Here are today’s news and links:

General Housekeeping

• Blueshirt Banter’s 4th annual NFL Playoffs Bracket Challenge is officially open! Stop by and make your pick(s)/

Rangers News:

• Highlights: PIT 7, NYR 2 (4:31 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Hours after being named to the Metropolitan Division All-Star team, Henrik Lundqvist allowed six goals on 18 shots en route to getting pulled in the third period (CBS)
• Greg Joyce heard that Lundqvist shouldered most of the blame for last night’s debacle, along with David Quinn (NY Post)
• Dave Shapiro notes that the turn of the calendar means the Kevin Hayes saga should be nearing its conclusion (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Jennifer Moglia lists the top five Rangers of 2018 (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus comes in hot pondering if it’s time to give up hope for Pavel Bucnevich to become an impact player (Blue Line Station)
• Mollie Walker examines how the Blueshirts can handle Kevin Shattenkirk moving forward (The Hockey Writers)
• Chris Camerino equates the Rangers players with matching music albums (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Nils Lundkvist (0:37) and Nikolai Bobrov (2:25) chatted about the World Junior Championships (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(3:13) Henrik Lundqvist,(1:55) and Marc Staal (1:55) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy passes along the full rosters for the 2019 All-Star Game (NBC Sports)
• Ryan Kennedy notes that with the hopes of a nation on their shoulders, the Canadian national team wilted under pressure, choking away a 1-0 lead with under a minute left in regulation, failing to score on a penalty shot in overtime, and eventually falling to Finland by a 2-1 margin in the WJC Quarterfinals (The Hockey News)
• Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• The Ottawa Senators acquired goaltender Anders Nilsson and forward Darren Archibald from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for goaltender Mike McKenna, forward Tom Pyatt, and a 6th round selection in the 2019 Entry Draft (TSN)/