Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks ponders the training camp battles between Nils Lundkvist and Zac Jones, Libor Hajek and Jarred Tinordi, and more (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson hears that Kaapo Kakko is enjoying the opportunity to fill the vacated spot on the team’s second line with Ryan Strome and Artemiy Panarin (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano attempts to project what the Blueshirts’ special teams units will look like (LoHud)
• Tom Castro writes that Ryan Reaves must be more than the typical enforcer the Rangers tend to bring in over the years (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

• Salim Valji saw Seattle Kraken defenseman Mark Giordano tally a goal in his first game back in Calgary since being selected by the Flames in the expansion draft (TSN)
• Elliotte Friedman offers his take on how the IIHF should handle the UHL’s decision to suspend Andrei Denyskin 13 games for a racist gesture on the ice (Sportsnet)