Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Jared Greenspan relays word from former Ranger Brandon Dubinsky had some words of warning about the Philadelphia Flyers’ decision to hire John Tortorella as their head coach (NY Post)
• Matt Grazel argues that the Blueshirts will need to build a better team in front of Igor Shesterkin in order to be less reliant on him moving forward (The Hockey Writers)/

Around the NHL:

• The Arizona Coyotes have moved on to the next phase of negotiations of a long term arena deal, but are still all in on making Arizona State’s 5,000 seat arena work for the short term (NBC Sports)
• Shayna Goldman goes in depth on how Valeri Nichuskin has emerged as one of the most valuable players on the Colorado Avalanche (Sportsnet)
• The Columbus Blue Jackets agreed to a two year contract extension with forward Liam Foudy (TSN)/