Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks notes how New York’s lack of success against the Islanders as of late represents a problem the organizations needs to fix (NY Post)
• Laura Albanese saw that Filip Chytil’s strong play against the Canucks has resulted in a promotion to the top line (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett discusses how New York’s stable of young players have helped them turn around what seemed destined to be an ugly season (WFAN)
• Dave Shapiro argues that Neal Pionk, Tony DeAngelo, and Frederik Claesson all need to be fixtures in the Rangers’ lineup going forward (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Brain Paget believes that David Quinn has managed to get the most out of several of his players (Elite Sports NY)
• Lee Borden hands out 1st quarter report cards to the team’s under-25 players (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Nicholas Zararis makes the case for extending Kevin Hayes’ contract rather than trading him (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus ponders the issues that would arise if Henrik Lundqvist suffered an injury during the season (Blue Line Station)
• Tom Castro writes that the Rangers’ recent performance has the team looking nothing like a rebuilding team (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpiniello remini$ce$ on the 1978-79 $quad that came oh $o clo$e to ending in a parade down the Canyon of Heroe$ (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• After over 850 games in the league, former Devils, Penguins, and Sharks defenseman Paul Martin has announced his retirement (Gopher Sports)
• Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy fracturedhis left foot and will be out indefinitely (TSN)/