Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks speculates on the state of the Blueshirts (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson writes that Mika Zibanejad’s strong performance as well as Artemiy Panarin’s return to the lineup on Saturday have shifted the team’s outlook (Newsday)
• Jim Bay ponders how Vitali Kravtsov will fit into New York’s lineup once he arrives in North America (Empire Sports Media)
• Scott Blair offers his musings on the Rangers right now (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

• The New York Islanders have placed defenseman Noah Dobson and forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau on the COVID Protocol list (Sportsnet)
• Travis Yost poses three questions that the Ottawa Senators will have to answer as their rebuild chugs along in earnest (TSN)
• James O’Brien recaps the action from around the league last night (NBC Sports)
• David Satriano relays word that San Jose Sharks’ defenseman Erik Karlsson is not OK with the Sharks entering yet another rebuild (NHL.com)