Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Colin Stephenson relays word that the lineup David Quinn will be icing tonight is much different than the team’s previous three (Newsday)
• Dave Shapiro highlights three issues with the left side of the team’s blue line (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dan Carrozzi analyzes New York’s lineup changes and how they’ll impact the players moving forward (Blue Line Station)
• Nicholas Zararis examines which players on the roster will still be around following the rebuild (Blue Line Station)
• Dominick Renna thinks that Brett Howden is proving management’s decision to keep him on the roster to be the correct one (Elite Sports NY)
• Michael Obernauer previews the beginning of the Rangers’ upcoming homestand (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(8:22) Kevin Shattenkirk,(1:49) Jesper Fast,(1:06) and Brady Skjei (2:30) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Scott Billeck dives into the history the Tkachuk family made when Ottawa Senators’ forward Brady Tkachuk scored his first NHL goal last night (NBC Sports)
• Elliotte Friedman authored another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Frank Seravalli goes in-depth on how Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers’ new mascot, has become a cult favorite among his kind (TSN)/