Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: PHI 6, NYR 4 (4:27 video via NHL.com)
• Recap in pictures: The Flyers came into MSG and hung a six spot in the Blueshirts’ first home game since March (Newsday)
• Colin Stephenson reports Brendan Smith is looking to have a bounce back season in his second full year on Broadway (Newsday)
• Brett Cyrgalis muses about former playoff nemesis Dustin Tokarski’s fall from grace that led him to New York (NY Post)
• Cyrgalis also noted that Henrik Lundqvist’s first effort of the 2018-19 campaign was a poor one (NY Post)
• Pat Keogh offers his caveats to abide by when evaluating pre-season action (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dave Shapiro offers his thoughts after watching 20% of last night’s game (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Michael Delasandro examines the pros and cons of New York’s acquisition of Adam McQuaid (Blue Line Station)
• Peter Reichert previews that Filip Chytil could offer to the Rangers throughout the 2018-19 season (Blue Line Station)
• Jess Rubenstein suggests trying to keep an open mind regarding New York’s prospect pool going forward (Blueshirt Bulletin)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(2:44) Henrik Lundqvist,(2:05) and Mika Zibanejad (1:50) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Fifteen seasons of fair calls and an upbeat attitude of earned Wes McCauley the honor of the league’s best referee according to the players (NBC Sports)
• Eric Engels argues that Montreal Canadiens’ forward Max Domi got off to a poor start in Montreal after sucker punching Florida Panthers’ defenseman Aaron Ekblad during last night’s action (Sportsnet)
• The Columbus Blue Jackets aren’t interested in moving on from superstar forward Artemi Panarin, and will look to sign him to an extension instead (TSN)
• Jared Clinton examines the best way for the San Jose Sharks to reach a long-term extension with recent acquisition Erik Karlsson (The Hockey News)/