Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Jennifer Gould Kell noticed that Matt Beleskey has officially put his Boston area home on the market for a cool $2.49 million (NY Post)
- Brett Cyrgalis details how Mats Zuccarello is dealing with the the reality of having his days on Broadway numbered (NY Post)
- Cyrgalis also took away one positive from Kevin Shattenkirk’s latest injury (NY Post)
- Nicholas Zararis reflects on the Shattenkirk signing eighteen months later (Blue Line Station)
- George Ruggiero breaks down how New York’s scoring distribution compares to some of the league’s upper echelon teams (Blue Line Station)
- Steve Paulus peeks at where the Blueshirts stand in the playoff picture (Blue Line Station)
- Dave Shapiro examines how the Rangers match up with the St. Louis Blues as trading partners (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Brain Paget examines how the Rangers match up with the St. Louis Blues as trading partners (Elite Sports NY)
- The BSB Staff gave their updated prospect rankings with the World Junior Championships starting shortly (Blueshirts Breakaway)
- Joesph Krause argues that the team’s defeat in Tampa Bay was actually a step in the right direction (The Hockey Writers)
- Media Availability: David Quinn (4:17) and Adam McQuaid (2:24) (Official Team Site)/
Around the NHL:
- Travis Yost analyzes the numbers behind the changing impact of score effects late in games (TSN)
- Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
- Jared Clinton suggests that the Chicago Blackhawks’ dynasty is officially over, so the team needs to look towards the future and begin again (The Hockey News)
- Stephen Whyno doesn’t see the Seattle franchise getting the same quality of players that the Vegas Golden Knights received via the Expansion Draft (NBC Sports)/