Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Greg Joyce sees David Quinn’s decision to shake up his lines as an attempt to spark the team’s even strength offense (NY Post)
• Joyce also relays word that in spite of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ need for goaltending, the Rangers won’t give them a first hand look at Alexandar Georgiev (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano notes that as a result of their line changes, the Rangers have split up Artemiy Panarin and Ryan Strome (LoHud)
• Sean Hartnett argues against the notion of the Rangers trading Pavel Buchnevich (WFAN)
• Steve Paulus highlights one reason the Blueshirts currently find themselves so far outside the playoff picture (Blue Line Station)
• Sean Treppedi poses fifteen Rangers’ history questions for fans to answer (Empire Writes Back)
• Media Availability: David Quinn (7:35) and Ryan Strome (3:19) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Scott Charles saw that Washington Capitals’ forward Alex Ovechkin recorded a hat trick to pull within two tallies of 700 career goals (NBC Sports)
• With the expansion draft less than 18 months away, scouts for the Seattle NHL franchise have already begun evaluating potential members of the league’s 32nd team (Sportsnet)
• Matt Larkin pinpoints Washington Capitals’ goaltender Ilya Samsonov as a sleeper candidate to bring home the Calder Trophy (The Hockey News)/