Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Greg Joyce sees the upcoming road trip as a tune up for the Blueshirts’ stretch run (NY Post)
• Joyce also highlights the contributions from Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad as the source of New York’s offense as of late (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson ponders whether or not the Rangers have the trade assets to upgrade their team ahead of the trade deadline (Newsday)
• Jacob Strozyk marks the Buffalo Sabres as a potential trade partner in the Blueshirts’ efforts to shake up their forward corps (The Hockey Writers)/

Around the NHL:

• James O’Brien recaps the action from around the league yesterday (NBC Sports)
• Seattle Kraken forward Austin Czarnik and Florida Panthers defenseman Olli Juolevi were placed on waivers by their respective teams (TSN)
• The Montreal Canadiens could look to move the contract of future Arizona Coyotes’ defenseman Shea Weber to a team in need of a large cap hit (Sportsnet)/