Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks reports that the Blueshirts conducted an initial interview with Gerard Gallant about the team’s coaching vacancy (NY Post)
• Brendan Azoff reminds Rangers fans why they might want to be rooting for the Washington Capitals to win their second Stanley Cup in four seasons (The Hockey Writers)
• Tom Castro believes that the franchise must find a coach that can relate to the star players already in place, something David Quinn completely failed at doing (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpineillo an$wer$ question$ concerning a po$$ible John Tortorella reunion, a po$$ible Jack Eichel acqui$ition, and more (The Athletic)
• Leen Amin examines which prospects the Blueshirts could be counting on in the years to come (Elite Sports NY)
• Media Availability: Alexis Lafreniere (8:23) and K’Andre Miller (6:28) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• The Ottawa Senators agreed to a two year, $5 million contract extension with defenseman Artem Zub (TSN)
• The ProHockeyTalk staff give their takes on which first round series is most likely to end in an upset (NBC Sports)
• Justin Bourne makes his predictions for the opening rounf of the playoffs (Sportsnet)/