as opposed to his debut season (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that while Shesterkin is expecting big things out of himself, the Rangers are as well (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from the second day of on-ice activities (LoHud)
• Rick Carpineillo $ee$ that the void left by Je$per Fa$t’$ departure will attempt to be filled by Kaapo Kakko (The Athletic)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(9:15) Artemiy Panarin,(8:23) and Igor Shesterkin (6:49) (Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

• Hockey men around the league mourned the passing of former coach and general manager John Muckler (TSN)
• Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Sean Leahy relays word that in the league’s quest to recover revenue lost due to the coronavirus pandemic, they have sold off sponsorship rights to the divisions for the 2020-21 campaign (NBC Sports)
• Mollie Walker reports that the New York Islanders agreed to a four year, $6 million contract with forward Matt Martin (NY Post)