Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Mollie Walker discusses how after a slow start, Alexis Lafreniere’s career is starting to blossom (NY Post)
• Walker also highlights how the Rangers’ next two meetings with the Islanders could go down as the start of a magical playoff run, or just footnotes in hockey history (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson wonders which goaltender David Quinn will elect to start in tonight’s season-defining matchup with the Islanders (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano argues that Igor Shesterkin should be the lion’s share of starts in goal from here on out (LoHud)
• Jim Bay breaks down why in spite of Adam Fox’s tremendous season, the sophomore defender is unlikely to come away with a Norris Trophy for his trouble (Empire Sports Media)
• Rick Carpiniello an$wer$ question$ about a potential trade for Jack Eichel, David Quinn and Jeff Gorton’$ future, and more (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• James O’Brien recaps the action from around the league last night (NBC Sports)
• Montreal Canadiens’ forward Jonathan Drouin has stepped away from the team, and will be out indefinitely for personal reasons (TSN)
• Rory Boylen lists nine teams that will need to make tough decisions ahead of the Seattle Expansion Draft this coming summer (Sportsnet)/