Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks hears that for all the other noise currently surrounding the team, the Blueshirts are just focused in fixing up their on-ice mistakes (NY Post)
• Brooks also juxtaposed the current rumors surrounding Patrick Kane coming to Broadway with the action leading up to the 2012 trade deadline and Rick Nash (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson details the multitude of hoops that will need to be jumped through in order for the Rangers to land Kane (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano notes that even with all of the players efforts, ignoring the day in, day out chatter about Kane is nearly impossible (LoHud)
• Tom Castro reminisces on New York’s top five trade deadline acquisitions dating back to 1994 (The Hockey Writers)/

Around the NHL:

• Florida Panthers’ goaltender Spencer Knight will be away from the team after entering the league’s player assistance program (TSN)
• Wes Crosby reports that the Pittsburgh Penguins have waived forward Kasperi Kapanen (NHL.com)/