Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis hears from Chris Kreider about the injury that caused him to leave Thursday night’s game (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson reports that Kreider is questionable to skate in tonight’s contest against the Florida Panthers (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett argues that the Rangers’ decision on Mats Zuccarello could cement the direction of the franchise (WFAN)
• Justin Rutherford offers his thoughts on the first week and a half of the rebuild (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Nicholas Zararis ranks the team’s six upcoming restricted free agents (Blue Line Station)
• Jack Milewski makes predictions for the final four weeks of the season (Blue Line Station)
• Drew Way gives an introduction to teammate relative statistics (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Frank Curto argues that Jeff Gorton should recall Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil (Elite Sports NY)
• Dominick Renna ponders what will happen once Kevin Shattenkirk returns to New York’s lineup (Elite Sports NY)
• Matt Calamia writes that the team’s stretch run is a good chance for NHL hopefuls like Neal Pionk and Rob O’Gara to prove themselves (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy examines former Atlanta Thrashers forward Marc Savard’s newfound passion in retirement (NBC Sports)
• Harry Shomer examines how shooter talent affects “expected goals” statistics, and then tests his own expected goal model against the current iterations (Blogspot)
• After a disappointing stint on Broadway, former Ranger Eric Staal has revitalized his career in Minnesota (TSN)
• The Carolina Hurricanes took the unusual step of accepting resumes from potential general manager candidates via Twitter
• Matt Larkin lists five NHL record that will likely never be broken (The Hockey News)/