Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks believes that the team’s chances of signing Artemi Panarin to a deal in free agency took a hit due to one major deadline deal (NY Post)
• Brooks also noted that Filip Chytil is set to sit as a healthy scratch tonight, as well as Lias Andersson’s free agency clock has officially moved up one year (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson caught up with Brendan Lemieux after his first practice as a Blueshirt (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett thinks that the upcoming offseason will be an important one for Jeff Gorton and company to get right (WFAN)
• Dave Shapiro offered his musings in the wake of the trade deadline (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Shapiro also graded the three trades the organization made leading up to Monday afternoon (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Jack Loennecker writes that Neal Pionk’s first 12 months on Broadway have been a smashing success (Elite Sports NY)
• Nicholas Zararis goes to bat in defense of Jeff Gorton’s rebuilding strategy (Blue Line Station)
• Zararis also argues that the Rangers need to make a decision on Chris Kreider’s future in New York sooner rather than later (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus examines how the Blueshirts stack up against the other draft lottery contenders (Blue Line Station)
• Greg Kaplan ponders what’s next for the Rangers now that Fire Sale II is in the rearview mirror (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(4:47) Henrik Lundqvist,(3:50) Cristoval Nieves,(1:12) Jimmy Vesey,(1:54) and Brendan Lemieux (3:23) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Brandon Maki writes that although the Ottawa Senators are rebuilding on the ice, their roster of players wasn’t the aspect of the organization in the most need of a rebuild (Silver Seven Sens)
• Rory Boylen takes a look at the teams with the most draft capital in the wake of the trade deadline (Sportsnet)
• Florida Panthers’ general manager Dale Tallon said that his team “made a good offer” for forward Mark Stone before the he was dealt from the Ottawa Senators to the Vegas Golden Knights (TSN)
• James O’Brien saw that the Carolina Hurricanes have been embracing their “bunch of jerks” identity dubbed by noted hockey savant Don Cherry (NBC Sports)/