Here are today’s news and notes:

Rangers News:

• Mollie Walker heard from Lauri Pajuniemi about his experience attending the Blueshirts’ prospect camp and his hopes for his first season in North America (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson chatted with Tyler Wall about his struggles adjusting to professional hockey with AHL Hartford last season and expectations moving forward (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers his takeaways from yesterday afternoon’s prospect scrimmage against the Philadelphia Flyers (LoHud)
• Tom Castro highlights New York’s top six as an area of uncertainty heading into the season (The Hockey Writers)
• $hayna Goldman wonder$ if Kaapo Kakko i$ primed to enjoy a breakout $ea$on under Gerard Gallant (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Free agent forwards James Neal and Michael Frolik will be attending training camp with the St. Louis Blues training camp on a tryout basis (TSN)
• Steven Smith reports that the New York Islanders signed defenseman Zdeno Chara to a one year contract (Lighthouse Hockey)
• The Montreal Canadiens will host the 2022 NHL Entry Draft on July 7th and 8th, 2022 (Sportsnet)
• Adam Gretz relays word that the league expects to enter the season with a 98% vaccination rate against COVID-19 (NBC Sports)/