Here are today’s news and links:

Ranger News:

• Highlights: NYR 2, VAN 1 (4:06 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Goals from Brett Howden and Filip Chytil propelled New York into 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division (NY Daily News)
• Greg Joyce writes that Pavel Buchnevich’s broken thumb comes at an inopportune time for the Russian winger (NY Post)
• Joyce also heard from Lias Andersson about his feelings on fellow Swede Elias Pettersson’s emergence into NHL stardom (NY Post)
• Dave Shapiro offers his take on the debate concerning Neal Pionk and Tony DeAngelo (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dominick Renna names New York’s three stars of the week (Elite Sports NY)
• Frank Curto argues that there should be more clarity regarding Kevin Hayes’ current place in the organization (Elite Sports NY)
• David Bruce relays word on the Rangers’ prospects currently plying their trade in the world’s insurance capital (Blue Line Station)
• Nicholas Zararis ponders if New York can out run their struggles in the shot attempt battle long enough to succeed (Blue Line Station)
• Vitali Kravstov, Morgan Barron, and Tim Gettinger were the organization’s three stars of the week among prospects (Official Team Site)
• Postgame Notes: For the 14th time this season, David Quinn’s squad blocked 15+ shots and landed 20+ hits (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(5:21) Henrik Lundqvist,(4:24) Filip Chytil,(3:23) and Brett Howden (1:09) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• The league has officially reached a settlement of $18.9 million with a group of former players suing the league over their handling of concussions (NBC Sports)
• Isabelle Khurshudyan dives into how video games like Fortnite have made the generational gap in certain NHL locker rooms wider than ever before (Washington Post)
• Renovations to Seattle’s KeyArena are a work in progress, and the potential NHL ownership group in Seattle remains confident in the projected start date of October 2020 (Sportsnet)
• With the 2018 class of Hockey Hall of Fame inductees officially enshrined, it’s time to look ahead to the 2019 class (TSN)/