Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Dave Shapiro offers his thoughts on the Rick Nash trade (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Shapiro also recapped the Hartford Wolfpack’s 2-0 loss against the Providence Bruins from Sunday (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dominick Renna grades the Rick Nash trade (Elite Sports NY)
• Frank Curto relays word from Jeff Gorton regarding the trade that brought Vladislav Namestnikov to Broadway (Elite Sports NY)
• Garrett Gartino reminisces on the five worst deadline deals the Rangers made in the post-lockout era (Blue Line Station)
• Jess Rubenstein delivers a prospect update, with bits on Tim Gettinger, Tyler Wall, and more (Blueshirt Bulletin)
• Anthony Scultore breaks down how yesterday’s trade is the beginning of a new era in New York (Forever Blueshirts)
• Jim Cerny examines what the Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning are getting as a result of yesterday’s transaction (Sporting News)
• Scott Cullen takes a look at the numbers behind the players swapped in yesterday’s blockbuster deal (TSN)
• Jeff Gorton addressed the media fin the wake of the Rangers’ roster overhaul (4:00 video via Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy reports on the biggest non-move from yesterday, as the Ottawa Senators elected not to trade defenseman Erik Karlsson (NBC Sports)
• Scott Cullen takes a look at the numbers behind the players swapped in yesterday’s minor trades around the league (TSN)
• Sean McIndoe determines the winners and loser from yesterday’s trade deadline (Sportsnet)
• Evander Kane, Paul Stastny, and Tomas Tatar headlined the list of players traded during yesterday’s action (Full list via Sportsnet)/