Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Colin Stephenson notes that even with the team’s playoff hopes fading, the Rangers have done well to carry themselves professionally (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett writes that Rick Nash should be remembered as one of the nest players for a great era of Rangers’ hockey, rather than “soft” or a “choker” (WFAN)
• Frank Curto argues that Neal Pionk’s shoddy play as of late should land him a seat in the press box (Elite Sports NY)
• Justin Rutherford offers his thoughts on the state of the Blueshirts (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Danny Jones ponders if dealing away Jesper Fast could make sense for the team as the trade deadline approaches (Blue Line Station)/

1060 games played…
437 goals…
368 assists…
805 points…
And most importantly, as fine a gentleman as we have known…
Thank you Rick, for six great years with #NYR and a tremendous @NHL Career. pic.twitter.com/aaKozF6OT3

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) January 11, 2019

Around the NHL:

• The league will unveil their progress in puck and player tracking later this month, as they’ll put their work into action at the All-Star game in San Jose (NBC Sports)
• Frank Seravalli reminisces on 31 pre-season predictions to see how they’ve turned out thus far (TSN)
• Andrew Berkshire examines how Dougie Hamilton has performed in his first season in Carolina as trade rumors are swirling around him once again (Sportsnet)
• Matt Lucas and Brandon Cain relayed word that the Chicago Blackhawks swapped defenseman and late round picks with the Tampa Bay Lightning, sending Jan Rutta and a 2019 7th round selection to Tampa in exchange for Slater Koekkoek and a 2019 5th round selection (Second City Hockey)/