Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Mollie Walker previews the lengthy list of decisions Chris Drury will have to make during his first offseason as general manager (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks sees the Champa Bay Lightning’s second consecutive championship as yet another example of how badly the Rangers got taken for a ride when they dealt Ryan McDonagh to them (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson offers his take on the crucial offseason ahead of Drury (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano lists seven teams the Blueshirts could look to make deals with ahead of the expansion draft (LoHud)
• Brendan Azoff highlights Casey Cizikas as a depth center New York could target in free agency (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpineillo li$t$ five $cenario$ for how Drury could proceed a$ the off$ea$on roll$ along (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

• Elliotte Friedman authors the final edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• The Seattle Kraken will square off against the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and Edmonton Oilers in various arenas around Washington State for their home preseason contests this fall (TSN)
• Adam Gretz names a handful of teams that should be interested in acquiring St. Louis Blues’ forward Vladimir Tarasenko (NBC Sports)