Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NJD 7, NYR 4 (5:05 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: In spite of adding three new players to the lineup to shore up depth issues, the Blueshirts served as nothing more than a speed bump to Our Rivals Who Mildly Annoy us in a blowout loss (CBS)
• Mollie Walker relayed word from Gerard Gallant that both Kaapo Kakko and Kevin Rooney are expected to miss at least the remainder of the month with their injuries (NY Post)
• Walker also notes that while being good at hockey would usually be an important thing to consider when adding players to your hockey team, a prior friendship with Jacob Trouba led three of the team’s four NHL additions to Broadway (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson highlights the connection Trouba and Andrew Copp having going to their days playing mite hockey in Michigan (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from last night’s defeat (LoHud)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz recaps the action from around the league last night (NBC Sports)
• Justin Bourne gives quick hits on all of the major deals from the trade deadline (Sportsnet)/