Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis suggests that the Christmas break has come at a fortunate time for a struggling Blueshirts squad (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that for a team riddled with flaws, the goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist and Alexandar Georgiev is one facet the Rangers have under control (Newsday)
• Nicholas Zararis notes that the World Junior Championships will be more important to Rangers’ fans than recent years past (Blue Line Station)
• Zararis also examined New York’s struggling penalty kill and what needs to change (Blue Line Station)
• Dominick Renna pens the team’s Christmas wish list for 2018 (Elite Sports NY)
• Tom Albano argues that Henrik Lundqvist’s value to the New York Rangers’ franchise is more than he could fetch in any reasonable trade (The Hockey Writers)/

Around the NHL:

• Sonny Sachdeva heard that even after leaving the NHL for Germany, 1000+ gae veteran Matt Stajan is still a fan-favorite in his last stop of Calgary (Sportsnet)
• Columbus Blue Jackets’ goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Morgan Rielly, and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov were named the league’s three stars of the week (TSN)
• PHT held the 2018 edition of their annual Year in Review (NBC Sports)/