Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: PHI 4, NYR 1 (5:06 video via NHL.com)
• Greg Joyce saw Igor Shesterkin’s first start in goal as a success in spite of his team’s result (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson notes that with opening night less than two weeks away, the roster is starting to come into focus (Newsday)
• Vincent Mercogliano heard from Henrik Lundqvist regarding the state of the Rangers over the last handful of seasons (LoHud)
• Dave Shapiro offers his thoughts on Tony DeAngelo accepting the Blueshirts’ contract offer (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Tom Castro sees the 2019-20 campaign as an opportunity for DeAngelo to prove his team wrong (The Hockey Writers)
• Steve Paulus believes that DeAngelo’s fate as a Ranger as entirely in his hands now (Blue Line Station)
• Travis Novak ponders how important the 2019 edition of training camp is for New York (Blue Line Station)
• Jack Loennecker ranks Dan Girardi’s top five plays on Broadway (Elite Sports NY)
• Rick Carpiniello relay$ word from former Ranger$ forward Kevin Haye$ about hi$ thought$ on the team’$ move$ (The Athletic) /

Around the NHL:

• In spite of the league’s increased attention towards preventing and handling concussions, NHL goaltenders are getting concussed more frequently than ever (NBC Sports)
• The Winnipeg Jets have suspended defenseman Dustin Byfuglien for failure to report to the team (TSN)
• Although the Area 51 raid didn’t go as some might’ve expected, it did prompt some interesting discussion from members of the Vegas Golden Knights (Sportsnet)
• Ken Campbell compares Jeremy Roenick’s take on the Thomas Chabot contract to an grandpa Abe Simpson yelling at clouds (The Hockey News)/