Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: TB 5, NYR 3 (4:43 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: Tampa’s 21 shots on goal in the 1st period set the tone for the game as they cruised past the Rangers (CBS)
• Brett Cyrgalis thinks last night’s contest shows how far the Blueshirts’ must climb before reaching the top of the league again (NY Post)
• Karly Redpath details why the team could have held off on their rebuild (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus describes why tanking for the final month of the season is crucial to the organization’s future success (Blue Line Station)
• Phil Kocher argues that Ryan Spooner’s play has put the Rangers in a difficult position as the off-season approaches (The Hockey Writers)
• Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller addressed the feeling of getting traded from New York to one of the league’s best franchises (3:13 video via Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Chris Oddo notes that Washington Capitals’ defenseman John Carlson is set to break the bank as he hits free agency in July (FanRag)
• Vancouver Canucks’ prospect Elias Pettersson, taken 6th overall in the 2017 Entry Draft, broke the Swedish Hockey League’s record for points by a teenager (TSN)
• Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Sam McCaig examines who each team’s MVP has been this season (The Hockey News)/