Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks wonders if Mika Zibanejad’s rough start to the season could result in the Blueshirts trading away Alexis Lafreniere in a package to acquire Jack Eichel (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that moving Zibanejad onto a line with Artemiy Panarin will be the remedy to Zibanejad’s scoring woes (Newsday)
• Tom Castro doesn’t think Lafreniere’s slow adjustment to the NHL is something to be concerned about moving forward (The Hockey Writers)
• Andrew Steele-Davis examines what a potential Eichel trade could look like for the Rangers (Puck Prose)/

Around the NHL:

• Matt Larkin chatted with Ray Whitney, a 1,300 game veteran and currently the league’s director of player safety, about the insight he brings to the department (The Hockey News)
• Anaheim Ducks’ forward Adam Henrique cleared waivers, and the Detroit Red Wings’ placed forward Frans Nielsen on waivers (TSN)
• Boston Bruins’ forward David Pastrnak recorded a hat trick to propel his team past the Philadelphia Flyers by a 7-3 score at Lake Tahoe (Sportsnet)/