Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Neil Best relays word that Stephane Matteau and Howie Rose reunited ahead of tonight’s celebration of the 1994 Stanley Cup championship team (Newsday)
• Colin Stephenson heard from Kevin Shattenkirk about his personal excitement for tonight’s festivities (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett writes that Cody McLeod’s departure from the team should allow for the team to accelerate the development of one of their younger forwards (WFAN)
• Dave Shapiro answers questions about acquiring Darnell Nurse, Jesse Puljujarvi, and the Blueshirts’ lack of physicality on the blue line (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dominick Renna argues that it’s too early to give up on Neal Pionk and Tony DeAngelo (Elite Sports NY)
• Nicholas Zarais examines New York’s current position of riding the mushy middle rather than outright tanking (Blue Line Station)
• John Barone details how Brian Boyle’s trade from New Jersey to Nashville effects the Rangers (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus breaks down why the Blueshirts should be thankful in the Eastern Conference rather than the West (Blue Line Station)
• Michael Obernauer chatted with former general manager Neil Smith about how he assembled the group of men that would become the 1994 Stanley Cup Champions (Official Team Site)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(4:46) Kevin Shattenkirk,(4:16) and Henrik Lundqvist (2:40) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• John Carroll Jr. believes that now that the market has been established by Auston Matthews, the New York Islanders should negotiate a contract with goaltender Robin Lehner accordingly (Empire Writes Back)
• Travis Yost dives into Matthews’ contract and examines the nuances of it beyond the unusual length (TSN)
• Wayne Scanlan relays word that even after a public commitment from Ottawa Senators’ owner Eugene Melnyk about spending money down the road, skepticism remains high around the Canadian Capital (Sportsnet)
• James O’Brien saw that the Tampa Bay Lightning officially revealed their new alternate jersey (NBC Sports)/