Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks pens an ode to Ryan Callahan’s rise from an unknown to the 26th captain in franchise history (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that Long Island will have plenty of representation at Rangers’ camp this year, as Adam Fox will be joined by Keith Kinkaid and Anthony Bitetto (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano poses ten questions the Blueshirts must answer with training camp right around the corner (LoHud)
• Sean Hartnett believes that Filip Chytil will be one of the most important players for New York during the upcoming season (WFAN)
• Sean Crimmins sees Mika Zibanejad as the logical candidate to become the Rangers’ next captain (The Hockey Writers)
• Leen Amin offers some New Years resolutions for the team (Elite Sports NY)
• Rick Carpiniello make$ ten prediction$ for the 2020-21 campaign (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Alex Ervin relays word that the Washington Capitals agreed to a one year, $795,000 contract with defenseman Zdeno Chara (Japers Rink)
• The Arizona Coyotes inked forward Derick Brassard to a one year, $1 million contract (TSN)
• Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Jonathan Toews will not be reporting to training camp due to an undisclosed illness, and is out indefinitely (Sportsnet)
• Marisa Ingemi evaluates where the Columbus Blue Jackets stand in their quest to become Stanley Cup contenders (NBC Sports)/