Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks hears that Vitali Kravtsov was nervous prior to hitting the ice for his NHL debut (NY Post)
• The death of former Ranger Mark Pavelich has been ruled a suicide (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that Colin Blackwell’s promotion onto the second line has resulted in Kaapo Kakko and Vitali Kravtsov dropping down the lineup (Newsday)
• Jim Bay ponders what Blackwell’s promotion means for his future with the organization (Empire Sports Media)
• Rick Carpiniello remini$ce$ on the pa$t three trade deadline$ $ince the Blue$hirt$ began their rebuild (The Athletic)
• Media Availability: Vitali Kravtsov,(2:34) David Quinn,(6:49) and Colin Blackwell (3:57) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Marisa Ingemi recaps the action from around the league last night (NBC Sports)
• Iain MacIntyre examines the scope of the COVID-19 outbreak currently affecting the Vancouver Canucks (Sportsnet)
• Darren Dreger hears that with the trade deadline coming next week, teams have begun talking more about exchanging players, prospects and draft picks, really riveting stuff (TSN)/