Here’s a tweet that encapsulates everything wrong with hockey thinking and decision making:

Scout: #Leafs have a good one in Dermott. Great vision, skating. Me: Why not keep him in tonight? Scout: They've given him a bite. Keep him hungry.

— Terry Koshan (@koshtorontosun) January 10, 2018

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Greg Joyce highlights how Filip Chytil is honing more than just his hockey skill with the Hartford Wolfpack (NY Post)
• Brett Cyrgalis pinpoints the tweak in Marc Staal’s game that his steadied New York’s defense corps (NY Post)
• Justin Tasch recaps the good, bad, and ugly from the team’s first half (NY Daily News)
• Dave Shapiro speculates on what the Rangers’ most effective defense pairings could be (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Shapiro also handed out report cards to the team’s bottom six forwards (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Karly Redpath makes the argument for extending Rick Nash’s contract (Blue Line Station)/

Around the NHL:

• James O’Brien looks at the bright side of the lack of NHLer’s participating in the 2018 Olympics (NBC Sports)
• Darren Rovell explains why the Vegas Golden Knights might be in danger of losing their trademark (1:46 video via TSN)
• Shi Davidi believes that Canada’s Olympic roster was built to take home the gold “the Canadian way” (Sportsnet)
• Matt Larkin gives five storylines to keep an eye on as the second half of the season begins (The Hockey News)
• Adam Gretz names the league’s biggest All-Star snubs (FanRag)/