Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: BUF 3, NYR 1 (Video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: An energetic scrap and 323 seconds of ice time for Cody McLeod wasn’t enough for David Quinn’s lineup change to result in a win (NY Daily News)
• Larry Brooks argues that David Quinn’s decision to insert McLeod into the lineup is a sign of his valuation of grit and physicality over speed and skill (NY Post)
• Brooks also explored the relationship between Quinn and former BU Terrier Jack Eichel (NY Post)
• Dave Shapiro examined Quinn’s player deployment from Thursday night’s game against Nashville (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Taylor Foy recapped the Hartford Wolfpack’s season opening win against the Providence Bruins (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Frank Curto remarks that New York’s youth movement has officially begun (Elite Sports NY)
• Danny Jones discusses what there was to be excited about regarding New York’s 4th line that listed one game into the season (Blue Line Station)
• Nicholas Zararis ponders if the Rangers are playing their system too safely (Blue Line Station)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(2:43) Marc Staal,(2:00) and Brett Howden (1:44) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• James O’Brien saw Philadelphia Flyers’ rookie Mikhail Vorobyev score the funniest first career goal in league history (NBC Sports)
• Chris Johnston reports that free agent goaltender Steve Mason could be on the verge of retiring (Sportsnet)
• Ryan Kennedy lists the top 75 players to keep an eye on during the 2018-19 college hockey season (The Hockey News)/