Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis hears that in spite of surface-level scarcity of roster spots up front, the competition to carve out spots is real (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that Henrik Lundqvist is OK with the Blueshirts’ plan to cede more starts to the young netminders waiting in the wings (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano offers is takeaways from the first week of training camp (LoHud)
• Sean Hartnett writes that the Rangers’ revamped powerplay gives a reason for optimism as the pre-season progresses (WFAN)
• Dave Shapiro offers his thoughts on Brendan Lemieux’s recently signed contract (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Shapiro also relays word that the Rangers’ Alumni Classic will take place at 1 P.M. on Sunday, October 27th (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Andrew Steele-Davis argues that in spite of getting injured in his first game as a Ranger, it’s not time to worry about Artemiy Panarin (Blue Line Station)
• Steve Paulus ponders which team Panarin will find the most on-ice success against as a Blueshirt (Blue Line Station)
• Tom Albano tells us why both Tony DeAngelo and the Rangers would be wise to agree to contract sooner rather than later (The Hockey Writers)
• Rick Carpiniello and $hayna Goldman an$wered $ome critical pre-season que$tion$ that will need to be re$olved (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• The Ottawa Senators agreed to an eight year, $64 million extension with defenseman Thomas Chabot (Sliver Seven Sens)
• Elliotte Friedman authors another edition of 31 Thoughts (Sportsnet)
• Frank Seravalli hears from people within the hockey world what can be done to avoid more high profile RFA’s starting the season on the sidelines (TSN)/