Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks ponders how the Blueshirts will deploy Filip Chytil during the upcoming season (NY Post)
• Brooks also highlights the vacant captain role as one the team would like to fill prior to the start of the 2021-22 campaign (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from Chris Drury’s recent media session (LoHud)
• Brendan Azoff poses five questions that the Rangers will answer as the season rolls onward (The Hockey Writers)
• Brian Abate examines which homegrown players could crack the 30 goal plateau (The Hockey Writers)
• $hayna Goldman li$t$ five center$ not named Jack Eichel that could be of intere$t to New York (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

• The St. Louis Blues agreed to a one day contract with forward David Backes, after which Backes elected to retire from hockey (TSN)
• Pittsburgh Penguins’ forward Sidney Crosby will be out at least six weeks after undergoing wrist surgery (Sportsnet)