Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Section 336 articulates what the early stages of New York’s rebuild has turned out to be (Blueshirt Banter Fanpost)
• Brian Heyman relays word that Filip Chytil will be moved to the left wing as David Quinn attempts to find ice time for the young Czech (Newsday)
• Brett Cyrgalis discussed how coach Quinn thinks a night in the press box watching Cody McLeod skate in his place is best for Pavel Buchnevich’s development right now (NY Post)
• $hayna Goldman break$ down what Brett Howden ha$ done to go from training camp afterthought to centering one of New York’$ top $ix line$ (The Athletic)
• Dave Shapiro examines what the team’s line combos at practice mean for tonight’s game against the Colorado Avalanche (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Nicholas Zararis argues that the Rangers’ best plan for generating offense would be to keep things simple (Blue Line Station)
• Sam Prevot compared Lias Andersson’s development thus far to that of Chris Kreider and J.T. Miller (Blue Line Station)
• Michael Obernauer previews tonight’s contest against the Avalanche (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(6:55) Filip Chytil,(3:33) and Adam McQuaid (3:58) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz reports that Florida Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson has been suspended for two games for violently slamming and concussing Vancouver Canucks’ forward Elias Pettersson (NBC Sports)
• Boston Bruins’ forward Patrice Bergeron, Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Morgan Rielly, and Carolina Hurricanes’ forward Sebastian Aho have been named as the NHL’s Three Stars of the Week (TSN)
• Connor McDavid, Matt Duchene, and retired NHL forward Riley Cote were among the athletes who offered their opinion on Canada’s decision to legalize recreational marijuana use throughout the country (TSN)
• Sam McCaig listed every country that currently has active players in the NHL (The Hockey News)/