Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: WSH 5, NYR 1 (5:05 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: The Rangers put their newly found physicality on display throughout the night, and their reward for that was three power play goals against and an overall putrid effort against a division rival (CBS)
• Larry Brooks raises questions about the Vitali Kravtsov saga and what it says about the Blueshirts handling of prospects (NY Post)
• Brooks also points out that with last night’s horrible effort behind them, there’s nowhere to go but up (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano notes that for all the talk about New York getting tougher over the summer, it didn’t do much to help them actually, y’know, win a hockey game (LoHud)
• Brendan Azoff makes five bold predictions about the Rangers’ season (The Hockey Writers)
• Frank Curto sees last night’s game as a sign that the Blueshirts still have plenty of work to do (Empire Sports Media)
• Media Availability: Gerard Gallant,(3:22) Mika Zibanejad,(4:10) and Adam Fox (2:06)/

Rangers News:

• The New York Islanders agreed to an eight year, $50 million contract with defenseman Ryan Pulock (TSN)
• The Toronto Maple Leafs will be sporting an advertisement for TikTok on their helmets throughout the 2021-22 campaign (Sportsnet)
• Adam Gretz reports that the Nashville Predators agreed to a four year, $25 million contract with defenseman Mattias Ekholm (NBC Sports)/