Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Steve Serby sat down with Gerard Gallant to discuss the coach’s arrival on Broadway (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks relays the latest on the Rangers’ participation in the Jack Eichel sweepstakes (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson previews the action packed summer Chris Drury will face during his first offseason as New York’s general manager (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano rips a page out of the NFL writer playbook and does a full, seven round mock draft for the Rangers’ picks (LoHud)
• Tom Castro examines the possibility of Mika Zibanejad and Artemiy Panarin playing on the same line next season (The Hockey Writers)
• Sean Crimmins believes that Gallant will prove himself to be the right man for the job as the team’s head coach (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

• The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens by a 5-1 margin in Game 1 of this year’s Stanley Cup Final (Eyes On The Prize)
• Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Gary Bettman used his media availability to discuss a number of things, one of was to caution that the NHL may not be sending its players to the 2022 Olympics (TSN)