Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks notes that the next Blueshirts’ coach could be more willing to give Julien Gauthier a chance if the power forward is protected in the expansion draft (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano lists eight questions Chris Drury will have to answer during the course of his first offseason as the team’s president and general manager (LoHud)
• In their quest to end New York’s championship drought, the 1971-72 Rangers were the greatest team in franchise history to come up short (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpiniello ponder$ whether or not Gerard Gallant would be a fit behind New York’$ bench (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Marisa Ingemi recaps the action from around the league last night (NBC Sports)
• Vancouver Canucks’ forward Jake Virtanen has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in September 2017 (Sportsnet)
• Florida Panthers’ forward Sam Bennett has been suspended one game for boarding Tampa Bay Lightning forward Blake Coleman (TSN)/