Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks highlights three issues already facing the Blueshirts in the early going of the 2022-23 campaign (NY Post)
• Denis Gorman points to the improvements from Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere as a bright spot thus far (Newsday)
• Colin Stephenson heard from Gerard Gallant about Vitali Kravtsov’s need to protect himself and stay on the ice in order to get his NHL career off the ground (Newsday)/

Around the NHL:

• Pierre LeBrun reports that the Ottawa Senators and RFA forward Alex Formenton remain far apart on a potential contract in advance of the December 1st deadline for RFA’s to sign (TSN)
• Actor Ryan Reynolds has indicated an interest in being part of the group that ends up purchasing the Ottawa Senators from the estate of the late Eugene Melnyk (Sportsnet)
• Tom Gulitti chatted with Vegas Golden Knights’ goaltender Logan Thompson about his long road to becoming an NHL regular (NHL.com)/