Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Justin Tasch relays word that Jeff Gorton’s desirable qualities for a new coach have eliminated a handful of possibilities (NY Daily News)
• Larry Brooks noted that Gorton and Henrik Lundqvist share the same vision of competing next season (NY Post)
• Neil Best examines all of the New York-metropolitan area coaches in the wake of Vigneault’s firing (Newsday)
• Dave Shapiro offers his thoughts on the end of the Alain Vigneault era (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Shapiro also reports that Scott Arniel and Daryl Williams have also been relieved of their duties (Blue Seat Blogs)
• John Williams gives his thoughts on Jeff Gorton’s season-ending press conference (Blue Line Station)
• Nicholas Zararis does an autopsy on Alain Vigneault’s time on Broadway (Blue Line Station)
• Greg Kaplan addresses the rumors surrounding Ilya Kovalchuk and the Blueshirts (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Dominick Renna grades the team’s centers (Elite Sports NY)
• Jeff Gorton addressed the media to touch on the team’s coaching search, their expectations regarding the future, and more (15:35 video via Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Buffalo Sabres’ forward Ryan O’Reilly said that a culture of losing has crept into his team’s locker room, as some of his team’s players have become “OK with losing” (NBC Sports)
• Stanley Cup Playoffs Preview: Canada’s two playoff teams offer the nation plenty of hope in the pursuit of their first championship since 1993 (Sportsnet)
• Travis Yost dives into the numbers behind the Eastern Conference playoff teams (TSN)
• Mackenzie Lidell hands out alternative awards for the 2017-18 regular season (Puck Daddy)/