Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Rick Carpiniello preview$ what the Blue$hirt$’ list of protected players for the upcoming expan$ion draft could look like (The Athletic)
• Zac Jones, Colin Blackwell, and Kevin Rooney earned bronze medals at the IIHF World Championships as Team USA defeated Germany 6-1 in the bronze medal game (USA Hockey)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz reports that the Canadian government has granted NHL teams a traveling exemption ahead of the Stanley Cup Semifinals, allowing for the games based in Canada to proceed as normal (NBC Sports)
• Sasha Barkov, (FLA) Patrice Bergeron, (BOS) and Mark Stone (VGK) have been named as finalists for the Selke Trophy (Sportsnet)
• Jonathan Audy-Marchessault recorded a hat trick to lead the Vegas Golden Knights past the Colorado Avalanche by a 5-1 margin, as the Knights have roared back from a 2-0 series deficit to tie things up and make the series a best of three (TSN)/