Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: PHI 5, NYR 0 (4:37 video via NHL.com)
• Game Recap: An uninspired effort in Alain Vigneault’s final game led to an a lopsided loss to close out the 17-18 season (CBS)
• Larry Brooks lists ten candidates who could become New York’s next bench boss (NY Post)
• Brooks also suspected that Vigneault’s candid defense of the job he did following yesterday’s loss wouldn’t be enough to save his job (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson examines what went wrong during the Rangers’ season and where they can go from here (Newsday)
• Peter Reichert names five players the Blueshirts could target with their own first round pick (Blue Line Station)
• Dominick Renna pinpoints where everything fell apart for New York (Elite Sports NY)
• Tom Castro ponders if Henrik Lundqvist will be spending less time on the ice and more time watching from the bench next season (The Hockey Writers)
• Media Availability: Mats Zuccarello,(2:59) Mika Zibanejad,(2:28) and Henrik Lundqvist (4:26) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Chris Nichols relays word from Bob McKenzie on what a contract extension for Los Angeles Kings’ defenseman Drew Doughty could look like (FanRag)
• Peter from WIIM noticed that the Detroit Red Wings agreed to a two year contract extension with general manager Ken Holland (Winging It In Motown)
• The Colorado Avalanche defeated the St. Louis Blues by a score of 5-2, clinching the final Wild Card spot in the West and setting up a first round playoff series with the Nashville Predators (TSN)
• Kyle Cantlon reports that John Tavares may have ended his tenure with the Islanders in style, as the team captain scored the overtime winner in New York’s 4-3 victory over Detroit (Puck Daddy)/