Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: FLA 3*, NYR 3 (4:56 video via NHL.com)
• Colin Stephenson recaps the action from last night’s game in Sunrise (Newsday)
• Brett Cyrgalis heard from Ryan Spooner about his expectations regarding his next contract (NY Post)
• Cyrgalis also highlighted how Kevin Shattenkirk will be returning to a lineup fillwd with unfamiliar faces (NY Post)
• Dave Shapiro ponders who will make up New York’s next “core” of players (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Nicholas Zararis argues that people should stop worrying about Brady Skjei (Blue Line Station)
• Tom Castro discusses how some of New York’s castoffs, including Ryan Callahan and Dan Girardi, have found success in Tampa Bay (The Hockey Writers)
• Dave Rogers sees that the future is also the present for Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil (The Hockey Writers)
• Media availability: Alain Vigneault,(2:50) Henrik Lundqvist,(1:48) and Kevin Hayes (1:05) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Bill Daly suggested that while the NHL’s participation in the 2022 Winter Olympics is a possibility, there’s still plenty of time to make a concrete decision (TSN)
• Scott Billeck examines the candidates for the Rocket Richard Trophy (NBC Sports)
• Mike Johnson reports that the league wants players and coaches to cease their public complaints about goaltender interference (Sportsnet)
• Franklin Steele breaks down why the Chicago Blackhawks decision to re-acquire Brandon Saad has blown up in their face (FanRag)/